Download Prerequisite Files Offline ConfigMgr SCCM

This guide shall help you get more details about downloading the SCCM prerequisites (Download Prerequisite Files Offline) files to another computer.

This guide explains how to use the “Use Previously Downloaded Files” option during the primary server setup.

Introduction – There are loads of posts that help you to download the prerequisites well before SCCM current branch installation so that we can save loads of time.

Let’s check and learn how to Download SCCM Prerequisite Files offline. As the section below explains, the setup file (setupdl.exe) and some other DLL files help you download the SCCM CB prerequisites.

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Download Prerequisite Files to Another Computer

You must follow the following steps to download SCCM setup-related prerequisite files to another computer.

1. In Windows Explorer, go to either one of the following locations:
   • <SCCM installation media>\SMSSETUP\BIN\X64
   • <SCCM installation path>\BIN\X64
2. Copy the following files to the same destination folder on the other computer:
   • setupdl.exe
   • .\<language>\setupdlres.dll
     • This file is in the subfolder for the install language. For instance, English is in the 00000409 Subfolder.

Example: – As an example, the destination folders on your other computer should look like this:

• C:\ConfigManInstall\setupdl.exe
• C:\ConfigManInstall\00000409\setupdlres.dll

Let’s Start Download

To open Configuration Manager Setup Down Loader tool called Setupdl.exe from SMSSETUP \BIN\X64\ folder.

Select a path where updated Prerequisite files should be downloaded from the “Configuration Manager Setup Downloader tool.“

Result – Prerequisite Files Download

Completed the Download of prerequisite files.

Video Tutorial to Learn How to Download SCCM ConfigMgr CB Prerequisites

In this video, I will show you how to download prerequisites. An Internet connection is needed on the machine where you download the SCCM ConfigMgr Prerequisite files.

Resources

• Setup Downloader for Configuration Manager
• Windows Language code references

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Author

Anoop C Nair is Microsoft MVP! He is a Device Management Admin with more than 20 years of experience (calculation done in 2021) in IT. He is a Blogger, Speaker, and Local User Group HTMD Community leader. His main focus is on Device Management technologies like SCCM 2012, Current Branch, and Intune. He writes about ConfigMgr, Windows 11, Windows 10, Azure AD, Microsoft Intune, Windows 365, AVD, etc.