• Import and export security product configurations
• Enable ecmd advanced commands in endpoints
• Temporarily enable and disable individual security features with ERA Client Task Run command
• List of ecmd commands

Use ESET Command Line (ecmd.exe) to import and export security product configurations and to change the status of individual security features. This can be helpful if you only need to pause certain security features for a short time and do not want to edit exisiting policies or create a new one just for this purpose. The advantage of this solution is that it is applied in real-time, unlike policies that may not be applied until after a device reboots.

Import/export ESET security product configuration with ecmd

ESET Command Line (ecmd) can be found in: c:\Program Files\ESET\

You can use these commands by running ecmd on a client workstation, or sending them from ESET Remote Administrator.

• To export a configuration from your security product use command:

ecmd /getcfg c:\config\settings.xml

• To import a configuration into your security product use command:

ecmd /setcfg c:\config\settings.xml

Enable ecmd advanced commands

To import a configuration, ecmd advanced commands must be enabled in your ESET security product and administrator privileges are required. For more information, review the ESET Endpoint Security Online Help guide.

1. Open the main program window of your Windows ESET product.
2. Press the F5 key to open Advanced Setup.
3. Click Tools → ESET CMD and click the slider bar next to Enable advanced ecmd commands to enable it, and then click OK.

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List of ecmd commands 

Individual security features can be enabled and temporarily disabled with the ERA Client Task Run command. The commands do not override policy settings and any paused settings will revert back to its original state after the command has executed or after a device reboot. To utilize this feature, specify the command line to run in the field of the same name.

Review the list of commands for each security feature below: