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Cadence OrCAD and Allegro 17.4-2019 Installation Guide for Windows October 2019 45 Product Version 17.4-2019 © 1999-2019 All Rights Reserved. Performing Silent Installations Silent or unattended installation does not require user intervention. You start silent installation from the command line using a simple text file called the silent installation file. You can find templates of the silent installation files in the Disk1 folder of the installation CD. To perform silent installation modify these files and at the Windows command prompt, enter the relevant command. See the The silentinstall-SPB.ini file section of this chapter for more information on the different fields of the silent installation files. The following sections provide details about silent or unattended installation: ■ Installing Products in the Silent Mode ■ Installing Client in the Silent Mode ■ Installing Design Entry HDL-Allegro PSpice System Designer Library in the Silent Mode ■ Performing Maintenance in the Silent Mode Installing Products in the Silent Mode 1. Modify the Disk1\silentinstall-SPB.ini file. Change the following variables: ❑ TargetDir: Specify the location where you want to install the products. ❑ MODE: Specify if you want to install all the products (MODE=COMPLETE) or a selected list of products (MODE=CUSTOM). Edit the Features section for the CUSTOM mode. ❑ WorkingDir: Specify the default working directory. ❑ ALLUSERS: Specify if the installation is for all users, (ALLUSERS=YES), or the current user (ALLUSERS=NO), which is the default. ❑ OVERWRITE_HOME: Specify if the value of HOME should be overwritten with the value specified for WorkingDir. By default, the value is set to Y. ❑ CONNECT_TO_EXISTING_SERVER: Specify the license server configuration information, the host name and the port number. If you do not have a license manager installed and configured, use the LIC_FILE_PATH variable.