Manage your settings - 4/6 - TeamViewer Support
<main> <article class="userContent"> <h2 data-id="general">General</h2><div class="blockquote"><div class="blockquote-content"><p class="blockquote-line"><em>This article applies to </em><a href="unsafe:about:blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc"><em>Corporate</em></a><em> and </em><a href="https://www.teamviewer.com/teamviewer-tensor/" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc"><em>Tensor</em></a><em> license holders who want to deploy TeamViewer (13.2 or newer) on their Windows devices.</em></p></div></div><p>Before deploying TeamViewer on your devices, it is important to choose which settings you want to be applied to your deployed TeamViewer clients.</p><p><br></p><h3></h3><h2 data-id="via-teamviewer-policies-(recommended)">Via TeamViewer policies (recommended)</h2><p><strong>We highly recommend managing settings via TeamViewer policies</strong>. TeamViewer policies allow you to control and manage the vast majority of the settings centrally. For more information about TeamViewer policies, please check the article below:</p><h3 data-id="teamviewer-policies">📄 <a href="https://community.teamviewer.com/English/kb/articles/4860-teamviewer-policies" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">TeamViewer Policies</a></h3><p><br></p><h3 data-id="-1"></h3><h2 data-id="via-settingsfile">Via SETTINGSFILE</h2><p>You can also apply TeamViewer settings via the SETTINGSFILE. The settingsfile defines the configuration of your TeamViewer installation.</p><p><br></p><p>It contains all the TeamViewer settings that you want to apply to your deployment.</p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-medium float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6032394/uploads/9KCQVZBXXR3S/image.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6032394/uploads/9KCQVZBXXR3S/image.png" alt="image.png" height="503" width="731" loading="lazy" data-display-size="medium" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <p>📌<strong>Note:</strong> If you don't use the SETTINGSFILE parameter in your deployment, a standard TeamViewer version without any specific option will be installed.</p><p><br></p><p>To apply the SETTINGSFILE to your deployment, you will need to:</p><h3 data-id="1)-export-the-settingsfile">1) Export the SETTINGSFILE </h3><p>🎦 To export the settings file, please follow the instructions in the video below:</p><div class="js-embed embedResponsive" data-embedjson="{"height":113,"width":200,"photoUrl":"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/7nTVp6pe7ss\/hqdefault.jpg","videoID":"7nTVp6pe7ss","showRelated":false,"url":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7nTVp6pe7ss","embedType":"youtube","name":"Export the settings file for your deployment","frameSrc":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7nTVp6pe7ss?feature=oembed&autoplay=1"}"> <a href="https://youtu.be/7nTVp6pe7ss" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc"> https://youtu.be/7nTVp6pe7ss </a> </div><p>🔀 Alternatively, you can also follow our step-by-step guide here:</p><p><a href="https://community.teamviewer.com/English/kb/articles/16469-export-settings-for-host-deployment" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">Export settings for Host deployment</a></p><p><br></p><h3 data-id="2)-insert-the-settings-file-parameter-into-your-command">2) Insert the settings file parameter into your command</h3><p>To apply the settings file parameter to your command, you will need to insert the following parameter:</p><pre class="code codeBlock" spellcheck="false" tabindex="0">SETTINGSFILE="[Path_To]\settings.tvopt" </pre><p>📌<strong>Note:</strong> In this example, we have named the settings file <strong>settings.tvopt - </strong>If you have used another name, you will need to adjust the command accordingly. For example: if you have named the settings file MySettings.tvopt, you will need to use the command SETTINGSFILE="[Path_To]\MySettings.tvopt"</p><p>Therefore, your deployment command line could look like this:</p><pre class="code codeBlock" spellcheck="false" tabindex="0">msiexec.exe /i "[Path_To]\TeamViewer_Host.msi" /qn SETTINGSFILE="[Path_To]\settings.tvopt" CUSTOMCONFIGID=xxxxxx APITOKEN=xxxxxx ASSIGNMENTOPTIONS="--alias %ComputerName% --grant-easy-access" </pre><p>or like this:</p><pre class="code codeBlock" spellcheck="false" tabindex="0">msiexec.exe /i "[Path_To]\TeamViewer_Host.msi" /qn SETTINGSFILE="[Path_To]\settings.tvopt" CUSTOMCONFIGID=xxxxxx ping -n 31 127.0.0.1>nul [Path_To]\TeamViewer.exe assign --api-token xxxxxx --grant-easy-access </pre><p><code class="code codeInline" spellcheck="false" tabindex="0"> </code></p> </article> </main>
