Used to tell the program which 'Mode' to open up in.
/BUILDMODE <DEVICE | IMAGEFILE>
Used to tell the program which 'Build Mode' to open up in.
Only applies to BUILD mode.
/SRC <Drive Letter | SCSI Address> | "<Folder Name>\" | "<File Name>" | ALLSECTORS | <Custom Number Of Sectors>
Used to select the source drive or filename.
Drive Letter or SCSI Address applies to READ and VERIFY modes.
Folder Name applies to BUILD mode.
File Name applies to BUILD and WRITE modes.
ALLSECTORS applies to DISCOVERY mode.
Custom Number Of Sectors applies to DISCOVERY mode.
Examples: /SRC J:
/SRC 1:0:0
/SRC "C:\DVD_FILES\VIDEO_TS\"
/SRC "C:\DVDIMAGE.ISO"
/SRC "C:\BackupProject.IBB"
/SRC ALLSECTORS
/SRC 2295000
In BUILD mode, you can specify an '.IBB' file as the source.
This is an 'ImgBurn Backup Project' file and is a simple text file containing the names of folders / files to add to the image, along with the various configuration options.
The simplest way to find the correct syntax for an '.IBB' file is to have ImgBurn create one via the 'Save Project...' option in the 'File' menu, and then look at it in notepad.
In BUILD mode, you can specify multiple folders / files directly if you put a pipe character ('|') between them.
Used to specify a text file that represents a basic list of folders / files to be added to the 'Source' box.
Only applies to BUILD mode.
Example: /SRCLIST "C:\BackupList.txt"
/DEST <Drive Letter | SCSI Address> | "<File Name>"
Used to select the filename or drive.
Drive Letter or SCSI Address applies to BUILD, WRITE and DISCOVERY modes.
File Name applies to READ, BUILD and VERIFY modes ('DEST' actually means 'Compare' here for VERIFY mode).
Examples: /DEST J:
/DEST 1:0:0
/DEST "C:\DVDIMAGE.ISO"
When in READ mode, you can use '[DISC_LABEL]' | '[DATETIME]' | '[DATE]' | '[TIME]' (without quotes) anywhere in the file name specified with this switch, and the program will replace it with the appropriate value.
When in BUILD mode, you can use '[DATETIME]' | '[DATE]' | '[TIME]' (without quotes) anywhere in the file name specified with this switch, and the program will replace it with the appropriate value.
Examples: /DEST "C:\DVDIMAGES\[DISC_LABEL].ISO"
/DEST "C:\DVDIMAGES\DailyBackup_[DATETIME].ISO"
/FILESYSTEM "<File System>"
Used to change the value of the 'File System' drop down list.
Only applies to BUILD mode.
The parameter must match the value within the drop down list exactly.
Examples: /FILESYSTEM "ISO9660"
/FILESYSTEM "ISO9660 + Joliet"
/FILESYSTEM "ISO9660 + UDF"
/UDFREVISION "<UDF Revision>"
Used to change the value of the 'UDF Revision' drop down list.
Only applies to BUILD mode.
The parameter must match the value within the drop down list exactly.
Examples: /UDFREVISION "1.02"
/UDFREVISION "2.50"
/VOLUMELABEL "<Volume Label>"
Used to set the value of the volume label fields.
Only applies to BUILD mode.
Length limits are automatically applied. i.e. 32 chars for ISO9660, 16 for Joliet, 126 for UDF.
To specify different volume labels for each file system, the following switches are also available:
/VOLUMELABEL_ISO9660 "<Volume Label>"
/VOLUMELABEL_JOLIET "<Volume Label>"
/VOLUMELABEL_UDF "<Volume Label>"
These will override what's been set (if anything) by the '/VOLUMELABEL' switch.
/SPEED <Write Speed>
Used to change the value of the 'Write Speed' drop down list.
The parameter must match the value within the drop down list exactly.
Examples: /SPEED MAX
/SPEED 1x
/SPEED 2.4x (or 2,4x depending on regional settings)
/COPIES <Number Of Copies>
Used to change the value of the 'Copies' drop down list.
The parameter must match the value within the drop down list exactly.
Only applies to WRITE mode.
Example: /COPIES 2
/LAYERBREAK <LBA>
Used to tell the program where to put the layerbreak.
Only applies WRITE and DISCOVERY modes and only when burning DVD+R DL discs.
Example: /LAYERBREAK 2000000
/ERASE
Used to automatically erase / format / overwrite media.
/OVERWRITE <YES | NO>
Used to force the program to either overwrite all existing files, or never overwrite them.
/TESTMODE <YES | NO>
Used to make the program simulate the burn - whereby no data is actually written to the disc.
Basically, it just checks (or unchecks!) the 'Test Mode' box for you!
/VERIFY <YES | NO>
Used to make the program verify a disc is readable after it has been burnt.
Basically, it just checks (or unchecks!) the 'Verify after write' box for you!
/DELETEIMAGE <YES | NO>
Used to make the program delete the image after it has been burnt.
Basically, it just checks (or unchecks!) the 'Delete Image When Done' box for you!
/DELETESOURCE <YES | NO>
Used to make the program delete the source files after they've been burnt.
