How to Install AXIS Camera Station Device Compatibility Tool Silently with winget on Windows

Installing AXIS Camera Station Device Compatibility Tool interactively is fine when you're sitting at the machine. When you're deploying to 50 machines or building a CI image, you want a one-line silent install. Here's how winget does it.

TL;DR

Open Terminal as Administrator and run:

winget install --id AXIS.AxisDeviceCompatibilityTool -e --silent --accept-package-agreements --accept-source-agreements

AXIS Camera Station Device Compatibility Tool: AXIS Camera Station Device Compatibility Tool helps you to verify if a third-party network video product is compatible with AXIS Camera Station 5 and above.

Typical install time: 10–60 seconds depending on installer size.

What gets installed

Field	Value
Package ID	`AXIS.AxisDeviceCompatibilityTool`
Publisher	Axis Communications AB
Installer type	EXE
License	Proprietary
Latest version	5.57.33556
Last release	6/17/2025
Minimum OS	Windows 10+
Homepage	axis.com

Generic EXE installers vary — winget install --silent makes a best-effort to pass the right flag.

Per-user install (no admin)

If you don't have admin rights, try per-user scope:

winget install --id AXIS.AxisDeviceCompatibilityTool -e --scope user --silent

If the manifest doesn't have a user-scope installer, winget falls back with an error — in that case you genuinely need admin or use the Access denied fix.

Specify a version

To pin a known-good version (useful for reproducible CI / team standardisation):

winget install --id AXIS.AxisDeviceCompatibilityTool -e --version 5.57.33556 --silent

List available versions:

winget show --id AXIS.AxisDeviceCompatibilityTool --versions

Override silent flags

If winget's --silent doesn't fully suppress the installer's UI, pass native flags via --override:

winget install --id AXIS.AxisDeviceCompatibilityTool -e --override "varies by vendor"

These are the EXE-native silent switches the installer recognises.

Verify after install

winget list --id AXIS.AxisDeviceCompatibilityTool

If the version is shown, the install succeeded.

Upgrade silently

winget upgrade --id AXIS.AxisDeviceCompatibilityTool -e --silent --accept-package-agreements --accept-source-agreements

Or upgrade as part of a bulk weekly cron — see How to update all Windows apps.

Uninstall silently

winget uninstall --id AXIS.AxisDeviceCompatibilityTool --silent --disable-interactivity

Detailed guide: How to uninstall Windows apps with winget.

In a provisioning script

PowerShell snippet for unattended Windows setup:

$apps = @(
  "AXIS.AxisDeviceCompatibilityTool"
  # add more packages here
)

foreach ($id in $apps) {
  winget install --id $id -e --silent `
    --accept-package-agreements --accept-source-agreements
}

Wrap in Task Scheduler for one-shot machine provisioning. See Fresh Windows 11 setup.

Common errors

"AXIS Camera Station Device Compatibility Tool is already installed" — winget detected the existing install. To force-reinstall over the existing copy:

winget install --id AXIS.AxisDeviceCompatibilityTool -e --silent --force

"Installer hash does not match" — Axis Communications AB published a new version before the winget manifest updated. Wait ~24 hours or pass --force. See hash mismatch fix.

"Access denied" / 0x80070005 — run Terminal as Administrator. See Access denied fix.

0x80073D02 — package in use — AXIS Camera Station Device Compatibility Tool is currently running. Close it then retry. See package in use fix.