Commands for {{{sync_product_name}}}

You can access certain {{{sync_product_name}}} installation functionality through a command interface. This is an advanced feature and generally only used by administrators during installation.

Personal Encryption Key Setup (Windows and Mac)

Specify a personal encryption key during setup. These commands are only useful if you have already set up a personal key for the backup software or a previous installation of {{{sync_product_name}}}. Use /customkeytext to enter your personal key passphrase, or use /customkeyfile to import your personal key from the file.

Windows: {{{sync_product_name}}}.exe {/customkeytext key | /customkeyfile file path}

Mac: {{{sync_product_name}}} {/customkeytext key | /customkeyfile file path}

key is your personal encryption key passphrase.

file path is the complete file path of the encryption key file.

Region Override (Windows and Mac)

For new users, specifies the world region where your data is stored. You may need to use this command if your computer's location is different than the location where you want your data stored.

Windows: {{{sync_product_name}}}.exe general.region.override region

Mac: {{{sync_product_name}}} general.region.override region

region is either US for United States or EMEA, for Europe.

Proxy Setup (Windows)

The proxy settings command lets you set up the proxy server used by {{{sync_product_name}}} in Windows. These switches are used during the installation of {{{sync_product_name}}}.

{{{sync_product_name}}}.exe configuration authentication

Choose one of the following for configuration .

/useproxy: url

Sets the proxy server {{{sync_product_name}}} uses on a computer. url is the URL of the proxy server.

/usemachinedefaultproxy

Sets the proxy server {{{sync_product_name}}} uses to the one configured for the computer based on the group policy settings for the user account.

/autodetectproxy

Sets the proxy server {{{sync_product_name}}} uses to one that {{{sync_product_name}}} discovers configured on the computer.

/pacurl: url

Sets the proxy server {{{sync_product_name}}} uses through a PAC script, which contains the configuration information for the proxy server. url is the URL of the PAC script.

/grabuserieproxysettings

Sets the proxy server {{{sync_product_name}}} uses to the one defined for Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Choose one of the following for authentication.

/usemachineproxyauth

Specifies that the user's domain account should be used for proxy authentication.

/proxyuser:username /proxypass:password [/proxydomain:domain]

Specifies the account used to authenticate to the proxy server.

• username is the username of the account.
• password is the password of the account.
• domain is the domain of the account.

Proxy Type (Windows)

Specifies the proxy type

{{{sync_product_name}}}.exe {/useproxy:URL | /usemachinedefaultproxy | /autodetectproxy | /pacurl:URL | /grabuserieproxysettings }

Parameters

/useproxy:URL

Sets the proxy server {{{sync_product_name}}} uses on a computer. URL is the URL of the proxy server.

Examples

{{{sync_product_name}}}.exe /useproxy:proxyserver:80

{{{sync_product_name}}}.exe /useproxy:10.10.10.10:3128 /proxyuser:admin /proxypass:my_password

/usemachinedefaultproxy

Sets the proxy server {{{sync_product_name}}} uses to the one configured for the computer based on the group policy settings for the user account.

/autodetectproxy

Sets the proxy server {{{sync_product_name}}} uses to the one that {{{sync_product_name}}} discovers configured on the computer.

/pacurl:url

Sets the proxy server {{{sync_product_name}}} uses through a PAC script, which contains the configuration information for the proxy server. url is the URL of the proxy server.

/grabuserieproxysettings

Sets the proxy server {{{sync_product_name}}} uses to the one defined for Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Silent Installation (Windows)

Specifies a silent installation. There is no need for user interaction.

{{{sync_product_name}}}.exe /qb

Set {{{sync_product_name}}} Language (Windows)

Sets the language that {{{sync_product_name}}} uses. Allows {{{sync_product_name}}} to use a different language than the operating system.

{{{sync_product_name}}}.exe /lang=language code