| Switch | Function | |--------|----------| | /S | Silent mode (no GUI, no prompts) | | /silent | Same as /S | | /verysilent | Supresses all windows, including background progress | | /suppressmsgboxes | Prevents message boxes from halting install | | /norestart | Prevents forced reboot | | /log="path.txt" | Writes installation log to specified file | | /DIR="x:\path" | Overrides default install directory | | /GROUP="folder" | Specifies Start Menu group | | /NOICONS | Prevents creation of desktop/quicklaunch icons |
else Write-Error "Install failed with exit code $($process.ExitCode)" idm silent install
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\DownloadManager] "DefDownloadFolder"="D:\\Downloads" "MaxParallelDownloads"=dword:00000008 "SilentUpdate"=dword:00000001 5.1 Group Policy Startup Script Place installer on a network share ( \\domain\sysvol\IDM\install.bat ): | Switch | Function | |--------|----------| | /S
reg import IDM_prefs.reg copy /Y idm.settings "%APPDATA%\IDM\" Example IDM_prefs.reg : idm silent install
Example IDM.ini :