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Dragon Administrator Guide version 11.5
Upgrading Your Dragon Installation
from the Command Line
There are two command line upgrade scenarios:
n Major Upgrade—Upgrading from Version 9, 9.x, 10, or 10.x to Dragon 11 or greater .
n Minor Upgrade—Upgrading to a higher point release within the same edition and version of
Dragon. For example, upgrading from Dragon 11.0 to Dragon 11.x.
Note: You can only upgrade from Dragon 9.x or greater to Dragon 11.5. Upgrading from Dragon
8.x or earlier to Dragon 11.5 is not supported
All of these types of upgrades can either display the GUI or be silent (not display the GUI),
except the minor upgrade, which does not support the silent option. Upgrades to Dragon 11 or
greater are only supported for Dragon 9.x and 10.x.
When you perform a silent installation of Dragon, the installation process does not display any
messages. To view installation messages, administrators should view the setup log.
An administrator cannot upgrade User Profiles with the command line installation. For more infor-
mation on upgrading Roaming User Profiles, see the section below. If User Profiles are not Roam-
ing User Profiles, administrators run the User Profile Upgrade Wizard after installation
completes.
Upgrading Roaming User Profiles
Before upgrade User Profiles, administrators must upgrade Roaming User Profiles in the Roaming
User Profile directory. Afterwards, administrators can upgrade Dragon on the client computers
and the Roaming User Profiles become available as soon as the upgrade is complete.
See "Upgrading User Profiles to Dragon 11 or greater " in Dragon - What's New for administrators
for more information.
Background on Roaming User Profiles
Before administrators upgrade Roaming User Profiles from Dragon NaturallySpeaking or Dragon
Medical 9.x or 10.x to Dragon 11 or greater , they need to recall some basics about how the Roam-
ing feature works: Each Dragon user has a master Roaming User Profile that can be opened from
any networked computer where Dragon is installed. The master Roaming User Profiles are stored
on a network location. When a master Roaming User Profile is opened from that central network
location, Dragon transfers a copy of that User Profile to the Local Roaming User Profile on the
computer where the user is dictating.
Recommended Approach
Since the Local Roaming User Profile is a copy of the user data taken from the master Roaming
User Profile, it does not make any sense to directly upgrade the Local Roaming User Profile when
upgrading the local Dragon installation.
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