DU Meter command-line options
You can use DU Meter command-line options to control and automate DU Meter to a certain extent. These commands are mostly useful to system administrators, testers, developers and other IT professionals who wish to integrate DU Meter into their own scripts and batch files.
Note
DUMETER.EXE is not added to the system path automatically, since the majority of users do not need to control DU Meter from a command line. Therefore, in order to make the commands below work, you need to either specify a full path to DUMETER.EXE, or add its directory to the system PATH. DU Meter is installed into "C:\Program Files (x86)\DU Meter" by default.
Control DU Meter Stopwatch
DUMETER.EXE /stopwatch=open;stopwatch_name
This command opens a new stopwatch named stopwatch_name.
DUMETER.EXE /stopwatch=start;stopwatch_name
Starts a stopwatch named stopwatch_name. If such a stopwatch does not yet exist, it is opened automatically.
DUMETER.EXE /stopwatch=stop;stopwatch_name
Stop a stopwatch.
DUMETER.EXE /stopwatch=close;stopwatch_name
Close a specified stopwatch window.
DUMETER.EXE /stopwatch=export;stopwatch_name;file_name
Export current data from a stopwatch to a file. File format is either text or CSV, depending on the specified file's extension.
Other DU Meter functions
DUMETER.EXE /mcp
DU Meter's MCP server, through which an AI app reads DU Meter's traffic statistics: the app starts it and talks to it over standard input and output. Started by hand, it only says so. See AI assistants.
DUMETER.EXE /unblock
If DU Meter blocks network connections as a result of exceeded monthly traffic limit, this command will release this blocking. Administrator permissions are required, and DU Meter will try to elevate if run from a lower-permission command prompt.