UniGetUI Command-line parameters

Parameter ____________________________________	Description	Compatible versions ______________
--daemon	Start UniGetUI without spawning a new window. UniGetUI will run minimized on the system tray. UniGetUI is called with this parameter when launched at startup. Autostart UniGetUI in the notifications area must be enabled for this parameter to work.	1.0+
--welcome	Shows the user the Setup Wizard	up to 2.2.0
--updateapps	Force enable automatic installation of available updates	1.6.0+
--report-all-errors	Will force UniGetUI to show the error report page on any crash when loading	3.0.0+
--uninstall-unigetui	Will unregister UniGetUI from the notification panel, and silently quit	from 3.1.0 to 3.1.8
--migrate-wingetui-to-unigetui	Will migrate WingetUI data folders and shortcuts to UniGetUI (if possible), and silently quit	3.1.0+
UniGetUI.exe file	Provided that the file is a valid bundle, will load the bundle into the Package Bundles page. Compatible bundle files include the following extensions: .ubundle, .json, .yaml, .xml	3.1.2+
--help	Opens this page	3.2.0+
--import-settings file	Imports UniGetUI settings from json file file. The file must exist. The old settings will be lost*	3.2.0+
--export-settings file	Exports UniGetUI settings to json file file. The file will be created or overwritten*	3.2.0+
--[enable|disable]-setting key	Enables/disables the boolean setting key<sup>1</sup>	3.2.0+
--set-setting-value key value	Sets the value value to the non-boolean setting key<sup>1</sup>. To clear a non-boolean setting, --disable-setting can be used*	3.2.0+
--no-corrupt-dialog	Will show a verbose error message (the error report) instead of a simplified message dialog	3.2.1+
--[enable|disable]-secure-setting-for-user username key	Enables/disables the given secure setting for the given key<sup>2</sup> and username. Requires administrator rights.	3.2.1+
--[enable|disable]-secure-setting key	Enables/disables the given secure setting<sup>2</sup> for current user. This will generate a UAC prompt	3.2.1+

1. See the available list of setting keys here
2. See the available list of secure settings keys here

*After modifying the settings, you must ensure that any running instance of UniGetUI is restarted for the changes to take effect

unigetui:// deep link

On a system where UniGetUI 3.1.2+ is installed, the following deep links can be used to communicate with UniGetUI:

Parameter	Description
unigetui://showPackage?id={}&managerName={}&sourceName={}	Show the Package Details page with the provided package.
The parameters id, managerName and sourceName are
required and cannot be empty
unigetui://showUniGetUI	Shows UniGetUI and brings the window to the front
unigetui://showDiscoverPage	Shows UniGetUI and loads the Discover page
unigetui://showUpdatesPage	Shows UniGetUI and loads the Updates page
unigetui://showInstalledPage	Shows UniGetUI and loads the Installed page

Installer command-line parameters

The installer is inno-setup based. It supports all Inno Setup command-line parameters, as well as the following custom ones:

Parameter	Description
/NoAutoStart	Will not launch UniGetUI after installation
/NoRunOnStartup	Will not register UniGetUI to start minimized at login (v3.1.6+)
/NoVCRedist	Will not install MS Visual C++ Redistributable x64 (v3.1.2+)
/NoEdgeWebView	Will not install Microsoft Edge WebView Runtime (v3.1.2+)
/NoChocolatey	Deprecated no-op kept for compatibility. UniGetUI no longer bundles Chocolatey.
/EnableSystemChocolatey	Deprecated no-op kept for compatibility. UniGetUI now uses system Chocolatey only.
/NoWinGet	Do NOT install WinGet and Microsoft.WinGet.Client if not installed (not recommended)
/ALLUSERS	Will force the installer to install per-machine (requires administrator privileges)
/CURRENTUSER	Will force the installer to install per-user