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How to repair Foxit PDF Editor via command line in Windows?

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In some scenarios, you may want to repair Foxit PDF Editor via command line in Windows. This article is to instruct how to do this.

First of all, you need to check whether current Foxit PDF Editor was installed by a MSI installer or an EXE installer. If you're not sure about this, you can check as the instruction below:

  1. Navigate to the main installation folder of Foxit PDF Editor, typically located at "C:\Program Files (x86)\Foxit Software\Foxit PDF Editor".
    For version 2025.2.0 (or higher) or version 14 (or higher), if you don't find this folder, then please check "C:\Program Files\Foxit Software\Foxit PDF Editor".
  2. In this folder, find "Uninstall", and right-click it to open Properties window:
  3. In Properties window > Shortcut, check the path of "Target":
  4. In the full path of "Target", you can judge whether current Foxit PDF Editor was installed by a MSI installer or an EXE installer.
    For example, if the full path is like the screenshot below, it indicates that the Foxit PDF Editor was installed by an EXE installer.

After you have confirmed which installer was used to install current Foxit PDF Editor, then you can use command to repair Foxit PDF Editor:

  • For MSI installer, please get the MSI installer and run this command:
    msiexec /fa "FullPath\YourProgramInstaller.msi"

    Note: if you would like to learn more about the option used in this command, you can search more instruction about "msiexec" and check details of option "/f" from any searching engine (e.g. Google) or AI (e.g. M365 Copilot).

  • For EXE installer, please get the EXE installer and run this command:
    "Path\to\setup.exe" /repair

    Note: you can also run "Path\to\setup.exe" /?, to check available options.