Setup Command Line Parameters¶

/PDFCreatorLicenseKey=<PDFCreatorLicenseKey>¶

If you have a license key you can pass it with this parameter.

/ProxyName=<ProxyName:Port>¶

If you have a license key and you use a proxy then you can use this parameter to specify the name and the port of the proxy.

Samples:

/ProxyName=proxy1
/ProxyName=proxy2:8088

/ProxyUsername=<ProxyUsername>¶

If you have a license key and you use a proxy with authentication then you can use this parameter to specify the username for the authentication.

Samples:

/ProxyUsername=Smith
/ProxyUsername="John Smith"

/ProxyPassword=<ProxyPassword>¶

If you have a license key and you use a proxy with authentication then you can use this parameter to specify the password for the authentication.

Samples:

/ProxyPassword=MyPassword
/ProxyPassword="My password"

/VerySilent¶

Instructs the setup to be very silent without any user interaction. If a restart is necessary it will reboot without asking.

/Lang=en¶

Specifies the language to use. Please use the two letter ISO language name. The default language is the system language.

/Dir=”x:\dirname\PDFCreator”¶

Overrides the directory were PDFCreator gets installed. A fully qualified pathname must be specified. The path must end with ‘PDFCreator’, else it will be automatically added.

/NoIcons¶

Deselects the desktop link icons.

/DisableStartMenu¶

Deselects the entry in the windows start menu.

/ServiceUsername=”user.name”¶

PDFCreator Server uses a Windows service to convert the documents. We strongly recommend to provide a dedicated user for this service for security reasons. This user must have permissions to write to HKLM and the Windows temp folder (%WINDIR%\Temp) and needs to be able to contact ‘license.pdfforge.org’.

/ServicePassword=”ABC1234!”¶

Sets the password for /ServiceUsername.