Installation

For those who need help getting up and running with Autodesk software, including AutoCAD, Revit, Civil 3D, Inventor, and more.

  • Performance recommendations for AutoCAD in a Virtual Environment

    Performance recommendations for AutoCAD in a Virtual Environment

    What are the recommended configurations to improve performance for AutoCAD products in a virtual environment.

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  • Uninstall and Reinstall the Autodesk Desktop App

    Uninstall and Reinstall the Autodesk Desktop App

    The Autodesk Desktop App may have tried to auto-update or a Windows update may have interfered with the program.

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  • How to uninstall and reinstall Microsoft .NET runtimes to fix errors with Autodesk software on a windows machine

    How to uninstall and reinstall Microsoft .NET runtimes to fix errors with Autodesk software on a windows machine

    How to perform a clean removal and reinstallation Microsoft .NET Runtime, ASP.NET Core Runtime, and .NET Desktop Runtime

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  • How to uninstall Autodesk Desktop Licensing Service

    How to uninstall Autodesk Desktop Licensing Service

    The Autodesk Desktop licensing Service does not appear in the Windows Add or Remove programs or the Control Panel > Program And Features.

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  • Civil 3D 2026 will not Launch after updating to Windows 11 24H2

    Civil 3D 2026 will not Launch after updating to Windows 11 24H2

    After updating to Windows 11 24H2 Civil 3D 2026 will not launch.

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  • Silent Installation of Autodesk Access

    Silent Installation of Autodesk Access

    You want to do a silent installation of Autodesk Access on users’ machines

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  • Whitelisting IMAGINIT Utilities

    Whitelisting IMAGINIT Utilities

    You are having trouble activating the IMAGINiT Utilities because the connection to the IMAGINiT licensing server is being blocked (Note: This may result in the error message "400 Bad Request").

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  • Autodesk: When launching offline message “The required connection to Autodesk for license Validation could not be established”

    Autodesk: When launching offline message “The required connection to Autodesk for license Validation could not be established”

    You should be able to run Autodesk Products for 30 days without connecting to the Autodesk Server using Single User Licenses.

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  • Autodesk Desktop Connector Startup Error

    Autodesk Desktop Connector Startup Error

    You are receiving the error message: "Startup Error: Desktop Connector Could not Initialize the Autodesk Identity Manager, prompting shutdown."

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  • Autodesk Scheduled Updates are Not Applying to Users

    Autodesk Scheduled Updates are Not Applying to Users

    You have successfully created a Scheduled Update Policy within the Autodesk Portal but the updates are not applying to your users.

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  • How to Schedule Autodesk Software Updates

    How to Schedule Autodesk Software Updates

    You need to create a Scheduled Update Policy for your Autodesk software that can be applied to your users within the Autodesk Portal.

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  • Autodesk Update Policies - What You Should Know

    Autodesk Update Policies - What You Should Know

    Autodesk has introduced a new Update Policies feature within the Autodesk portal. This feature provides a mechanism to control Autodesk updates for users' Autodesk software.

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  • Unsupported Products using AllowSystemContextInstall Installs via Access

    Unsupported Products using AllowSystemContextInstall Installs via Access

    After enabling users with install permissions in Autodesk Access using the AllowSystemContextInstall registry setting to install updates, some updates will not install.

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  • License checkout timed out. What do you want to do?

    License checkout timed out. What do you want to do?

    License checkout timed out. What do you want to do? when launching Autodesk 2020 or newer software on Windows.

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  • When launching an Autodesk program you get "Requested service not available..."

    When launching an Autodesk program you get "Requested service not available..."

    The Autodesk service that you are trying to access is Temporarily unavailable. If you get this, here's what you need to know and do.

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  • Configuration File May Be Locked by Another Process or Have Been Set Read Only

    Configuration File May Be Locked by Another Process or Have Been Set Read Only

    This problem can be caused by a few different things, but usually it’s a permissions issue of some kind

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  • ADSKLICENSING ERROR after server runs scheduled Forced Shutdown and Reboot

    ADSKLICENSING ERROR after server runs scheduled Forced Shutdown and Reboot

    A scheduled task deletes a licensing file that prevents Autodesk products from starting.

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  • Revit installation fails due to missing PACR.msi

    Revit installation fails due to missing PACR.msi

    During the installation of Revit, the following error appears: “PACR.msi was not found.”

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  • Desktop Connector Install Issue

    Desktop Connector Install Issue

    Desktop Connector Install Issue due to .NET components and residual registry

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  • IMAGINiT Utilities: How to Authorize your IMAGINiT utilities (Client side)

    IMAGINiT Utilities: How to Authorize your IMAGINiT utilities (Client side)

    When you install the Utilities on the user system. You will be asked to Authorize the Utilities

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