Note: A Minor upgrade involves upgrading to a higher point release within the same edition and version of Dragon. For example, upgrading from Dragon 13.0 to Dragon 13.x.
Although the upgrade does not migrate forward the configuration and Roaming User Profile settings from the earlier version, you can reuse the nsdefaults.ini and roamingdef.ini files you used to install Dragon NaturallySpeaking13. You can also create new .ini files or update existing ones.
When you run setup.exe with a GUI to install a minor upgrade, setup.exe can detect when a previous version of Dragon exists on a target computer. Once it detects a previous version, setup.exe runs the rest of your installation in minor upgrade mode, automatically overwriting older files with newer files and adding any missing files.
Using setup.exe for Silent Upgrades
If you are using the setup.exe method, you must ensure that all flags/properties
(SERIALNUMBER, DEFAULTS.INI,/qn,etc.) are all with in the same quotes directly after /v without a space.
If you are upgrading a previous version of Dragon, you must use the REINSTALL=ALL option and REINSTALLMODE set to the sub-options that indicate which files to reinstall, usually REINSTALLMODE=vamus. If you did not originally install in the default location, the INSTALLDIR option is also required. Here is the command line using setup.exe: To upgrade silently with setup.exe, you pass the /s option, then pass REINSTALL or
REINSTALLMODE options. When you perform a silent installation of Dragon, the installation process does not display any messages. To view installation messages, administrators should view the setup log.
setup.exe /s /v"/i "Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13.msi" SERIALNUMBER=#####-###-####-####-##
REBOOT=ReallySuppress INSTALLDIR=\"C:\<full_path>\\Dragon13\" DEFAULTSINI=\"C:\<full_path>\nsdefaults.ini\" ROAMINGUSERINI=\"C:\<full_path>\roamingdef.ini\" REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vamus /L*v C:\logfile.log /qn"
When you perform a silent installation or upgrade of Dragon, the installation process does not display any messages. To view installation messages, administrators should view the log files. See Troubleshooting silent install errors for details.
Step-by-Step Command Line Installation with
msiexec.exe
Another way to install Dragon from the command line on several dictation client computers is to use the msiexec.exe program from Microsoft. You are required to use msiexec.exe instead of setup.exe if you are installing Dragon from a server across a network to a single or multiple computers.
In the sections that follow, you carry out these two tasks:
n Install Dragon on Initial computer and Establish Configuration n Install Same Configuration on Additional computer(s)
Finding the MSI Installer on the Dragon DVD
The compiled MSI file is located on your installation DVD. The files for each edition are named after the product name. For example:
n Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13.msi
You can double click on one of these .msi files to start the InstallShield Wizard; however, to instead take advantage of available command line options, you can pass the file name as the application to install to the msiexec.exe command using the /i option:
msiexec.exe /i "Dragon NaturallySpeaking13.msi"
Install Dragon on Initial computer and Establish Configuration
Follow the steps outlined under Installation using the Dragon command line.
Then return here and continue with the next section to install the same configuration on individual client computers using msiexec.exe instead of setup.exe.
Install Same Configuration on Additional computer(s)
If you chose Enable Desktop Search Commands on the Commands tab during the initial installation, you must install Google Desktop or Microsoft Search before you install Dragon; otherwise, that option does not take effect.
1. Be sure you can access the .ini files you created in the previous procedure from the com- puter you will be installing on or copy the files to a local path on the client computer where you are about to install Dragon.
2. Be sure you have the Dragon serial number (or the group serial number, if you are installing Dragon to multiple computers on a network).
3. Be sure all mapped drives you plan to use are mapped on individual client computers where you are distributing the installation.
4. Install any pending Windows updates/reboot the computer.
5. Open a command line window by selecting Start > Run and entering cmd.
6. On your product DVD, locate the compiled .msi file for the edition of Dragon you want to install and switch to that directory.
7. Retrieve the customized nsdefaults.ini and roamingdef.ini files from the computer where carried out the initial installation.
8. To install Dragon, enter the following command line, using the /i option also using the /qn option to install the product in Quiet mode, where no GUI appears. You also pass the Dragon serial number for the SERIALNUMBER option, the full path to the nsdefaults.ini file for the DEFAULTSINI option, and the full path to the roamindef.ini file for the
ROAMINGUSERINI option:
msiexec /i "Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13.msi" SERIALNUMBER=#####-###-####-####-##
DEFAULTSINI="C:\<full_path>\nsdefaults.ini" ROAMINGUSERINI="C:\<full_path>\roamingdef.ini" /L*v "C:\Logs\logfile.log" /qn
Notes:
n For an administrative installation, you pass the /a option to msiexec rather than the /i option. You also need to pass the TARGETDIR option instead of the INSTALLDIR option.
n The first time you test this installation, you should pass /q rather than /qn so that if you have neglected to provide information about a setting that does not have a default, you receive a prompt asking for that information.
The bolded portion of the preceding command line is included so that if something goes wrong during the installation, you receive messages about it. You pass /L and a series of sub- options to have the installation process log errors and other types of messages related to the process. (You can then send the log file to Nuance Technical Support should any issues arise.)
Additional Options for Installations with msiexec.exe
Note: In Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13, the installation process does not present the QuickStart option. If you wish to enable this option, you can do so after Dragon is installed. When you perform a silent installation of Dragon, the installation process does not display any messages. To view installation messages, administrators should view the log files. SeeTroubleshooting silent install errors for details. Additional Options for Silent Installations
n Modifying the Default Installation Directory n Configuring Installation of Product Updates n Suppressing Reboot of computer After Installation
n Installing Same Roaming User Profile Configuration on Additional computer(s)
n Installing Some Vocabularies Locally/Others Only On Demand n Installing Text-to-Speech Feature
n Reinstalling Dragon with Particular Set of Features n Setting Day/Time of Scheduled Tasks
Additionally, you can launch the Online Registration Form After Installation