PDF XChange Forum

Hey all,

I wanted to deploy the current PDF-Exchange Pro release in our environment and during the tests I noticed that there are two different versions of PDF-Exchange installed after the update. I am deploying via Microsoft SCCM and MSI installer. The currently installed version is 5.5.316.1 and I´m updating to 6.0.317.1. PDF-Exchange Editor is updated to version 6 but there are still PDF-Exchange Tools v4 installed and shortcuts under All Programs - PDF-Exchange and All Programs - Tracker Software.

My commandline I used is: msiexec.exe /i "%~dp0ProV6.x64.msi" /qn /norestart DESKTOP_SHORTCUTS="0" NOUPDATER="1" EDITOR_LANGUAGE=de-DE KEYFILE="%~dp0Personal.xcvault" and I´m switching to

msiexec.exe /i "%~dp0ProV6.x64.msi" /qn /norestart ADDLOCAL="F_Viewer,F_Plugins,F_Plugin_SP,F_FileOpenPlugin,F_OCRPlugin,F_SPPlugin,F_OptimizerPlugin,F_PDFAPlugin,F_SPPlugin,F_PDFAPlugin,F_VLangs,F_Browse
rPlugins,F_IEPlugin,F_NPPlugin,F_ShellExt" SET_AS_DEFAULT="1" VIEW_IN_BROWSERS="1" DESKTOP_SHORTCUTS="0" PROGRAMSMENU_SHORTCUTS="1" NOUPDATER="1"
EDITOR_LANGUAGE=de-DE KEYFILE="%~dp0Personal.xcvault"

Has anyone else noticed this behavior or did I do something wrong here?

Thank you

Hi Schottel,

Thanks for the post - this is due to some changes made in our installer. From V5.5. to V6, you will need to completely uninstall and re-install. However, this will not be an issue moving forward and will only need to be done for the initial upgrade.

Thanks,

Hey Will,

I build a Powershell script to remove the previous version of PDF exchange but can´t get the browser plugin running. I´m using the following commandline to install v6 of PDF-Exchange Pro:

$arguments = "/i " + $msifile + " /qn /norestart ADDLOCAL=F_Viewer,F_BrowserPlugins,F_IEPlugin,F_NPPlugin,F_Plugins,F_Plugin_SP,F_FileOpenPlugin,F_OCRPlugin,F_SPPlugin,F_OptimizerPlugin,F_PDFAPlugin,F_SPPlugin,F_VLangs,F_VLangs,F_Tools,F_Tools_Plugins,F_TLangs,F_Drivers,F_OfficeAddin,F_Langs_Drv SET_AS_DEFAULT=1 DESKTOP_SHORTCUTS=0 NOUPDATER=1 EDITOR_LANGUAGE=auto KEYFILE=" + $keyfile + " /L*v c:\instlogs\PDFExchangeInstallMSI.log"

$install = Start-Process -FilePath msiexec.exe -ArgumentList $arguments -Wait -Passthru

I thought ADDLOCAL=F_Viewer,F_BrowserPlugins,F_IEPlugin,F_NPPlugin would install Internet Explorer and Chrome Addins but it won´t work. All other parameters are applied and there is no other problem during the installation. It´s only the IE11 and Chrome Addin which is missing.

Any thoughts what might be wrong?

Thanks// Marvin

HI Marvin,

thanks for the feedback. I'd be interested in seeing the approach you took removing the old software with PowerShell. Does it employ wmic like this does?: https://forum.pdf-xchange.com/ ... 69&t=25813

Regards the Add-Ins - on the surface that looks like it should work. I will need to investigate why it is not.

I see you logged the install - that is excellent - can we have the log file sent to support@pdf-xchange.com with a cross reference to this forum thread please? For future reference the logging options /lvx*! give us the best results in our log files.

Looking forward to seeing that log.

Paul