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 is supported on the following operating systems:

• Microsoft Windows XP, Service Pack 2 (32-bit, 64-bit) or Service Pack 3 (32-bit)

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Service Pack 2(32-bit, 64-bit)

• Microsoft Windows Vista, Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2(32-bit, 64-bit)

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2 (32-bit, 64-bit)

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2

• Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit)

ArcGIS Explorer Desktop requires the following software components:

• A minimum installation or an installation that includes Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 is required to install ArcGIS Explorer Desktop. The Microsoft .NET Framework must be installed manually to meet the requirement.

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

• Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher is required to install ArcGIS Explorer Desktop.

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

• An OpenGL 2.0 or higher compliant video card is required, with at least 64 MB of video memory. However, 256 MB of video memory or higher is recommended. Shader Model 3.0 or higher is recommended.

• 2 GB of RAM is required. 2 GB or higher is recommended.

• Intel® Pentium® 4, Intel® Core™ or Intel® Xeon® processors are supported. 2.2 GHz dual core or higher is recommended.

ArcGIS Explorer Desktop can be installed with other Esri products on your machine. The ArcGIS product versions supported with ArcGIS Explorer Desktop are 9.3, 9.3.1, and 10.

Before Installing ArcGIS Explorer Desktop

It is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before running the ArcGIS Explorer Desktop setup program.

For a successful installation of ArcGIS Explorer Desktop, existing ArcGIS Products installed on your machine must be closed and ArcGIS Services must be stopped.

• If ArcGIS Server Java or .NET is installed, before installing ArcGIS Explorer Desktop, stop the ArcGIS Server Object Manager service. Go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services > Select ArcGIS Server Object Manager> right-click Stop.
• If ArcIMS is installed, before installing ArcGIS Explorer Desktop, stop the ArcIMS Tasker, ArcIMS Monitor and ArcIMS Application Server (in this order). Go to Control Panel >Administrative Tools > Services > Select ArcIMS Tasker > right-click Stop, do the same for ArcIMS Monitor and ArcIMS Application Server.
• If ArcGIS Image Server is installed, before installing ArcGIS Explorer Desktop, stop the Esri Image Server, Esri Image ServiceProvider, and the Esri ImageServerReporter. Go to Control Panel >Administrative Tools > Services > Select Esri Image Server > right-click Stop, do the same for Esri Image ServiceProvider, and Esri ImageServerReporter.

After ArcGIS Explorer Desktop is installed, remember to restart any ArcGIS Services that you stopped prior to installing.

• ArcIMS – Restart Services in the following order ArcIMS Application, ArcIMS Monitor, ArcIMS Tasker

• ArcGIS Image Server – Restart in the following order Esri Image Server, Esri Image ServiceProvider, Esri ImageServerReporter

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.

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:\Esri.

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

Deploying ArcGIS Explorer Desktop

If you are planning to deploy ArcGIS Explorer Desktop from the ArcGIS Explorer Desktop Web download with deployment tools such as Microsoft Active Directory Group Policy or Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), you must extract the installation files. If you received ArcGIS Explorer Desktop media, the installation files can be used as they are on the media to create packages for deployment.

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 or if you are planning to deploy ArcGIS Explorer Desktop with Group Policy or SCCM. 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%\ArcGISExplorer\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 Install Guide.htm

instmsi3.exe

setup.chm

Setup.exe

Setup.ini

Setup.msi

Setup1.cab

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:\ArcGIS_Explorer_Install.log

Uninstalling ArcGIS Explorer Desktop silently 

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

Msiexec /X {7B18E7E2-AFCA-4CBE-8CD5-3613315AB262} /qb