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Installing Clinical, Pracsoft, and MDref Updates Automatically
Parameters for Automatic Installations
Two parameters implement varying degrees of automation for the MedicalDirector Clinical, Pracsoft and MDref updates.

Administration
Set up Clinical, manage configuration, user records, updates, back ups and other maintenance.
- Installing or Modifying Clinical
  Install Clinical and its related components using the MedicalDirector Installation Wizard.
- Installing Clinical, Pracsoft, and MDref Updates Automatically
  - Parameters for Automatic Installations
    Two parameters implement varying degrees of automation for the MedicalDirector Clinical, Pracsoft and MDref updates.
  - Installing Updates Automatically with Windows Scheduler
  - Automated Installation Log File
- Adding your Licence Details
  After installing Clinical, or if you renew your Service-Level Agreement (SLA) with MedicalDirector, you will be required to enter your licence details.
- Maintenance
  Use update, backup and restore and other maintenance utilities to manage MedicalDirector Clinical.
- Managing Practitioner and User Records
  Each user must be defined in MedicalDirector Clinical's user database.
- Custom Options
  Clinical provides numerous user-definable options for tailoring the program to your requirements.
- MyMedicare Import Wizard
  Update the MyMedicare status of your Clinical and Pracsoft patients.
- Telehealth Widget
- Adding New Widgets
  Add new widgets from the widget store.
- eHealth
- Medicare Healthcare Identifier Service
  The Healthcare Identifier Service (HI Service) uniquely identifies healthcare providers and individuals who seek healthcare.
- Technical Reference
- Clinical System Requirements
  Minimum requirements for computers on which Clinical is installed.
- Moving Data to a New Server
  Move your MedicalDirector Clinical data to a new server and configure the workstations.
- Auditing User Access with MDTrace Log
- Modifying Current Installations
- Patient Database Clean-up Tips
  If your practice has just migrated to MedicalDirector Clinical or you have merged patient databases you should clean up your patient database.
- Upgrading MedicalDirector Clinical
- Business Transition Guide
  Relocating your Practice or making significant changes to your Business practices can be challenging enough without adding complications from the software your business uses.
- FTP and MedicalDirector
- IP and Host Name Resolution Requirements for MedicalDirector Communication Services
- Setting Folder Permissions

Parameters for Automatic Installations

Two parameters implement varying degrees of automation for the MedicalDirector Clinical, Pracsoft and MDref updates.

About this task

These options are not available for a full release of Clinical/Pracsoft; only for updates of these applications.


Parameter	Description
/automatic	This runs the installation automatically. If an affected application is running, a message is displayed. Close the application, then click Retry. The Summary dialog is displayed when the installation is completed. Click Finish.
/fullautomatic	This runs the installation automatically. If an affected application is running, a message is displayed. Close the application, then click Retry. If there are any errors, or components were skipped, the Summary dialog is displayed. Click Finish.

Procedure

To use the parameters:

Locate and make a note of the path where the update was downloaded.
On the Windows Command prompt, type: "<path location>\<update executable file name>" /<parameter>. For example:
```
 "c:\users\julies\downloads\MDref1105MD3.exe" /automatic
```
Note:
Enclosing the "<path location>\<update executable file name>" with double quotes (") is necessary if the folders or file names contain spaces.
Press Enter.