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Dragon 13 Administrator Guide
Upgrading Your Dragon Installation from the Command
Line
Therearetwocommandlineupgradescenarios:
n MajorUpgradeUpgradingfromVersion11.xor12.xtoDragonNaturallySpeaking
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n MinorUpgradeUpgradingtoahigherpointreleasewithinthesameeditionand
versionofDragon.Forexample,upgradingfromDragon10.0toDragon10.x.
AllofthesetypesofupgradescaneitherdisplaytheGUIorbesilent(notdisplaytheGUI),
excepttheminorupgrade,whichdoesnotsupportthesilentoption.UpgradestoDragon
NaturallySpeaking13areonlysupportedfromDragon11.xor12.x
WhenyouperformasilentinstallationofDragon,theinstallationprocessdoesnotdisplayany
messages.Toviewinstallationmessages,administratorsshouldviewthelogfiles.See
Troubleshootingsilentinstallerrorsfordetails.
AnadministratorcannotupgradeUserProfileswiththecommandlineinstallation.Formore
informationonupgradingRoamingUserProfiles,seethesectionbelow.IfUserProfilesare
notRoamingUserProfiles,administratorsruntheUser Profile Upgrade Wizardafter
installationcompletes.
Upgrading Roaming User Profiles
BeforeupgradeUserProfiles,administratorsmustupgradeRoamingUserProfilesinthe
RoamingUserProfiledirectory.Afterwards,administratorscanupgradeDragonontheclient
computersandtheRoamingUserProfilesbecomeavailableassoonastheupgradeis
complete.
See"UpgradingUserProfilestoDragonNaturallySpeaking13"inDragon-What'sNewfor
administratorsformoreinformation.
Background on Roaming User Profiles
BeforeadministratorsupgradeRoamingUserProfilestoDragonNaturallySpeaking13,they
needtorecallsomebasicsabouthowtheRoamingfeatureworks:EachDragonend-user
hasamasterRoamingUserProfilethatcanbeopenedfromanynetworkedcomputerwhere
Dragonisinstalled.ThemasterRoamingUserProfilesarestoredonanetworklocation.
WhenamasterRoamingUserProfileisopenedfromthatcentralnetworklocation,Dragon
transfersacopyofthatUserProfiletotheLocalRoamingUserProfileonthecomputerwhere
theend-userisdictating.
Recommended Approach
SincetheLocalRoamingUserProfileisacopyoftheend-userdatatakenfromthemaster
RoamingUserProfile,itdoesnotmakeanysensetodirectlyupgradetheLocalRoaming
UserProfilewhenupgradingthelocalDragoninstallation.
Instead,administratorsshouldinstallDragonNaturallySpeaking13directlyonthenetwork
computerwherethecurrentMasterRoamingUserProfilesarelocatedandupgradethose
MasterRoamingUserProfilesdirectly.AfterupgradingthemasterRoamingUserProfiles,
administratorscanthenproceedtoupgradeend-usersystemsthatdeploytheRoaming
feature.
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