Setup.INI Wizard Overview
The Setup.INI Wizard helps generate custom setup.ini files to preconfigure your installation packages. This can be useful when deploying Reboot Restore Enterprise via unattended installations, system imaging, and MSI package creation.
The application is located under the Deployment Tools folder in the Reboot Restore Enterprise client installer:
- Welcome Page
If you have an existing setup.ini file you can open it from here to edit it
- Accept the EULA Prompt
- Setup Option: Enter Product ID
On this step you can do the following:- opt-in to delete the installer files from the client PC after Reboot Restore has installed
- input your purchased product ID/license key
- change the default client installer path
- toggle option for multiboot install
- Access Control
Here is where you can set the password for the Reboot Restore Enterprise client UI.- select the Administrator user account > click the Password button
- you can also add new users here with limited permissions
NOTE: You’ll get a warning prompt if you skipped this step. The default password is blank password with Administrator as username
- Partition Selection
Here you can select which partitions to protect during install.
TIP: Choosing “Windows partition only” or “All Partitions on the system drive” does generally guarantee full compatibility across multiple PC configurations
- Exemption Drive
You can choose to have an Exemption drive created on install or if you already have an unprotected partition to move user profiles there
- Program Appearance
Adjust Reboot Restore Enterprise Client Settings (e.g. Hiding the subconsole, tray icon) as well as restricting resources
- Restore Settings
Set Reboot Restore Client default auto-restore behaviour.
- Update Baseline
Set schedule to automatically update Windows. Reboot Restore automatically sets a new baseline after the automated task.
- Remote Management
Configure the client to connect to the IP address of the PC that has the Endpoint Manager installed. You can also use the Endpoint Manager PC’s machine name or a DNS address if the Endpoint Manager PC has an external IP address (to connect over the internet or across multiple locations)
- More Settings
These are additional program settings that are not available in the Setup.INI Wizard. Here are a few examples:
Reboot=1/0
1 - automatically reboots the during an unattended/script/image deploy or MSI install the PC to install the subconsole
0 – disables auto-reboot. Useful if you have other applications that need to finish installation on first boot before locking it down with Reboot Restore client (i.e Sysprep)
Upgrade=0/1
0 - for standard install. 1 if updating an existing client install (via command line only)
- Finish
Once you click finish, you’ll get prompted to save the file.
Name it “setup.ini” and you can save it on any location or overwrite the default setup.ini file