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VMware User Environment Manager (UEM) Profile for Autodesk AutoCAD 2017 in VDI

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.

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