Dell Peripheral Manager Silent Install (How-To Guide)

The Dell Peripheral Manager enables you to easily customize and manage your Dell peripherals such as keyboards, mice, speakerphones, stylus/pens and webcams. This article will serve as an informative guide and give you a clear understanding of how to perform a silent installation of Dell Peripheral Manager from the command line using the EXE installer.

How to Install Dell Peripheral Manager Silently

Dell Peripheral Manager Silent Install (EXE)

  1. Navigate to: https://www.dell.com/support/dpem
  2. Download the DPeM_x_x.y.z_x_x.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: DPeM_x_x.y.z_x_x.exe /S
  6. Press Enter

After a few moments you will find Dell Peripheral Manager entries in the Start Menu, Installation Directory, and Programs and Features in the Control Panel.

Software Title:Dell Peripheral Manager
Vendor:Dell Inc.
Architecture:x86_x64
Installer Type:EXE
Silent Install Switch:DPeM_x_x.y.z_x_x.exe /S
Silent Uninstall Switch:"%ProgramFiles%\Dell\Dell Peripheral Manager\Uninstall.exe" /S
Download Link:https://www.dell.com/support/dpem
PowerShell Script:https://silentinstallhq.com/dell-peripheral-manager-install-and-uninstall-powershell/
Detection Script:https://silentinstallhq.com/create-a-custom-detection-script-for-dell-peripheral-manager-powershell/

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


Additional Configurations

Disable Dell Peripheral Manager Data Collection and Use (Analytics)

  • Open an Elevated Command Prompt by Right-Clicking on Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator
  • Enter the following commands:
REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Dell\Dell Peripheral Manager\UserSettings\Global" /v isAnalyticsEnabled /t REG_SZ /d false /f
REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Dell\Dell Peripheral Manager\UserSettings\Global" /v isAnalyticsFirstLaunchDone /t REG_SZ /d true /f

How to Uninstall Dell Peripheral Manager Silently

Check out the following posts for a scripted solution:

Dell Peripheral Manager Install and Uninstall (PowerShell)
Dell Peripheral Manager Silent Uninstall (PowerShell)
  1. Open an Elevated Command Prompt by Right-Clicking on Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator
  2. Enter the following command:

Dell Peripheral Manager Silent Uninstall (EXE)

"%ProgramFiles%\Dell\Dell Peripheral Manager\Uninstall.exe" /S

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.