In our Horizon View VDI environment we use UEM to manage some application’s user data. I used the Application Profiler included with UEM to create this profile for AutoCAD. One issue that we we have with AutoCAD is that it will reconfigure when launched by a new user. We tried to capture a default profile but the registry entries captured include lots of references to the specific user profile path for that user, which caused issues on launch. I have attached the INI file and icons to this post.
To prevent AutoCAD from crashing on launch, make sure to capture <LocalAppData>\Autodesk, which isn’t included by default when using the Application Profiler.
Application: Autodesk AutoCAD 2017
OS: Windows 7
INI Details:
# Flex config file generated with VMware User Environment Manager Application Profiler version 9.1 [IncludeRegistryTrees] HKCU\Software\Autodesk HKCU\SOFTWARE\FLEXlm License Manager [IncludeFolderTrees] <AppData>\Autodesk # Added to prevent crash on launch <LocalAppData>\Autodesk [Metadata] ProcessIfExists= DirectFlexEnabled DirectFlexPath=%ProgramFiles%\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2017\acad.exe ProcessCriteria= ProfilerChild=c:\program files\autodesk\autocad 2017\acwebbrowser\acwebbrowser.exe ProfilerChild=c:\program files\autodesk\autocad 2017\admigrator.exe ProfilerChild=c:\windows\microsoft.net\framework64\v4.0.30319\csc.exe ProfilerChild=c:\windows\microsoft.net\framework64\v4.0.30319\cvtres.exe ProfilerChild=c:\program files\autodesk\autocad 2017\dadispatcherservice.exe [Immidio Flex] This file was created using VMware UEM Management Console version 9.1.0.175. Use only with VMware UEM.
Zipped INI File and Icon: Autodesk_AutoCAD_2017
Please feel free to comment with any issues or suggestions you had using AutoCAD with UEM in your environment.