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Mendeley Desktop 1.7 command line options
Usage: ./Mendeley Desktop [options]
--account [email address] Changes the active Mendeley Web account to [email address]
--help Show this list.
--http Use http instead of https.
--identifiers-only Extract only identifiers (DOI/arXiv/PMID) during metadata extraction from PDFs
--ignore-ssl-errors Ignore SSL negotiation errors.
--log-to-stderr Output logging information to standard error.
--no-style Disable all custom styling.
--password [password or SHA-1 hash] Set the password to log in to Mendeley Web with.
--pdf-toc Show additional tab containing Table Of Contents in the PDF viewer
--platform [windows|linux|mac] Skin for the specified platform instead of native
--quit Quit immediately after loading the main window.
--repair-database Attempt to fix corruptions in the database.
--reset Restore Mendeley to an empty library, and remove all settings.
--reset-speech-bubbles Reset Speech Bubbles.
--reset-watched-folders Reset the watched folders settings.
--reset-zotero-import Reset Zotero continuous import.
--server [server] Set the Mendeley server to sync with.
--show-csl-mappings Display Mendeley -> CSL field and type mappings
--skip-account-check Do not warn about usage of live (www.mendeley.com) accounts with development clients
--uninstall Uninstall Word plugins and mendeley:// link handler.
--verbose-log Create a (large) log file for debugging.
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