How to Silently Install EditPlus

Get a reliable rollout and predictable detection for EditPlus with a deployment approach built for IT admins. This guide focuses on packaging and deploying the ES-Computing editor as a machine-wide install that requires admin rights, using the verified silent install command and a dependable detection rule. Whether you are standardizing deployment through Intune, SCCM, or PDQ, the steps here help reduce manual effort, improve consistency, and support clean, repeatable software distribution across managed Windows devices.

ES-Computing.EditPlus.6.1.780.0.X64.exe -s -sp-s

Overview

Silent install steps

EditPlus installs through a PowerShell command, so run it in an elevated PowerShell session. Command Prompt cannot run this cmdlet.

Install with PowerShell

1. Download or stage the installer (ES-Computing.EditPlus.6.1.780.0.X64.exe) to a local folder, for example C:\Installers.

2. Open PowerShell as Administrator — right-click Start (or press Win+X), then:
   • On Windows 10: choose Windows PowerShell (Admin).
   • On Windows 11: choose Terminal (Admin) — it opens Windows Terminal running PowerShell.

3. Run the silent install command:

ES-Computing.EditPlus.6.1.780.0.X64.exe -s -sp-s

PS C:\> Set-Location 'C:\Installers'PS C:\Installers> ES-Computing.EditPlus.6.1.780.0.X64.exe -s -sp-sInstalling EditPlus 6.1.780.0…100%Installation complete — exit code 0.PS C:\Installers> ▋

Deployment Notes

Key facts to confirm before rolling this out to production machines — permissions required, scope of install, and reboot behavior.

Detection Rules

Configure your deployment tool with the detection rule below to confirm a successful install of EditPlus. The same rule work for Microsoft Intune, SCCM, PDQ Deploy, and most RMM platforms — just paste the values into the matching fields.

Registry detection

PowerShell detection script

Prefer a script-based check? Use this as a custom detection script in Microsoft Intune (or any tool that supports detection scripts). It exits 0 when EditPlus is detected and 1 otherwise.

$Key = 'HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\EditPlus'
$Value = (Get-ItemProperty -Path $Key -Name 'DisplayVersion' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).'DisplayVersion'
if ($Value -eq '6.1.780.0') { exit 0 }
exit 1

Silent Uninstall Steps

Remove EditPlus silently from one machine or your entire fleet. The commands below uninstall without prompts and suppress automatic reboots so you control the timing.

Method 1: Uninstall with Command Prompt

Run the uninstall command from an elevated Command Prompt.

1. Open Command Prompt as Administrator.
2. Run the silent uninstall command.

"%ProgramFiles%\EditPlus\remove.exe" -s

Method 2: Uninstall with PowerShell

Run the same silent uninstall command through PowerShell.

1. Open PowerShell as Administrator.
2. Run the silent uninstall command.

Start-Process -FilePath "%ProgramFiles%\EditPlus\remove.exe" -ArgumentList '-s' -Wait

Deployment Examples

Drop the snippet below into your deployment tool, Group Policy, or scheduled task. It wraps the silent install command for EditPlus as a PowerShell script — copy, save, and run.

PowerShell script example

Save the following content as install-editplus.ps1 in the same folder as the installer.

Set-Location -Path $PSScriptRoot
$Installer = 'ES-Computing.EditPlus.6.1.780.0.X64.exe'
$Installer -s -sp-s
exit $LASTEXITCODE

Frequently asked questions

Troubleshooting

If the install fails, exits with a non-zero code, or leaves no trace on the target machine, work through the checks below. Most issues come down to permissions, paths, or exit code handling.