Installing the eShare App

Note: The eShareApp.msi installer contains all the needed dependencies for running the eShare App, including Microsoft .NET 8 Runtime and Microsoft Edge WebView2. If you have these already installed, see Installing the eShare App without dependencies

Perform the following to install eShare App on your computer.

Do the following:

Open eShare normally with a web browser, and click "Get eShare App" at the bottom of the front page. The eShareApp.msi installer is downloaded to your computer.
Launch eShareApp.msi and follow the instructions of the wizard to complete the installation.

Note: If you want to install eShare App for all users of this computer, open a command prompt window with the "Run as administrator" option, and launch eShareApp.msi from the command prompt window.

Installing the eShare App without dependencies

Perform the following to install eShare App without the dependencies on your computer.

Do the following:

Download the eShareApp_NoDeps.msi installer from <eShare address>/files/eShareApp_NoDeps.msi.
Launch eShareApp_NoDeps.msi and follow the instructions of the wizard to complete the installation.

Note: If you want to install eShare App for all users of this computer, open a command prompt window with the "Run as administrator" option, and launch eShareApp_NoDeps.msi from the command prompt window.

Installing the eShare App using command line

You can install or uninstall eShare App using the msiexec command in a command prompt window.

Note: If you want to install the application for all users of the computer, you must start the command prompt as an administrator.

Command-line installation supports these parameters:

Parameter	Description
ALLUSERS="1"	Installs eShare App for all users. If the parameter is not used, eShare App is only installed for the current user.
INSTALLDIR="<path>"	Specifies the installation folder. If the parameter is not used, the 64-bit application version is installed in C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Apps\Cadmatic\eShare(x64), and the 32-bit application version is installed in C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Apps\Cadmatic\eShare.
LOCALPATH="<path>"	Specifies the location where temporary user data such as imported models can be saved. If the parameter is not used, temporary user data is stored in C:\Users\<user>\AppData\LocalLow\Cadmatic\eShare\cache.

Parameter

Description

ALLUSERS="1"

Installs eShare App for all users.

If the parameter is not used, eShare App is only installed for the current user.

INSTALLDIR="<path>"

Specifies the installation folder.

If the parameter is not used, the 64-bit application version is installed in C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Apps\Cadmatic\eShare(x64), and the 32-bit application version is installed in C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Apps\Cadmatic\eShare.

LOCALPATH="<path>"

Specifies the location where temporary user data such as imported models can be saved.

If the parameter is not used, temporary user data is stored in C:\Users\<user>\AppData\LocalLow\Cadmatic\eShare\cache.

You can use standard Windows Installer options in the command. For example, you can run the command with the option /quiet to install or uninstall eShare App in silent mode so that no user action is required during the operation. Run the command with the option /? or /help to list all the options.

Here are examples, using eShareAppinstaller.msi as the name of the installer file:

This command would install eShare App for all users in D:\Programs\eShare, and user data would be stored in D:\UserData\eShare:

msiexec /i eShareAppInstaller.msi ALLUSERS="1" INSTALLDIR="d:\Programs\eShare" LOCALPATH=”d:\UserData\eShare” /quiet

This command would install eShare App for the current user:

msiexec /i eShareAppInstaller.msi /quiet

This command would uninstall the application in silent mode:

msiexec /x eShareAppInstaller.msi /quiet