All users of our software should note that the available command line options for the XCVault utility in version 9 of our products have been updated, and some new options have been included. System administrators should note that this information is stored within the Windows Registry. However, the method used to license the application can have an effect on the storage location. When an XCVault file is being used, its information is stored in two locations:

HKCU\Software\Tracker Software\Vault and

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Tracker Software\Vault. 

It should also be noted that license information is stored as a hexadecimal value. Therefore, if a registration key is being used to deploy the license, it is advisable to first license a single machine in order to create the first registration key.

Standard Deployment

Copy and paste serial keys into the installer to implement them during installation. Alternatively, click the personal.xcvault file after installation has taken place.

Silent Deployment

XCVault files can also be used for silent deployment of serial keys after installation has taken place. A Windows command line can be used to push the XCVault file to each user that qualifies for a full license. The command line for operation is: XCVault.exe /Option <path_to_xcvault_file>. Available command line options are detailed below:

/AddKeys filename [/S] [/M] [/R]

Installs the specified license keys.

Parameters:

  filename     The full path to the *.xcvault file that contains license keys to be installed on the machine.
  /S           Specifies silent mode and suppresses any messages with information about results.
  /M           Installs keys into HKLM for per-machine use. This option requires administrative rights. If this option is not specified then keys will be installed in HKCU for per-user use and administrative rights are not required.
  /R           Specifies that new keys will be unencrypted when added.

/AddKeyData "<key>" [/M] [/S] [/R]

Installs the specified key.

Parameters:

  <key>     The full key body like "PER90-IgrWIoT2U...vhPjB3414=" needs to be specified here.
  /M           Installs key into HKLM for per-machine use. This option requires administrative rights. If this option is not specified then key will be installed in HKCU for per-user use and administrative rights are not required.
  /R           Specifies that new keys will be unencrypted when added.

/OpenKeys [/S] [/M]

Stores all keys in an open form, instead of encrypting them by machine-specific ID. This option is useful for terminal servers that have a load-balancing and/or VDI environment.

Parameters:

  /S           Specifies silent mode and suppresses any messages with information about results.
  /M           Decrypts keys only in the per-machine store (HKLM). This option requires administrative rights. If it is not specified then the keys will be changed only in the per-user store (HKCU).

/ProtectKeys [/S] [/M]

This option is the opposite of the "OpenKeys" command:

Parameters:

  /S           Specifies silent mode and suppresses any messages with information about results.
  /M           Encrypts keys only in the per-machine store (HKLM). This option requires administrative rights. If it is not specified then the keys will be changed only in the per-user store (HKCU).

/ActivateKeys [/S] [/AA]

Activates installed keys.

Parameters:

  /S           Specifies silent mode and suppresses any messages with information about results.
  /AA         Specifies that currently activated keys will be reused in the activation process.

/RemoveKeys [/S]

Removes all license keys for all products from the per-user store (HKCU). If the per-machine store (HKLM) is available for modification then all keys will be removed from it, otherwise keys from this store will be marked as removed for only the current user.

Parameters:

  /S           Specifies silent mode and suppresses any messages with information about results.

/Cleanup [/S]

Removes all license-related information for all installed products from per-machine (HKLM) and per-user (HKCU) stores. If the per-machine store is not empty, administrative right are required.

Parameters:

/S           Specifies silent mode and suppresses any messages with information about results.

/Install  Designates the utility as the default handler of *.xcvault files in the system. Requires administrative rights.

Example Command Lines

xcvault.exe /Install

xcvault.exe /AddKeys "c:\Personal.xcvault"

 xcvault.exe /OpenKeys

Passing License Details During Installation

The inclusion of XCVault files since version 5.5 and build 308 means that the command line install option KEY=<regkey> no longer passes license details to associated products. The command line can be used to resolve this issue and there are two methods available:

The first method is to use the option KEYFILE=<xcvault file> to specify the UNC location of the license vault file <filename>.xcvault. For example:

KEYFILE="C:\Users\JohnDoe\Desktop\Personal.xcvault".

The second method is use the option KEYDATA=<regkey> to specify the registration key with a text string. For example:

KEYDATA="PXP70-Y5EN....cFrBqnyKhv7eOw=".

The first method is recommended as the new keys are very complex and therefore less suited to being passed as strings at the command line. The details of these switches and examples of their use are available here. 

Updated Name for the Enhanced OCR Plugin

Please note that an additional plugin to those detailed at the link above is available in V9 for PDF-XChange Editor and PDF-Tools:

The F_EOCRAPlugin is used to enable/disable the Enhanced OCR plugin. We advise that system administrators use a transform file in order to modify the .msi installer if they want to enable/disable this plugin, as detailed here. 

Users installing on a single device can enable/disable this option (and all other options) via the GUI. Simply select the Custom option when you are installing the software and enable/disable options as desired.