Installation from command line

These instructions refer to version 2.35.0 and newer of the desktop client. The s.GUARD desktop client can be installed from the command line using the following command: msiexec /i {name of the msi…

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These instructions refer to version 2.35.0 and newer of the desktop client.

The s.GUARD desktop client can be installed from the command line using the following command:

msiexec /i {name of the msi file including path}

The following parameters of the msi file may be added additionally:

/l*v {name of the installation log file which shall be created}
          /qn
Parameters

The following s.GUARD specific parameters can be used to customize the installation:

Parameter

Possible values

Default value

Description

MSIINSTALLPERUSER

"0"

"1"

"0"

"0" - Install per machine

"1" - Install per user

DEVICETYPE

"WIN"

"VM"

"WIN"

"WIN" - to be used if the desktop client will be installed onto a physical Windows machine

"VM" - to be used if the desktop client will be used inside of a virtual machine

LOGINTYPE

"0"

"1"

"0"

"0" - Login with either username & password, or SSO

"1" - Silent login, for automatic login with the user's Windows account in conjunction with Entra ID. Requires to specify CLIENTID and TENANTID parameters.

See also the instructions how to set up silent authentication

CLIENTID

string(32)

""

Application (client) ID of the corresponding Entra ID application.

TENANTID

string(32)

""

Tenant ID of the corresponding Entra ID tenant.

PROXYTYPE

"0"

"1"

"2"

"3"

"4"

"0"

"0" - Automatic proxy usage

"1" - No proxy used

"2" - Proxy URL. For this type, the following parameters have to be specified additionally: PROXYURL, PROXYPORT, PROXYUSERNAME (optional), PROXYPASSWORD (optional)

"3" - PAC. For this type, additionally the URL to the pac file must be configured using parameter PROXYCONFIGURL

"4" - WPAD. For this type, additionally the URL to the wpad.dat file must be configured using parameter PROXYCONFIGURL

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