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Location of Autodesk App. store addins

J-Rocks — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 06:50:38 GMT

Hello,

I have downloaded one plugin from Autodesk Apps. Store so where did the application located on my computer ?

I searched for it but with no avail although searching in Windows 10 is very slow and failure in all ways.

I am using AutoCAD 2020 and Windows 10 if this matters.

Thank you

Re: Location of Autodesk App. store addins

_gile — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 09:51:19 GMT

Hi,

It may depends on the plug-in.
If the plug-in installation uses the Autoloader mechanism (as recommended by Autodesk) the app should be in a directory of one of the ApplicationPlugin folders:

%APPDATA%/Autodesk/ApplicationPlugins
%ProgramFiles%/Autodesk/ApplicationPlugins
%ProgramFiles%/Autodesk/ApplicationPlugins

If not, you should directly ask to the publisher.

Re: Location of Autodesk App. store addins

J-Rocks — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 10:21:00 GMT

Thank you.

Yes the installation uses the Autoloader mechanism, but what does the two percentage symbols ( %APPDATA% ) mean in this case ?

Re: Location of Autodesk App. store addins

_gile — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 10:45:24 GMT

@J-Rocks a écrit :

what does the two percentage symbols ( %APPDATA% ) mean in this case ?

This is a shortcut for: "C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Roaming", you can directly enter %appdata% in the adress bar of your browser

Re: Location of Autodesk App. store addins

J-Rocks — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 11:24:47 GMT

Yes this path is existed but it does not have the applications that I downloaded from Apps. Store.

C:\Users\John\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins

I am trying to search for *.bundle but it comes up with empty result. too strange !

Re: Location of Autodesk App. store addins

_gile — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 11:47:09 GMT

%appdata%\Autodesk\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins is the folder for current user applications

%ProgramFiles%\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins or %ProgramData%\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins may be used for all users applications.

Does the installed plug-in work?

Can you see it in the control panel (Programs and functionalities)?

Re: Location of Autodesk App. store addins

J-Rocks — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 12:59:43 GMT

Yes, I have installed two Applications and both are working normally, and they are available in the Control Panel as well.

Sorry, only the path that I brought in my last reply is correct / existed but the applications are not there.

I used to see the application when I was using Windows 7 very easily but with Windows 10 things are going ridiculously complicated for nothing.

Re: Location of Autodesk App. store addins

_gile — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 13:17:34 GMT

You should be able to find the path in the registry:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R23.0\ACAD-2001:409\Applications\<AppName>, LOADER.

Re: Location of Autodesk App. store addins

J-Rocks — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 13:34:38 GMT

You are marvelous, thank you so much.