Lenovo System Update Solution (Deployment Guide) User Manual

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When installing, a shortcut is added to the following Start menu folder for
ThinkPad

systems:

Start Menu\Programs\ThinkVantage

For Lenovo systems, the following shortcut is added to the Start menu folder:

Start Menu\Programs\Lenovo Care

Preferences are stored as settings in the following Windows registry keys:

For System Update:

HKLM\Software\Lenovo\System Update

For Update Retriever:

HKLM\Software\Lenovo\Update Retriever

The default folder where application files are installed is the following:

For System Update:

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\System Update

For Update Retriever:

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\Update Retriever

System Update standard installation procedures and
command-line parameters

System Update and Update Retriever all use the same command line parameters
for installing the applications. The following example starts a non-silent command
line installation for System Update or Update Retriever:

c:\>[System Update installation file name].exe

To do a silent command line extraction followed by an installation you use the -s
parameter. The extract defaults to the Windows Temp folder.

c:\>[System Update installation file name].exe -s

To silently extract to a specific folder followed by an installation you would do the
following:

c:\>[System Update installation file name].exe -s -fc:\tvt\tvsut

The f parameter in the -f causes the files to be extracted to the c:\tvt\tvsut folder.

You can use the -e parameter to extract the contents of the installation file. If you
want the installation file to start the executable, specify the file name after the –e
parameter (-e[System Update installation file name]). For examples where the file
name is not specified, see following table:

Table 3. Extract Command Scripts

Product

Command Line

Example for

Extraction

Comment

Extracted File To

Execute to Start the

Install based on

Extraction Folder

Example

System Update

SystemUpdate-
setup.exe
-fc:\tvt\tvsufolder -e

Extracts System
Update to
c:\tvt\tvsufolder

c:\tvt\tvsufolder\
UninstallSU.exe

Update Retriever

UpdateRetriever-
setup.exe
-fc:\tvt\tvurfolder -e

Extracts Update
Retriever to
c:\tvt\tvurfolder

c:\tvt\tvurfolder\
setup.exe

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