This article discusses how to extract the child installers from the Dell Data Security (formerly Dell Data Protection) master installer.
Affected Products:
- Dell Encryption Enterprise
- Dell Data Protection | Enterprise Edition
- Dell Encryption Personal
- Dell Data Protection | Personal Edition
- Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise
- Dell Endpoint Security Suite Pro
Dell Data Security uses master installers that contain individual child installers for the software. The master installers are called DDSSetup.exe (formerly DDPSetup.exe) or DDSSuite.exe (formerly DDPSuite.exe).
Master installers are available for Dell Data Security Products:
- DDSSetup.exe for Dell Encryption Enterprise
- DDSSetup.exe for Dell Encryption Personal
- DDSSuite.exe for Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise
- DDSSuite.exe for Dell Endpoint Security Suite Pro
Master installers are available for legacy Dell Data Protection products:
- DDPSetup.exe for Dell Data Protection | Enterprise Edition
- DDPSetup.exe for Dell Data Protection | Personal Edition
- DDPSuite.exe for Dell Data Protection | Endpoint Security Suite
- DDPSuite.exe for Dell Data Protection | Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise
Click the appropriate master installer for steps on extracting the child installers.
- Right-click the Windows start menu and then click Run.
- In the Run UI, type
cmd
and then press OK. This opens Command Prompt.
- In Command Prompt, go to the location of DDSSuite.exe by typing
CD "[LOCATION of DDSSetup.EXE]"
and then pressing Enter.
Note: The location in the screenshot is an example and may differ in your environment.
- Type
DDSSetup.exe /z"\"EXTRACT_INSTALLERS=C:\extracted\""
and then press Enter. This extracts the child installers to C:\Extracted
.
Note:
- Windows requires that the path that
EXTRACT_INSTALLER
specifies is under 256 characters.
- If character limitations pose a problem during extraction, retry extraction into a folder on the desktop to reduce the number of characters used in the path.
- In the example,
C:\extracted
is the path that EXTRACT_INSTALLER
specifies.
- If User Account Control (UAC) is enabled, click Yes to open DDSSetup.exe. If UAC is disabled, go to Step 6.
- The master installer extracts the child installers. On completion, click Finish to close the InstallShield Wizard.
- The child installers are in the directory from Step 4.
- Right-click the Windows start menu and then click Run.
- In the Run UI, type
cmd
and then press OK. This opens Command Prompt.
- In Command Prompt, go to the location of DDSSuite.exe by typing
CD "[LOCATION of DDSSUITE.EXE]"
and then pressing Enter.
Note: The location in the screenshot is an example and may differ in your environment.
- Type
DDSSuite.exe /z"\"EXTRACT_INSTALLERS=C:\extracted\""
and then press Enter. This extracts the child installers to C:\Extracted
.
Note:
- Windows requires that the path that
EXTRACT_INSTALLER
specifies is under 256 characters.
- If character limitations pose a problem during extraction, retry extraction into a folder on the desktop to reduce the number of characters used in the path.
- In the example,
C:\extracted
is the path that EXTRACT_INSTALLER
specifies.
- If User Account Control (UAC) is enabled, click Yes to open DDSSuite.exe. If UAC is disabled, go to Step 6.
- The master installer extracts the child installers. On completion, click Finish to close the InstallShield Wizard.
- The child installers are in the directory from Step 4.
- Right-click the Windows start menu and then click Run.
- In the Run UI, type
cmd
and then press OK. This opens Command Prompt.
- In Command Prompt, go to the location of DDSSuite.exe by typing
CD "[LOCATION of DDPSETUP.EXE]"
and then pressing Enter.
Note: The location in the screenshot is an example and may differ in your environment.
- Type
DDPSetup.exe /z"\"EXTRACT_INSTALLERS=C:\extracted\""
and then press Enter. This extracts the child installers to C:\Extracted
.
Note:
- Windows requires that the path that
EXTRACT_INSTALLER
specifies is under 256 characters.
- If character limitations pose a problem during extraction, retry extraction into a folder on the desktop to reduce the number of characters used in the path.
- In the example,
C:\extracted
is the path that EXTRACT_INSTALLER
specifies.
- If User Account Control (UAC) is enabled, click Yes to open DDPSetup.exe. If UAC is disabled, go to Step 6.
- The installer package extracts the child installers. On completion, click Finish to close the InstallShield Wizard.
- The child installers are in the directory from Step 4.
- Right-click the Windows start menu and then click Run.
- In the Run UI, type
cmd
and then press OK. This opens Command Prompt.
- In Command Prompt, go to the location of DDSSuite.exe by typing
CD "[LOCATION of DDPSUITE.EXE]"
and then pressing Enter.
Note: The location in the screenshot is an example and may differ in your environment.
- Type
DDPSuite.exe /z"\"EXTRACT_INSTALLERS=C:\extracted\""
and then press Enter. This extracts the child installers to C:\Extracted
.
Note:
- Windows requires that the path that
EXTRACT_INSTALLER
specifies is under 256 characters.
- If character limitations pose a problem during extraction, retry extraction into a folder on the desktop to reduce the number of characters used in the path.
- In the example,
C:\extracted
is the path that EXTRACT_INSTALLER
specifies.
- If User Account Control (UAC) is enabled, click Yes to open DDPSuite.exe. If UAC is disabled, go to Step 6.
- The master installer extracts the child installers. On completion, click Finish to close the InstallShield Wizard.
- The child installers are in the directory from Step 4.
To contact support, reference Dell Data Security International Support Phone Numbers.
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