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--- rhino:installingrhino:7 [2024/08/26]
maryfugier [Examples]
+++ rhino:installingrhino:7 [2026/06/11] (current)
maryfugier [Helpful Locations]
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-===== Automating installation Rhino 7 for Windows: Scripted Install=====
+===== Automating installation Rhino for Windows: Scripted Install=====
-Rhino 7 installs from a single executable installer, and can be fully automated.
+Rhino 7, 8 and later install from a single executable installer, and can be fully automated.
 setup.exe [Action] [Option] [Parameters]
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 [[https://wiki.mcneel.com/rhino/installingrhino/no-msi|Why is there no MSI installer for Rhino 7?]]
+====Examples====
+Here is an example of a passive command line install.
+//rhino_en-us_8.28.26041.11001.exe -package -passive -norestart LICENSE_METHOD=ZOO ZOO_SERVER=zoo.mcneel.com//
+Please fill in your own **ZOO_SERVER**
+The Rhino exe is in the Downloads folder.
+====Prepare for Install====
+  * If you have already **Rhino installed, uninstall it.** **<- very important**
+  * Clear out any old lic files that will not longer be used.
+Lan Zoo C:\ProgramData\McNeel\Rhinoceros\6.0\License Manager\Licenses
+Cloud Zoo C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\McNeel\Rhinoceros\6.0\License Manager\Licenses
+<user> is the current user name
+  * For easy updates use your fully qualified DNS name for the server.
+===Test the Scripted Install===
+. Passive so you do not get messages "like Rhino is already installed"
+You need to uninstall Rhino after every test run of the command line install. Consider not using **-passive**
+until you have this working.
+. Open the **Windows Terminal application** as **ADMINISTRATOR**. The scripted install requires the ADMIN rights level.
+. In the **Terminal** app, change directories into the Download or other folder where the EXE is located.
+For example **cd\users\jim\downloads** where Jim is the user.
+. From the Downloads folder where the Rhino exe is located, run the scripted install:
+For us the version of Rhino 8 and the options we selected gave us this line to paste into Terminal:
+//rhino_en-us_X.XX.xxxxx.xxxx.exe -package -passive -norestart LICENSE_METHOD=ZOO ZOO_SERVER=zoo.mcneel.com//
+//Note: consider not using *-passive* is you are trouble shooting.//
+{{:rhino:installingrhino:admin_terminal_app.png?400|}}
+Rhino LAN Zoo Lic
+C:\ProgramData\McNeel\Rhinoceros\6.0\License Manager\Licenses
+**Note:**
+  * In a manual install, the lic is created the first time Rhino is run.
+  * In the scripted install the .lic is created and then Rhino runs without opening the dialog to configure the licensing.
+====Helpful Locations====
+**Zoo Registry Keys:**
+**Rhino 6,7,8**
+  * HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\McNeel\Rhinoceros\6.0\License Manager -> Server = your Zoo server
+**Rhino 5**
+  * HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\McNeel\Rhinoceros\5.0\License Manager -> Server = your Zoo server
+**Low level user/manual install:**
+  * HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\McNeel\Rhinoceros\6.0\License Manager -> Server = your Zoo server
+**Zoo Server Install Keys:**
+  * Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\McNeel\Zoo\5.0

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