Speccy Silent Install (How-To Guide)

Speccy is a software utility that shows information about the hardware and software of a computer. The information displayed by Speccy includes processor brand and model, hard drive size and speed, amount of memory (RAM), information about graphics card and the operating system. This article will serve as an informative guide and give you a clear understanding of how to perform a silent installation of Speccy from the command line using the EXE installer.

How to Install Speccy Silently

Speccy Silent Install (EXE)

  1. Navigate to: https://www.ccleaner.com/speccy/download/standard
  2. Download the 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: spsetupxxx.exe /S
  6. Press Enter

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

Software Title: Speccy
Vendor: Piriform
Architecture: x86_x64
Installer Type: EXE
Silent Install Switch: spsetupxxx.exe /S
Silent Uninstall Switch: "%ProgramFiles%\Speccy\uninst.exe" /S
Download Link: https://www.ccleaner.com/speccy/download/standard
PowerShell Script: https://silentinstallhq.com/speccy-install-and-uninstall-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

Change Default Installation Directory

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

spsetupxxx.exe /S /D=C:\Speccy

Set the Language for Speccy

The language within Speccy can be configured using the following command line switches. The default language ID is English (1033).

spsetupxxx.exe /S /L=1033

Available Languages

Albanian 1052
Arabic 1025
Armenian 1067
Azerbaijani (Latin) 1068
Belarusian 1059
Bosnian 5126
Bulgarian 1026
Burmese 1109
Catala (Catalan) 1027
Ceský (Czech) 1029
Chinese (Simplified) 2052
Chinese (Traditional) 1028
Corsu (Corsican) 1155
Danish 1030
Deutsch (German) 1031
Eesti keel (Estonian) 1061
English 1033
Espanol (Spanish) 1034
Farsi 1065
Français (French) 1036
Galician 1110
Georgian 1079
Greek 1032
Hebrew 1037
Hindi 1081
Hrvatski (Croatian) 1050
Indonesian 1057
Italiano (Italian) 1040
Japanese 1041
Kazakh 1087
Korean 1042
Kurdish 9999
Latvian 1062
Lietuviu (Lithuanian) 1063
Macedonian 1071
Magar (Hungarian) 1038
Malay (Malaysia) 1086
Marathi 1102
Mongolian 1104
Nederlands (Dutch) 1043
Norwegian 1044
Polski (Polish) 1045
Portugues (Portuguese) 2070
Portugues do Brasil (Brazilian Portuguese) 1046
Romana (Romanian) 1048
Russian 1049
Serbian (Cyrillic) 3098
Serbian (Latin) 2074
Slovak 1051
Slovenian 1060
Suomi (Finnish) 1035
Svenska (Swedish) 1053
Tatar 1092
Thai 1054
Türkçe (Turkish) 1055
Turkmen 1090
Ukrainian 1058
Vietnamese 1066

How to Uninstall Speccy Silently

Check out the Speccy Install and Uninstall (PowerShell) post for a scripted solution.

  1. Open an Elevated Command Prompt by Right-Clicking on Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator
  2. Enter the following command:

Speccy Silent Uninstall (EXE)

"%ProgramFiles%\Speccy\uninst.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.