Below are instructions for automating the deployment of the Windows or Mac versions of the ReadCube desktop application across your organization.  Please note that the ReadCube software is updated frequently with new features and bug fixes.  The ReadCube application will try to automatically update itself.  If your users do not have permission to update the app, it is important to push regular updates.
 

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Windows Deployment

The file for installation can be downloaded at the following location: https://download.readcube.com/app/Papers5_Setup.exe

The Windows file can be installed using any form of package management. By default it will install in the users local appdata folder and be only available for that user(Like a chrome installation: %localappdata%\Programs\Papers). This requires no admin rights to install or update but must be run on the user’s profile that you wish to install it.

If the machine is being used by multiple people you can run the installation with command line switches for All Users(default: C:\Program Files\Papers)

Please note running for all users will require admin rights for installation AND updates.

Command line switches currently supported

Switch	Description
/S	Silent. Installation will run without any GUI interface
/ALLUSERS	Will install for all users instead of just one. Requires Admin Rights!
/D	Custom Installation path of the application. Surround with quotes if spaces. For instance: Papers5_Setup.exe /S /D=”C:\Program Files\SomeDirectory\Papers”

Since ReadCube provides it’s own cloud service documents should be stored locally. The default path will be in the users default documents folder. To see the default documents folder you can use PowerShell to read the setting from the registry.

Get-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKEY_Current_User\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders" | Select-Object Personal

If the default location needs to be changed please refer below for changing the config file programmatically.

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Mac Deployment

A macOS installer is available from our Downloads Center which features an installer which will automatically rename our legacy desktop app into ‘Papers 4 (Legacy)’ so that the new one can be called ‘Papers’, as well as fetch and install the appropriate architecture (Intel vs. Apple Silicon).

If you wish to manually deploy software in the enterprise, you may use the following links to macOS applications, which bypass the installer logic described above.  The application contained in the ZIP file can be simply copied to ‘/Applications’ folder to install Papers.

Apple Silicon (e.g. M1, M2): https://download.readcube.com/app/Papers5_Setup-arm64.zip

Intel: https://download.readcube.com/app/Papers5_Setup-x64.zip