How to add "Reset Settings to Default" to Acad 2016 deployments

[ampster40]

it appears when you create a deployment with the custom option to disable the migrate from previous versions option that you also loose the "Reset Settings to Default" command thru the Start menu; https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/installation-licensing/missing-reset-autocad-2016-to-default-shortcut... In our tests, we have found on 32bit deployments the AdMigrator.exe file is missing completely ("C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2016\AdMigrator.exe" /reset /product ACAD /language "en-US" is the Target shortcut) and we'll search a 64bit system soon. But this leads me to my question, how can we add that back in to our deployments? I'll run some tests later to see if simply copying the AdMigrator.exe file and creating a shortcut for it works but I don't have high hopes that will work. Acad 2016 being deployed to 32 and 64 bit Win7 systems. The deployment package is created thru a 3rd party app and is not Autodesk (New Boundary or Prism is the deployment software used)

[ampster40 · Accepted solution]

update and what appears to work for now, AdMirgrator.exe is present on both the 32 and 64 bit systems so there's no need to manually copy that over. All that needs to be done is to either copy over the shortcuts or recreate them manually. Those paths are; Acad 2016, "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2016\AdMigrator.exe" /reset /product ACAD /language "en-US" for Acad Elec 2016; "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2016\AdMigrator.exe" /reset /product ACADE /language "en-US" For our situation, we are choosing not to go back and recreate our deployments and instead we'll create stationary or template emails with the specific shortcut for both softwares and send this out when needed. HTH for anybody else looking for a workaround.