Silent Authorization Commands

This topic provides information on the various silent processing options available for the ArcGIS License Manager. The following options can also be used to authorize the Desktop and Engine software with single-use licenses on the individual machines by using softwareauthorization.exe instead of softwareauthorizationls.exe. These commands apply to all platforms.

From the command line, change directory to the license manager installation location. The default on Windows is C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\License10.1\bin.

Adding a -verbose switch at the end of the commands will display progress and error messages in the command window.

Authorizing silently:

softwareauthorizationls.exe -s -ver 10.1 -lif "c:\temp\<*.prvs>". This command can also be used with *.resps files when authorizing offline. Use *.prvc and *.respc when authorizing single-use Desktop or Engine licenses.

Creating an authorize.txt file for offline authorization:

softwareauthorizationls.exe -s -ver 10.1 -lif "C:\Temp\<.prvs>" -out "C:\Temp\authorize.txt"

Deauthorizing silently:

To deauthorize all licenses from the machine, run softwareauthorizationls.exe -s -return all.

To deauthorize specific licenses from the machine, you need to enter in the specific authorization numbers that you would like to deauthorize. Run softwareauthorizationls.exe -s -return EFLxxxxxxxxx,EFLxxxxxxxxx.

Upgrading licenses silently:

To upgrade all licenses on the machine, runsoftwareauthorization.exe -s -upgrade all.

To upgrade specific licenses from the machine, you need to enter in the specific authorization numbers. Run softwareauthorization.exe -s -upgrade EFLxxxxxxxxx,EFLxxxxxxxxx.