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Install the software on Windows

The WhatPulse Professional software for Windows is simple to install. Check out the stop by step instructions below. If you'd like to install WhatPulse using the command prompt, check out the last chapters on this page.

Installation steps​

  1. Navigate to the Downloads.
  2. Click the Download for Windows button.
  3. Open the downloaded the whatpulse-win-latest.exe file. The WhatPulse Professional Installer Setup window opens.
  4. In the WhatPulse Professional Installer Setup window, follow the prompts to complete the installation.
  5. Click "Yes" on the User Account Control popup that asks permission to run the installer.
  6. Select all the default options for the NPCAP Installer.

After you complete the installation and enable system permissions, you are greeted by the welcome screen. Now, you can enter your organization name or ID.

enter organization name

Activating Computers​

By default, computers that have just gotten the software installed will be listed as Pending computers. WhatPulse Professional organization owners and admins can activate computers and link them to a user account. See this article that explains how to activate computers.

Installing via the command prompt​

To make the installation process more efficient, the installer allows you to install WhatPulse with just a single command in the Windows terminal. Please follow the steps below:

  1. First, create the directory %LOCALAPPDATA%\WhatPulse, and create a file called wp-pro-org-id.txt in that directory.
    1. The contents of that text file has to contain your organization name or ID.
    2. This will allow the software to be installed fully automonously, and it will automatically show up in the WhatPulse Professional dashboard as a pending computer.
  2. Navigate to the Downloads.
  3. Click the Download for Windows button.
  4. Open a Windows terminal by pressing Win + R, typing cmd, and pressing Enter.
  5. Navigate to the directory where you have downloaded the whatpulse-win-latest.exe file.
  6. Run the following command to install WhatPulse:
    1. whatpulse-win-latest.exe --root %programfiles%\WhatPulse --accept-messages --accept-licenses --confirm-command install
  7. Wait for the installation process to complete. Once finished, you can close the command prompt.
  8. WhatPulse will open when it's done installing. When it's open, it will automatically connect to the WhatPulse Professional dashboard and show up as a pending computer. Check out this article on how to activate the new computer.

That's it! You have successfully installed WhatPulse using the command line.

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When you are using remote deployment tools, you can download the latest WhatPulse installer to a central file repository from where the remote computers can retrieve it for their installation.