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title: Starting Desktop Client from Command Line
slug: kronpam-end-user-guide-3-5-0/starting-desktop-client-from-command-line
description: Learn how to open the Desktop Client application on Windows effortlessly with this step-by-step guide. Discover the default application location and the precise command to execute it from the command line. Additionally, this document delves into utilizing
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createdAt: 2022-08-12T15:27:04.000Z
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The Desktop Client is a Windows application, but you can also start and connect devices from the command line. You open the desktop client by executing the desktop client exe from the command line.

By default, the exe is in the following directory. When you execute the command below, the  Desktop Client application opens. Be sure to replace the \{user} with the actual value. 

**C:\Users\\\{user}\AppData\Local\Programs\Kron PAM Desktop Client\Kron PAM Desktop Client.exe**



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or

**C:\Program Files\Kron PAM Desktop Client\Kron PAM Desktop Client.exe**

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The Desktop Client exe also accepts the following parameters:

**...\\"Kron PAM Desktop Client.exe" -s="10.10.10.10" -u="user" -p="password" -d="20.20.20.20"**

**...\\"Kron PAM Desktop Client.exe" -server="10.10.10.10" -username="user" -password="password" -device="20.20.20.20"**

- **-s **parameter represents the Kron PAMserver. (**-server** can also be used)
- **-u **is the user that you connect to Kron PAM. (**-username** can also be used)
- **-p **is this user’s Kron PAM password. (**-password** can also be used)
- **-d **parameter represents the device you want to connect. (**-device** can also be used)
- **(optional) -dg** parameter represents the device group to be connected. (**-deviceGroup **can also be used)
- **(optional) -token** parameter represents the authentication token. 
- **(optional) -webAppUrl **parameter represents an additional webApp address to the connection URL when accessProtocol of the device is HTTP(s) and has webAppUrl property.

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