Minimum system requirements


For the latest information on system requirements or recommendations, visit http://links.esri.com/arcgis-explorer/2500/system-requirements.

 

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 information can be found at http://links.esri.com/arcgisexplorer/dotnet35SP1.

 

Note:

Administrative privileges are required to install the Microsoft .NET Framework. 

  

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

ArcGIS Explorer Desktop can be installed with other Esri products on your machine. The ArcGIS product versions supported with ArcGIS Explorer Desktop are 9.3.1, 10.0 and 10.1.

 

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.

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

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.


Installation type

Two installation options are presented when the setup is launched: 1) Anyone who uses this computer (all users) and 2) Only for me (user name). The "anyone who uses this computer" option executes a per machine installation. Administrative privileges are required to perform a per machine installation. The "Only for me" option executes a per user installation. Administrative privileges are not required to perform a per user installation.


ArcGIS Explorer Desktop installation type – per machine

With a per machine installation type, anyone who uses the computer will be able to use ArcGIS Explorer Desktop. Additionally, no other users will be able to install the application. The default installation location is C:\Program Files\Explorer (x86).  However, you can browse to any desired installation location.

 

ArcGIS Explorer Desktop installation type – per user

Administrative privileges are not required to install ArcGIS Explorer Desktop for an individual user.  The default installation location is the user’s Documents and Settings folder.  If the user installing attempts to install to a location that is beyond their privileges, a 1303 error will appear and the installation will abort. The user installing ArcGIS Explorer Desktop is the only one that can run the application. Other users must install ArcGIS Explorer Desktop from their respective accounts. With this installation type, each user is required to install ArcGIS Explorer Desktop individually.

 

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 are planning to install ArcGIS Explorer Desktop silently, see the available command line parameters below.

 

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. 

 

How to perform a per machine installation of ArcGIS Explorer Desktop silently

Run this command to  perform a silent installation. This example will install ArcGIS Explorer Desktop silently to C:\Esri for all users on this machine.

 

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

  

How to perform a per user installation of ArcGIS Explorer Desktop silently

Run this command to perform a silent installation.  This example will install ArcGIS Explorer Desktop silently for the current user only.

 

Msiexec /I <setup location>\PerUser.msi /qb 


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 per machine installation silently, run the following command.

 

Msiexec /X {8FF1B080-4BE2-4355-ABA6-7902494EA9C7} /qb


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

 

Msiexec /X {6908B23C-184B-41A0-9909-76CC616F1638} /qb