Installation (for individual users)
Command line options
/silent Installation without User Interface
/uninstall Uninstall BoostDraft
/skip-vsto Skip installation for VSTO Runtime
/delcache Deleting ClickOnce cache. If you encounter unknown error, try adding this option
Adding Product key manually
Go to Registration in the BoostDraft Tab
Enter your product key and email address and click Register
VDI environment
We have many customers using VDI such as Citrix, VMware and etc. with persistent or non-persistent mode. We generally recommend our customers to install the software by individual basis. The software will be installed
UserName\AppData\Roaming\BoostDraft
User Registry
It works well even with non-persistent mode.
Locate the product key with Script
Create productkey.xml per user, such as yohei_fujii_productkey.xml
Locate each productkey to %AppData%\BoostDraft directory
Copy yohei_fujii_productkey.xml %AppData%\BoostDraft\productkey.xml
Using a script to install BoostDraft per user
In order to check if BoostDraft is installed in this user, check if the following key exists in Registry
Please make sure you change the path and filename for BoostDraftInstaller
reg query HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Word\Addins\BoostDraftAlpha /v Manifest
if %errorlevel% equ 0 GOTO SKIP_INSTLLATION
certutil -addstore -user TrustedPublisher \\fileserver\INSTALL$\BoostDraft\BoostDraftClientCertificate2027.cer
\\fileserver\INSTALL$\BoostDraft\BoostDraftAgentInstaller_USLaw.exe /silent
For the Certificate, please download from here if you needed from here. Download Certificate
BoostDraftClientCertificate2027.cer: Trusted Publisher
SectigoPublicCodeSigningCAR36.cer, SectigoPublicCodeSigningRootR46.cer: Intermediate Certification Authority
Sectigo(AAA).cer: Trusted Root Certification Authority
Technical details
BoostDraft consists of two parts. These two parts collaborate well and achieve great user experience
VSTO addin
BoostDraftAgent ... A resident program that will analyze documents and many other backend work
System Requirements
VSTO Addin should be enabled
TaskScheduler should be enabled for a user
Startup should be enabled.
BoostDraftAgent.exe should not be blocked by any security software
Internet access to *.boostdraft.com should be allowed to user
Other requirements
Please click here to see System requirements and recommended settings
Frequently Asked Questions
Does the installation require Administrator privileges?
No for BoostDraft. Yes for Dependencies
As long as dependencies are installed, administrator rights are not required.
Belows are the dependencies
- NET Framework v4.7.2 or more:
https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet-framework
- VSTO Runtime:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=105890
Network error happens while installation. What happened?
Please double-check check Proxy setting and Security Setting.
In the current installer version, we are not supporting Proxy (except for transparent Proxy). Please allow direct access to
*.boostdraft.com
We are working on creating a new installer that supports proxy, and it will be released in a couple of months.
With silent install, how do we set a product key?
Two ways.
(1) Individual user to add product key and email address
(2) Create a product key file and locate it to each users %AppData%
For the second option, please talk to the BoostDraft team.
How do we uninstall BoostDraft?
Go to Windows Apps and Select BoostDraft to uninstall. Detail