The ArcGIS Explorer Desktop Current User setup is intended for users that do not have administrative privileges. ArcGIS Explorer Desktop Current User installs ArcGIS Explorer Desktop so that only the user installing ArcGIS Explorer Desktop can run the application.  In this fashion, multiple instances of ArcGIS Explorer Desktop Current User can reside on one computer.
 

Important:

  • The ArcGIS Explorer Desktop Current User installation will not proceed if other ArcGIS Products are installed.  ArcGIS Explorer Desktop Current User is intended for  use on machines that do not have other ArcGIS Product(s) installed. Use the standard ArcGIS Explorer Desktop setup (requires administrative privileges) for coexistence with other ArcGIS products on the same machine.
  • Do not install any other ArcGIS products if ArcGIS Explorer Desktop Current User is already installed. Installing other ArcGIS products on top of ArcGIS Explorer Desktop Current User may adversely affect the functionality of any ArcGIS Explorer Desktop Current User installations already on the machine.
  • Windows Server operating systems: The default user permissions for Windows Server operating systems may prevent the installation of ArcGIS Explorer Desktop Current User. User permission settings must be changed before installing ArcGIS Explorer Desktop Current User. Operating systems include Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008.

Minimum system requirements

For the latest information on system requirements or recommendations, visit http://links.esri.com/arcgis-explorer/1750/system-requirements .

 

ArcGIS Explorer Desktop Current User, hereafter referred to as ArcGIS Explorer Desktop, is supported on the following operating systems:

 

ArcGIS Explorer Desktop requires the following software components:

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 (SP 1) information can be found at http://links.esri.com/arcgisexplorer/dotnet35SP1. 

MSXML 4 Service Pack 2 (SP 2) information can be found at  http://links.esri.com/arcgisexplorer/msxml40sp2. 


Note:

Administrative privileges are required to install the Microsoft .NET Framework and MSXML 4 Service Pack 2. 

  

If you do not have an installation of Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 7.0, you must obtain and install it prior to installing ArcGIS Explorer Desktop.

Additional Software and Development Requirements

 

Installing ArcGIS Explorer Desktop

 

Before installing ArcGIS Explorer Desktop, verify that your system meets the system requirements.  If you are downloading ArcGIS Explorer Desktop, the installation will start once the download is complete.  For all other scenarios, double click Setup.exe to install ArcGIS Explorer Desktop.

 

Installing ArcGIS Explorer Desktop silently

 

ArcGIS Explorer Desktop can be installed without a user interface (UI) by running the setup using Windows Installer command line parameters. If you have downloaded ArcGIS Explorer Desktop and are planning to install ArcGIS Explorer Desktop silently, see the steps below for extracting ArcGIS Explorer Desktop installation files from the Web download.

 

ArcGIS Explorer Desktop command line parameters

The following are the command line parameters to be used when executing the ArcGIS Explorer Desktop MSI directly.

 

 

Parameter

Case Sensitive

Required

Description

 

INSTALLDIR

No

Yes

ArcGIS Explorer Desktop installation location.  If not specified, the default installation location is C:\<user's documents and settings folder>\Explorer.

 

How to perform an installation of ArcGIS Explorer Desktop silently

Run this command to perform a silent per machine installation.  This example will install ArcGIS Explorer Desktop to C:\My_User_Folder.

 

Msiexec /I <setup location>\Setup.msi INSTALLDIR=C:\My_User_Folder /qb 


If you attempt to install to a directory beyond your user account privileges, the installation may result in an error.

 

Steps to extract ArcGIS Explorer Desktop installation files

Extracting the ArcGIS Explorer Desktop installation files from the ArcGIS Explorer Desktop Web download is necessary if you intend to install ArcGIS Explorer Desktop silently. ArcGIS Explorer Desktop installation files are downloaded to the downloading user's TEMP folder.  Access the TEMP folder by opening Windows Explorer and entering %TEMP% for the address, using the same user account that downloaded ArcGIS Explorer Desktop.  Browse to the %TEMP%\ArcGISExplorerCurrentUser\1750 folder and copy all files to a different location of your choice.  These are the files used to create deployment packages and perform silent installations.  A list of the files in the ArcGIS Explorer Desktop Web download is provided below.

 

Files in the ArcGIS Explorer Desktop Web download:

ArcGIS Explorer Desktop Current User Install Guide.htm

instmsi3.exe

setup.chm

Setup.exe

Setup.ini

Setup.msi

Setup1.cab

 

Note for silent installations:

Extracting the installation files is only necessary if you downloaded ArcGIS Explorer Desktop. If you received installation media, command line parameters can be executed directly from the setup files located on the media.

 

Creating a log of the ArcGIS Explorer Desktop installation

Run this command to create a log of the installation.

 

Msiexec /I <setup location>\setup.msi /L*V C:\%TEMP%\ArcGIS_Explorer_Install.log

 

Uninstalling ArcGIS Explorer Desktop silently 

To uninstall ArcGIS Explorer Desktop silently, run the following command.

 

Msiexec /X {599B8F5F-B188-4DEE-AAEA-F2D82AF3E768} /qb