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You can configure the way the Viewer launches, for example, to have it bypass the login screen with the user name and
password (P. 100) by creating a shortcut icon that specifies Viewer launching options.
[Viewer.exe] is located in the following folder by default:
Note
• ‘System drive’ corresponds to the drive containing the system files of the operating system. If the operating system is installed on
the C drive, the system drive is the C drive.
• A message may appear asking whether or not you want to create a shortcut icon on the desktop. Click [OK] if you want to create
the desktop icon.
Note
• When connecting to multiple Storage Server Groups, use a comma (,) to connect from nvr and onward.
• The host name cannot be specified in IPv6.
Create a Shortcut Icon for Launching the Viewer
Important
• You cannot reconfigure the shortcut icon that is automatically created on your desktop when you install this software.
• The login password can be easily viewed in the properties of the shortcut icon. Make sure to take sufficient security measures when
using this feature.
1
Right-click [Viewer.exe] in the installation folder and click [Create shortcut].
<System drive>:\Program Files\Canon\WebView\NVR30
2
Right-click the shortcut icon and select [Properties].
3
On the [Shortcut] tab, add a launching option to [Target].
Launching Options Description
-group nvr://<User name>:<Password>@
<Storage Server Group name>
Or
-group nvr://<User name>:<Password>@
<Host name>:<Port no.>
The information in the options is used to connect to the server
group.
The [Connect to Storage Server Group] dialog box does not
appear.
4
Click [OK] to close the dialog box.
5
Move the shortcut icon to a location you prefer.