Manually export and import Nintex products and solutions

The following steps detail how to manually export and import Nintex products and solutions.

Prerequisites: Windows PowerShell and SharePoint 2019 Management Shell must be run as administrator to import the solutions.

To manually export Nintex products and solutions

  1. Run the installation wizard and navigate to:

    Installation options

  2. Choose Export and then click Export.

  3. Select the destination folder.

    Default value: Desktop.

  4. Click OK.

    Now you can manually install or import the products and solutions using Windows PowerShell or SharePoint Management Shell.

To manually install Nintex products using Windows PowerShell

  1. Browse to the folder where you exported the Nintex solutions.

  2. Add Nintex Workflow, Nintex Forms, and external connection by running the following command.

    .\install.ps1

  3. Add only the desired Nintex products by running the following command.

    .\install.ps1 -isInstallWorkflow $boolean -isInstallForms $boolean -isInstallExternalConnection $boolean

    Where $boolean is a true or false flag. If you set $boolean to true, the product will install. If you set $boolean to false, the product will not install.

    Note: If you do not pass the value for $boolean parameter, it will install all three products.

To manually import a Nintex solution using Windows PowerShell

  1. Add the Windows PowerShell snap-in to the current session by running the following command.

    Add-PSsnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell

  2. Add the solution to the farm by running the following command.

    Add-SPSolution drive:\path\NameofSolution.wsp

    where drive is the drive letter, path is the folder path, and NameofSolution.wsp is the name of the solution.

    Now you can import the license file. See Import the license file.

To manually import a Nintex solution using SharePoint Management Shell

  • Add the solution to the farm by running the following command.

    Add-SPSolution drive:\path\NameofSolution.wsp

    where drive is the drive letter, path is the folder path, and NameofSolution.wsp is the name of the solution.

    Now you can import the license file. See Import the license file.