We recommend you to deploy iManage Work Desktop for Windows with iManage Auto Updates using iManage Installer. The iManage Installer installation package automatically downloads the latest software versions and prerequisites and enables iManage Auto Updates to maintain the iManage Work Desktop for Windows going forward.

This section contains the following topics: 

Downloading iManage Installer from iManage Help Center

  1. Visit iManage Help Center and download the iManage Work Desktop for Windows Auto Update Installer package. The iManageInstaller.exe file downloads on your machine.

  2. Perform the steps provided in the Installing iManage Work Desktop for Windows section.

Downloading iManage Installer from iManage Work 

  1. Sign into iManage Work (web application). Notice the following banner:

  2. Select Download iManage Work for Windows. The iManageInstaller.exe file is downloaded to your machine, and the following screen appears. Select Close.

  3. Perform the steps provided in the Installing iManage Work Desktop for Windows section. 

NOTE:

If you close the banner in the browser, it won't be displayed again even if your machine doesn't have the iManage Work Desktop for Windows application. You can, however, anytime later, select your profile picture and then select Install iManage Work to download iManage Installer. 

Installing iManage Work Desktop for Windows 

NOTE:

To install the application, you don't have to be an administrator for your machine. However, your account needs to have permissions to install the software only the first time it's installed using iManage Installer. After iManage Work Desktop for Windows is installed with elevated permissions using the iManage installer, any subsequent automatic updates are executed using the same elevated permissions, allowing even users with restricted installation permissions to update the software.

  1. Run iManageInstaller.exe. The iManage Installer Setup screen appears. 

    This screen is pre-populated with the iManage Update Server location where the latest iManage software updates are hosted. This location is configurable if you want to set up your own update server.

  2. Select Install. iManage Installer starts the download and installation process for iManage Work Desktop for Windows. The following screen appears:

    You may have to wait for a few minutes for the entire process to complete. It is an automated process and doesn't require any intervention (besides Windows confirmation to install updates if you ).

    If you've enabled Windows notifications on your machine, Windows notifications are displayed when the iManage Installer installs iMaange Agent Services and iManage Work Desktop for Windows.


    For more information about how to enable Windows notifications, refer to Appendix D: Enabling Windows notifications.

    After the installation is completed, the What's New page is launched in your default browser. It provides information on the new features, enhancements, and issue fixes in the latest update.

    Additionally, the following notification appears on iManage Work Agent indicating that iManage Work Desktop for Windows is successfully installed on your machine. This message indicates that the latest version of iManage Work Desktop for Windows is installed on your machine and you have to restart all Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat applications to use the latest version of iManage Work Desktop for Windows.