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This product consists of a Command-Line Interface (CLI) and Graphical User Interface (UI) to configure various BIOS features. Dell Command | Configure supports the following Windows and Linux operating systems: Windows 11 · Windows 10 · Windows Pre-installation Environment (Windows PE) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 ·
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This product consists of a Command Line Interface (CLI) and Graphical User Interface (GUI) to configure various BIOS features. You can use Dell Command | Configure on Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE), Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 operating systems, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux environments.
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Automating Dell Command Update

I run this as an application towards the end of the TS then reboot with MDT and run it again followed by another reboot before finishing up the whole TS.

@echo off
TITLE Running DELL Command Update...
REM Checks for updated DELL Drivers using DELL Command Update CLI

"C:\Program Files\Dell\CommandUpdate\dcu-cli.exe" /configure -silent -autoSuspendBitLocker=enable -userConsent=disable
"C:\Program Files\Dell\CommandUpdate\dcu-cli.exe" /scan -outputLog=C:\dell\logs\scan.log
"C:\Program Files\Dell\CommandUpdate\dcu-cli.exe" /applyUpdates -reboot=disable -outputLog=C:\dell\logs\applyUpdates.log        

It's pretty self explanatory but it configures it first, does a scan, then applies the updates and disables reboot so that MDT can do it instead. I run this against DCU 4.1.

I don't recommend silencing the Apply Updates stage (it isn't in that script above) because sometimes it can take a little while and not being able to see what it's doing can be nerve racking.

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I run this as an application towards the end of the TS then reboot with MDT and run it again followed by another reboot before finishing up the whole TS.

@echo off
TITLE Running DELL Command Update...
REM Checks for updated DELL Drivers using DELL Command Update CLI

"C:\Program Files\Dell\CommandUpdate\dcu-cli.exe" /configure -silent -autoSuspendBitLocker=enable -userConsent=disable
"C:\Program Files\Dell\CommandUpdate\dcu-cli.exe" /scan -outputLog=C:\dell\logs\scan.log
"C:\Program Files\Dell\CommandUpdate\dcu-cli.exe" /applyUpdates -reboot=disable -outputLog=C:\dell\logs\applyUpdates.log

It's pretty self explanatory but it configures it first, does a scan, then applies the updates and disables reboot so that MDT can do it instead. I run this against DCU 4.1.

I don't recommend silencing the Apply Updates stage (it isn't in that script above) because sometimes it can take a little while and not being able to see what it's doing can be nerve racking.

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Update: Not sure if this was recent but you must now remove the (x86) out of the Program Files path (maybe they made the app x64 now?)

Here's a script I made that works really well. Of course you can tailor it for a GPO but standalone, it works wonders.

The gist is.. it will check if Dell Command Update is installed and if it is, it will run it and install all available updates. If it's not installed, it will look for the Dell Command Update msi and silently install it and then run it silently. If it cannot find the msi automatically, it will prompt you with an explorer GUI to browse to the .msi and silently install/run it.

Esentially.. a single click to do all Dell updates. It's also turning off Dell automatic update (handy for enterprise/small business) but you can delete/comment that out. In order to get the .msi you can run the Dell Command Update tool and in the middle of it running, you can find it in the Windows temp directory and copy it out of their and put it on a network share or USB stick for mass deployment.

@echo off
cls

tasklist | find /i "DellCommandUpdate.exe" && echo Closing existing Dell Command Update && taskkill /im DellCommandUpdate.exe /F
SET file=S:\Downloads\DellCommandUpdate.msi
if exist "C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\CommandUpdate\dcu-cli.exe" goto:runDellUpdater
if exist "%file%" goto:installDellUpdater

echo Please navigate to the DellCommandUpdate.msi file
set dialog="about:<input type=file id=FILE><script>FILE.click();new ActiveXObject
set dialog=%dialog%('Scripting.FileSystemObject').GetStandardStream(1).WriteLine(FILE.value);
set dialog=%dialog%close();resizeTo(0,0);</script>"
for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%p in ('mshta.exe %dialog%') do set "file=%%p"

:installDellUpdater
echo Installing Dell Command Update app
"%file%" /quiet

:runDellUpdater
echo Disabling Dell automatic updates
REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Dell\UpdateService\Clients\CommandUpdate\Preferences\Settings\Schedule" /v "ScheduleMode" /t REG_SZ /d "ManualUpdates" /f
echo Running the Dell Command Update app
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\CommandUpdate\dcu-cli.exe" /ApplyUpdates
pause
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Learn how to run Dell Command | Configure as a command line tool and deploy a BIOS policy. For more information and product download visit: https://bit.ly/2UkSl25
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You can easily configure client systems using a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a Command Line Interface (CLI). Dell Command | Configure supports following Windows and Linux operating systems: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10, Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE), Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Ubuntu Desktop 16.04, and Ubuntu Core 16.
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May 27, 2026 - Note: To know which version is installed on the computer, go to Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features: If Dell Command | Update Windows Universal Application is listed, then it is the Universal Windows Application (UWP) variant. If Dell Command | Update is listed, then it is the Classic variant. If Dell Client Device Manager (DCDM) 1.2 is present on the computer and Dell Command | Update (DCU) 5.7 is manually installed, the DellClientManagement Service may become corrupted, causing it to stop and be disabled.
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March 31, 2026 - This product consists of a Command-Line Interface (CLI) and Graphical User Interface (UI) to configure various BIOS features. Dell Command | Configure supports the following Windows and Linux operating systems: Windows 11 · Windows 10 · Windows Pre-installation Environment (Windows PE) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 ·