CubePDF Utility Silent Install (How-To Guide)

CubePDF Utility allows you to intuitively perform editing tasks such as merging, extracting, splitting, deleting, reordering, and rotating PDF pages via thumbnails. In addition to PDF files, image files such as PNG, JPEG, BMP, TIFF, etc. can also be merged as PDF pages. This article will serve as an informative guide and give you a clear understanding of how to perform a silent installation of CubePDF Utility from the command line using the EXE installer.

How to Install CubePDF Utility Silently

CubePDF Utility (x86) Silent Install (EXE)

  1. Navigate to: https://www.cube-soft.jp/en/cubepdfutility/releases.php
  2. Download the cubepdf-utility-x.y.z.exe to a folder created at (C:\Downloads)
  3. Open an Elevated Command Prompt by Right-Clicking on Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator
  4. Navigate to the C:\Downloads folder
  5. Enter the following command: cubepdf-utility-x.y.z.exe /VERYSILENT /NORESTART
  6. Press Enter

After a few moments you should see the CubePDF Utility Desktop Shortcut appear. You will also find entries in the Start Menu, Installation Directory, and Programs and Features in the Control Panel.

Software Title:CubePDF Utility
Vendor:CubeSoft
Architecture:x86
Installer Type:EXE
Silent Install Switch:cubepdf-utility-x.y.z.exe /VERYSILENT /NORESTART
Silent Uninstall Switch (32-bit System)"%ProgramFiles%\CubePDF Utility2\unins000.exe" /VERYSILENT /NORESTART
Silent Uninstall Switch (64-bit System)"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\CubePDF Utility2\unins000.exe" /VERYSILENT /NORESTART
Download Link:CubePDF Utility 32-bit Download
PowerShell Script:CubePDF Utility | PowerShell Script
Detection Script:CubePDF Utility | Custom Detection Script

CubePDF Utility (x64) Silent Install (EXE)

  1. Navigate to: https://www.cube-soft.jp/en/cubepdfutility/releases.php
  2. Download the cubepdf-utility-x.y.z-x64.exe to a folder created at (C:\Downloads)
  3. Open an Elevated Command Prompt by Right-Clicking on Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator
  4. Navigate to the C:\Downloads folder
  5. Enter the following command: cubepdf-utility-x.y.z-x64.exe /VERYSILENT /NORESTART
  6. Press Enter

After a few moments you should see the CubePDF Utility Desktop Shortcut appear. You will also find entries in the Start Menu, Installation Directory, and Programs and Features in the Control Panel.

Software Title:CubePDF Utility
Vendor:CubeSoft
Architecture:x64
Installer Type:EXE
Silent Install Switch:cubepdf-utility-x.y.z-x64.exe /VERYSILENT /NORESTART
Silent Uninstall Switch:"%ProgramFiles%\CubePDF Utility2\unins000.exe" /VERYSILENT /NORESTART
Download Link:CubePDF Utility 64-bit Download
PowerShell Script:CubePDF Utility | PowerShell Script
Detection Script:CubePDF Utility | Custom Detection Script

The information above provides a quick overview of the software title, vendor, silent install, and silent uninstall switches. The download links provided take you directly to the vendors website. Continue reading if you are interested in additional details and configurations.


Additional Configurations

Create a CubePDF Utility Installation Log File

The CubePDF Utility installer offers the option to generate a log file during installation to assist with troubleshooting should any problems arise. You can use the following command to create a verbose log file with details about the installation.

CubePDF Utility Silent Install (EXE) with Logging

cubepdf-utility-x.y.z.exe /VERYSILENT /NORESTART /LOG="%WINDIR%\Temp\CubePDFUtility-Install.log"

Change the CubePDF Utility Default Installation Directory

You can also change the default installation directory by using the following command line parameters. In this example, I’m installing CubePDF Utility to “C:\CubePDF Utility”

cubepdf-utility-x.y.z.exe /DIR="C:\CubePDF Utility" /VERYSILENT /NORESTART

Exclude the CubePDF Utility Desktop Shortcut

The CubePDF Utility installer creates a desktop shortcut by default. If you do not want the desktop shortcut, then you can run the following command line switches to exclude it.

cubepdf-utility-x.y.z.exe /VERYSILENT /NORESTART /MERGETASKS=!appdesktopicon

Do Not Add “Open with CubePDF Utility” Context Menu

cubepdf-utility-x.y.z.exe /VERYSILENT /NORESTART /MERGETASKS=!opencontextmenu

Include the CubePDF Utility Documents Desktop Shortcut

cubepdf-utility-x.y.z.exe /VERYSILENT /NORESTART /MERGETASKS=docdesktopicon

How to Uninstall CubePDF Utility Silently

Check out the following posts for a scripted solution:

CubePDF Utility Install and Uninstall (PowerShell)
CubePDF Utility Silent Uninstall (PowerShell)
  1. Open an Elevated Command Prompt by Right-Clicking on Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator
  2. Enter one of the following commands:

CubePDF Utility (x86) Silent Uninstall (EXE) on 32-bit System

"%ProgramFiles%\CubePDF Utility2\unins000.exe" /VERYSILENT /NORESTART

CubePDF Utility (x86) Silent Uninstall (EXE) on 64-bit System

"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\CubePDF Utility2\unins000.exe" /VERYSILENT /NORESTART

CubePDF Utility (x64) Silent Uninstall (EXE) on 64-bit System

"%ProgramFiles%\CubePDF Utility2\unins000.exe" /VERYSILENT /NORESTART

Always make sure to test everything in a development environment prior to implementing anything into production. The information in this article is provided “As Is” without warranty of any kind.