Minimum system requirements

For the latest information on system requirements or recommendations, visit http://wikis.esri.com/wiki/display/agxpsr/ArcGIS+Explorer+System+Requirements.

ArcGIS Explorer is supported on the following operating systems:

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

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Service Pack 1 or 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 (32-bit, 64-bit)

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

ArcGIS Explorer requires the following software components:

• A minimum installation or an installation that includes Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 is required to install ArcGIS Explorer.  The Microsoft .NET Framework must be installed manually to meet the requirement.

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 information can be found at http://links.esri.com/arcgisexplorer/dotnet20SP2.

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

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.

Additional Software and Development Requirements

• An OpenGL 2.0 or higher compliant video card is required, with at least 32 MB of video memory. However, 256 MB of video memory or higher is recommended.

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

• Intel Pentium® or Intel Xeon® processors are supported. 1.5 GHz processor speed or higher is recommended.

ArcGIS Explorer can be installed with other ESRI products on your machine, regardless of the product version. The ArcGIS product versions supported with ArcGIS Explorer are 9.2 Service Pack 6 and higher.

Before Installing ArcGIS Explorer

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

For a successful installation of ArcGIS Explorer, 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, 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, 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, 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 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

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

Installing ArcGIS Explorer silently

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

ArcGIS Explorer command line parameters

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

How to perform an installation of ArcGIS Explorer silently

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

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

Deploying ArcGIS Explorer

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

Steps to extract ArcGIS Explorer installation files

Extracting the ArcGIS Explorer installation files from the ArcGIS Explorer Web download is necessary if you intend to install ArcGIS Explorer silently or if you are planning to deploy ArcGIS Explorer with Group Policy or SMS. ArcGIS Explorer 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.  Browse to the %TEMP%\ArcGISExplorer\1200 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 Web download is provided below.

Files in the ArcGIS Explorer Web download:

ArcGIS Explorer Install Guide.htm

instmsi3.exe

setup.chm

Setup.exe

Setup.ini

Setup.msi

Setup1.cab

Creating a log of the ArcGIS Explorer 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 silently 

To uninstall ArcGIS Explorer silently, run the following command.

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