Only applies to BUILD mode. *** USE WITH CAUTION ***
/EJECT <YES | NO>
Used to make the program eject the disc after it has been burnt.
Basically, it just checks (or unchecks!) the 'Eject Tray When Done' box for you!
/START
Used to start the burn process automatically when the program has finished initialising.
Basically, it just presses the 'Build' / 'Write' / 'Verify' button for you!
/CLOSE
Used to close the program when the burn process has finished.
Basically, it just presses the 'Close' button for you!
/CLOSEINFO
Used to close the program when the text file specified by '/INFO' has been created.
Basically, it just presses the 'Close' button for you!
/CLOSESUCCESS
Used to close the program when the burn process has finished AND was successful.
Basically, it just presses the 'Close' button for you!
/SHUTDOWN
Used to shutdown the computer when the program has finished burning.
Basically, it just checks the 'Shutdown computer when done' box for you!
/WAITFORMEDIA
Used in combination with /START and /CLOSE to wait until the program is 'Ready' to burn before trying to start.
Normally, if the program isn't 'Ready', the /CLOSE switch causes the program to close without having done anything.
/IGNORELOCKVOLUME
Used to make the program ignore any 'Access is denied' errors it might run into when it tries to lock the drive for exclusive access, meaning the burn can continue without user intervention.
This is mainly for 3rd party applications that are unable to release any 'handles' that they might have open to the drive - thus preventing ImgBurn from obtaining the lock.
/NOIMAGEDETAILS
Used to stop the program from displaying details about the image.
Only applies to BUILD mode.
/ROOTFOLDER <YES | NO>
Used to automate the 'Root Folder' prompt you get when only adding a single folder to the source list.
Only applies to BUILD mode.
/PRESERVEFULLPATHNAMES <YES | NO>
Basically, it just checks (or unchecks!) the 'Preserve Full Pathnames' box for you!
Only applies to BUILD mode.
/RECURSESUBDIRECTORIES <YES | NO>
Basically, it just checks (or unchecks!) the 'Recurse Subdirectories' box for you!
Only applies to BUILD mode.
/INCLUDEHIDDENFILES <YES | NO>
Basically, it just checks (or unchecks!) the 'Include Hidden Files' box for you!
Only applies to BUILD mode.
/INCLUDESYSTEMFILES <YES | NO>
Basically, it just checks (or unchecks!) the 'Include System Files' box for you!
Only applies to BUILD mode.
/INCLUDEARCHIVEFILESONLY <YES | NO>
Basically, it just checks (or unchecks!) the 'Include Archive Files Only' box for you!
Only applies to BUILD mode.
/CLEARARCHIVEATTRIBUTE <YES | NO>
Basically, it just checks (or unchecks!) the 'Clear Archive Attribute' box for you!
Only applies to BUILD mode.
/BOOTEMUTYPE
Basically, it just modifies the 'Emulation Type' field on the 'Advanced' -> 'Bootable Disc' tab for you!
Only applies to BUILD mode.
/BOOTIMAGE
Basically, it just modifies the 'Boot Image' field on the 'Advanced' -> 'Bootable Disc' tab for you!
Only applies when the '/BOOTEMUTYPE' switch is also specified.
Only applies to BUILD mode.
/BOOTDEVELOPERID
Basically, it just modifies the 'Developer ID' field on the 'Advanced' -> 'Bootable Disc' tab for you!
Only applies when the '/BOOTEMUTYPE' switch is also specified.
Only applies to BUILD mode.
/BOOTLOADSEGMENT
Basically, it just modifies the 'Load Segment' field on the 'Advanced' -> 'Bootable Disc' tab for you!
Only applies when the '/BOOTEMUTYPE' switch is also specified.
Only applies to BUILD mode.
/BOOTSECTORSTOLOAD
Basically, it just modifies the 'Sectors To Load' field on the 'Advanced' -> 'Bootable Disc' tab for you!
Only applies when the '/BOOTEMUTYPE' switch is also specified.
Only applies to BUILD mode.
/IBG "<File Name>"
Used to make the program write the graph data to a file of the specified name after burning (or verifying if it's enabled).
/LOG "<File Name>"
Used to make the program write the log to a file of the specified name when closing down.
You can use '[DATETIME]' | '[DATE]' | '[TIME]' (without quotes) anywhere in the file name specified with this switch, and the program will replace it with the appropriate value.
Used to make the program write the contents of the drive/media information window (on the right side of the main window) to a file of the specified name after full initialising the media.
/PORTABLE
Used to make the program skip the sections where it would normally write file association / autoplay / shell extension data to the registry.
When used in combination with '/SETTINGS "<File Name>"', you can make it so ImgBurn doesn't make any changes to the PC it's being run on. This is useful if you're running it from a USB pen etc.
/SETTINGS "<File Name>"
Used to override loading the settings from the registry, and instead load from / save to the specified file.
If the file does not exist, default settings will be used and the program will attempt to save to the specified file when it's closed.
Even if this switch is not specified, the program will attempt to load from 'ImgBurn.ini' in the application exe's directory BEFORE it loads from the registry.
/NOSAVESETTINGS
Used to tell the program not to save ANY settings when it's closed.
