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Performing a user installation

Users can install the IBM Desktops plug-ins for Windows following these steps.

When you install the plug-in, we can choose to install all components, or customize the installation. You must at least install the plug-in for Windows Explorer. If we are using this plug-in with IBM SmartCloud rather than with Connections, we can run the installation command from a command line and specify a parameter that loads a profile which will change some of the branding in the user interface from IBM Connections to IBM SmartCloud.

  1. Download the plug-in from the Connections catalog at the following website:

  2. Extract the file.

  3. Double-click ConnectionsMSDesktop.exe to launch the installation program.

  4. If we only want the install the plug-in for Microsoft Explorer, choose not to install the Microsoft Office or Microsoft Outlook plug-ins. In the Custom Setup panel, click the icon next to Microsoft Office or Microsoft Outlook, and then click This feature will not be available to not install those plug-ins. The Microsoft Explorer plug-in is always installed.

  5. Click Finish to complete the installation.

  6. If prompted, reboot the computer.


What to do next

To change the branding so that IBM SmartCloud rather than IBM Connections displays in the Microsoft Office ribbon, the navigator in Windows Explorer, and context menus, install :

  1. Open a command window.

  2. Open a command prompt and navigate to the directory where you saved ConnectionsDesktop.exe.

  3. Enter the following command:

      ConnectionsMSDesktop.exe -smartCloudProfile

  4. Complete the rest of the installation.

  5. Reboot the system.

To restore the original branding, or to change the branding after you have installed the plug-in, use the DIConfig.exe configuration command with a profile name to load a different profile. For example, if you installed the SmartCloud profile, and to load the default profile, which displays IBM Connections in the user interface, follow these steps.

  1. Open a command window and navigate to the directory where the IBM Connections Desktop Plug-ins for Windows is installed. For example, C:\IBM\Connections Desktop Plugins.

  2. Enter one of the following commands:

    • 32-bit systems:

        DIConfig.exe -defaultProfile

    • 64-bit systems:

        DIConfig64.exe -defaultProfile

  3. Reboot the system.


Parent topic:
IBM Connections Desktop Plug-ins for Windows