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Chapter 5: Installing Dragon using the Windows installer (MSI)
Step-by-Step Upgrade Process
You must follow these steps to set options for your users:
1. If you are upgrading from a previous version of Dragon, copy the nsdefaults.ini and roam-
ingdef.ini files to a central location so they can accessed later.
2. Open a command line window (Start > Run and enter cmd).
3. Uninstall Dragon Version 10.x with msiexec.exe by passing the installer the /x option followed
by the old versions GUID and the /qn option to turn off any GUI.
The correct GUID for each Version you can upgrade to Dragon 11 on the command line is
shown in the adjacent table and the example below uses the Dragon 9.x GUID:
msiexec /x {DDDD90B2-80F2-413A-8A8E-38C5076A7DBA}
/L*v "C:\updatelog.log" /qn
msiexec automatically retains User Profiles when you use the silent option.
Caution: The first time you try any upgrade, you should not run it in Silent mode, because if
you have neglected to provide required information, you then receive a GUI prompt for that
information.
4. For upgrading from Dragon 9.x, skip this step. If you are upgrading from Dragon 11 or 11.x
(minor upgrade), uninstall the old version of Visual C++ Runtime for Dragon with msiexec.exe
by passing the installer the /x option followed by the old version’s GUID and the /qn option to
turn off any GUI. The example below shows uninstalling the 32-bit Visual C++ Runtime for
Dragon:
msiexec /x {4A5A427F-BA39-4BF0-9A47-9999FBE60C9F}
/L*v "C:\updatelog.log" /qn
To uninstall the 64-bit version, use the alternative GUID shown in the adjacent table.
5. Be sure you have the Dragon serial number (or the group serial number, if you are upgrading
Dragon on multiple networked computers).
6. Be sure all mapped drives you plan to use are mapped on individual client computers where you
are distributing the upgrade.
7. Install any pending Windows updates on clients and reboot as needed before continuing.
8. Insert the product DVD in the drive and search the DVD for the path where the Dragon
setup.exe is located.
9. Install the new version of Visual C++ Runtime for Dragon by entering the full path to vcrun-
time.exe on a 32-bit system or vcruntime_x64.exe on a 64-bit system:
ISSetupPrerequisites\VCRuntime\vcruntime.exe /S /v"qn /l*v %TEMP%\vc-
runtime.log"
OR
ISSetupPrerequisites\VCRuntime\vcruntime_x64.exe /S /v"qn /l*v
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