Note Modifies License Information for Autodesk Products 2020+ . This method will not work for older autodesk versions.
If you ever had the challenge to switch the licensing of a Autodesk product that does no longer start, then you know exactly why this tool saves a lot of time. As a CAD-Admin you might have to do this multiple times per week.
For Autodesk 2020 product this means, you have to use AdskLicensingInstHelper.exe and some parameters. This takes time and knowledge.
Adsk License Modifier is a GUI for this exe and makes this task easy.
Note If you want to check out the manual way by autodesk, feel free to use this link: Autodesk Knowledge
This tool is the predecessor of the powershell version found in this repository. This tool should have all the same functions but with a much more modern gui framework (winui3) and you can directly download it from microsoft store download.
To get started you need to make sure that the AdskLicensingInstHelper.exe is installed. This will be the case if you installed any autodesk product. It is possible to generate commands but you wont be able to run them. If you copy them to another client, then this is completly fine and should work. If the check fails some gui elements are not activated.
You can check the path for yourself.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\AdskLicensing\Current\helper
Note This exe isn't delivered by this tool. You get it by installing any Autodesk 2020 product. It also get's updated from time to time, which makes it difficult to ship.
At the moment there is only dark theme and there are no plans to change this in the future.
This creates a json file and tries to open it. If it fails make sure you have a tool to open such files. It shows alot of infos about every licensed product on the machine this command was used.
Make sure to check the Autodesk Knowledge article: Autodesk Knowledge
| value | license method |
|---|---|
| 0 | Unknown licensing method |
| 1 | Network licensing |
| 2 | Standalone licensing |
| 3 | (MSSA) |
| 4 | User Licensing |
| value | server type |
|---|---|
| 0 | Unknown server type |
| 1 | Single server |
| 2 | Redundant servers |
| 3 | Distributed servers |
You can copy the command that is run when the button to the right is clicked.
There are three links that help to navigate to some folders that are often used for fixing license problems. By clicking the buttons a windows explorer is started.
The user based licensing uses a token sytem. This token gets saved to a file called "LoginState.xml". If you want to reset this information you can do this manually. This files gets recreated if you start a product that is licensed by subscription.
This file also gets deleted if you click on run.
This button provides a fast way to open "C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\AdskLicensingService".
This button provides a fast way to open the windows explorer already navigated to AdskLicensingInstHelper.exe
Check here to see if AdskLicensingService is running. This service is essential for the licensing to work properly.
This tab contains the main functions. Make sure to use this tab to change and / or reset license types for products.
The search function looks what the input is. There is a small delay until the search function runs. This keeps the search field responsive.
Make sure to select a release version, before searching.
On the left you need to select a product that you want to change in any way. This list is based on the official product key list from autodesk. Use the search function to find your product.
After selecting a product you need to decide what to do with it. If you want to change it to "Network Licensing" select it. You need to also select a license type and provide at least one servername depending on the option you choose.
Make sure to prefix your servername with @.
If you use Redundant Server you can type in all servers like this:
@server1, @server2, @server3
If you want to change anything related to Network Licensing it is required to delete a registry Parameter.
Delete the registry key ADSKFLEX_LICENSE_FILE at HKCU\Software\FLEXlm License Manager. This will be done by the tool, but if you just copy the command, make sure to include something like this: for /D %a in ("%ProgramData%\Autodesk\AdskLicensingService*.*") do rd /q /s "%a"
This is used for the old licensing system. Use this only if you are still using an old license with maintenance.
If you have a subscription based license, this is the option you need. Changing to this will ask you for your autodesk login the next time you open the product.
Choose this option if you dont want to set any license type but instead let the user choose the next time they open the product.
If you want to copy the generated command click this button. This allows you to paste it in a cmd file. Maybe you have a remote connection open and dont want do send this tool. Just start a cmd shell on the target system and paste it.
If you want to, you can also edit the command.
Warning: There are some commands that wont work if you just type them in cmd. For example if you want to reset something it is important that AdSSO.exe is not running. If you use the run command it automatically detects if this process is running and if it is, it will kill it.
Using the run button after editing the result box, will not regenerate the command but will instead use your edited command.
If you click run it will run the command after asking you one last time. If you then click yes it will run the command.
There is a second tab that allows to search for Product Key or Product Name. The list goes back to 2015. Everything older will not show up.
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