What command-line parameters are available for Symantec Help (SymHelp)?
| Article:TECH170732 | | | Created: 2011-09-29 | | | Updated: 2013-05-30 | | | Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH170732 |
Problem
Symantec Help (SymHelp) needs to run without user visibility and/or with specific data collection and reporting goals in mind
Solution
The following table contains the command-line options available for Symantec Help:
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Command line option
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Purpose
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-h
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Display this help page
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-noup
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Do not check for an updated version of Symantec Help
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-debug
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Run a debug wizard to turn on product debugging and collect product debug logs.
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-disable
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Disable debug mode for installed products. Use -enable to enable debug mode.
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-enable
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Enable debug mode for installed products. Use -disable to disable debug mode.
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-lang language-id
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Set the display language using the two-letter ISO 639-1 language ID
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-s
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Run Symantec Help in silent mode.
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-healthchk
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Scan for the health of all installed products.
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-prechk
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Scan for pre-install requirements of all supported but not installed products.
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-bestchk
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Scan for best practices in all installed products.
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-logs
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Collect detailed product logs.
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-forsupport
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Collect standard data for support.
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-alldata
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Collect all data for support.
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-lpa
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Run Load Point Analysis. You must also use -s (silent mode).
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-spe
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Run Symantec Power Eraser. You must also use -s (silent mode).
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-open filename
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Open an existing report.
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-dest Destination directory. If not specified, the default destination is c:.
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Set the default location for saving reports.
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-ftpup
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Perform the update check using only FTP.
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-httpup
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Perform the update check using only HTTP.
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-wizno
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Do not run in wizard mode.
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-wizprod
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Deprecated, use -debug. Run in product wizard mode.
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-user username
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User name for proxy authentication.
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-pass password
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Password for proxy authentication.
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Note: The -deepdata switch does not exist in SymHelp. The equivalent switch is -debug which launches a wizard that allows the user to configure various debug logging settings for supported Symantec products.
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Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH170732
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