Idm Silent Install -
"%ProgramFiles%\IDM\Uninstall.exe" /S Or using built-in Windows uninstaller:
[Setup] Dir=C:\Program Files\IDM Group=Network Tools NoIcons=1 AutoStart=0 IntegrateWithEdge=1 IntegrateWithChrome=1 DownloadFolder=D:\Downloads MaxConnections=8 Launch with:
The installer is typically named IDM_v6.x.BuildXX.exe . 3. Silent Installation Command-Line Switches Based on reverse engineering and vendor documentation (Tonec Inc., 2024), the following switches work for recent IDM versions (6.40+): idm silent install
start "" "C:\Program Files\IDM\IDMan.exe" /register "ABCDE-12345-FGHIJ-67890" Volume licensing is not officially offered by Tonec. Each license is typically per-user, so silent activation across many machines may violate the EULA. 7. Silent Uninstallation Removing IDM silently:
if ($process.ExitCode -eq 0) Write-Host "IDM installed successfully" if ($LicenseKey) Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Tonec\IDM" -Name "Serial" -Value $LicenseKey -Force Write-Host "License key applied" "%ProgramFiles%\IDM\Uninstall
IDM_v6.42.Build25.exe /S /DIR="C:\Program Files\IDM" /NOICONS 4.1 Using an Answer File (IDM.ini) IDM supports an optional IDM.ini file placed in the same directory as the installer. This file pre-configures settings without post-install scripting.
reg import IDM_prefs.reg copy /Y idm.settings "%APPDATA%\IDM\" Example IDM_prefs.reg : Each license is typically per-user, so silent activation
Example IDM.ini :
