Uninstall-ADTApplication incorrect FilePaths

plugstar · March 31, 2026, 1:32pm

Issue with some autodesk apps

I have a requirement from a client that is heavily invested in multiple Autodesk products. They are removing any Autodesk app that is earlier than 2024.

I've hit a few issues where Uninstall-ADTApplication is unable to find the file that its trying to uninstall.

[Install] :: Found installed application [Autodesk DWG TrueView 2021 - English 24.0.47.0].	Get-ADTApplication	31/03/2026 09:24:11	8692 (0x21F4)
[Install] :: Found installed application [DWG TrueView 2021 - English 24.0.47.0].	Get-ADTApplication	31/03/2026 09:24:11	8692 (0x21F4)
[Install] :: Bypassing Show-ADTInstallationProgress [Mode: Silent]. Status message: Application Uninstallation in progress	Show-ADTInstallationProgress	31/03/2026 09:24:11	8692 (0x21F4)
[Install] :: Getting information for installed applications...	Get-ADTApplication	31/03/2026 09:24:11	8692 (0x21F4)
[Install] :: Found installed application [Autodesk DWG TrueView 2021 - English 24.0.47.0].	Get-ADTApplication	31/03/2026 09:24:11	8692 (0x21F4)
[Install] :: Removing EXE application [Autodesk DWG TrueView 2021 - English 24.0.47.0].	Uninstall-ADTApplication	31/03/2026 09:24:12	8692 (0x21F4)
[Install] :: Preparing to execute process [C:\Program Files\Autodesk\DWG TrueView 2021]...	Start-ADTProcess	31/03/2026 09:24:12	8692 (0x21F4)
[Install] :: Checking to see if mutex [Global\_MSIExecute] is available. Wait up to [10 minute(s)] for the mutex to become available.	Test-ADTMutexAvailability	31/03/2026 09:24:12	8692 (0x21F4)
[Install] :: Mutex [Global\_MSIExecute] is available for an exclusive lock.	Test-ADTMutexAvailability	31/03/2026 09:24:12	8692 (0x21F4)
[Install] :: Working Directory is [C:\WINDOWS\IMECache\a2abe27c-6a5e-4d9c-a3ef-26ed852e30a3_9\Files].	Start-ADTProcess	31/03/2026 09:24:13	8692 (0x21F4)
[Install] :: Executing ["C:\Program Files\Autodesk\DWG TrueView 2021" - English\Setup\en-us\Setup\Setup.exe /P {28B89EEF-4128-0409-0100-CF3F3A09B77D} /M AOEM /language en-US -q]...	Start-ADTProcess	31/03/2026 09:24:13	8692 (0x21F4)
[Install] :: Error occurred while attempting to start the specified process.
Error Record:
-------------
 
Message               : Exception calling "LaunchAsync" with "1" argument(s): "The system cannot find the file specified.
 
                        The system cannot find the file specified.
                        "
InnerException        : System.IO.FileNotFoundException: The system cannot find the file specified.
 
                        The system cannot find the file specified.
 
                           at PSADT.LibraryInterfaces.Kernel32.CreateProcess(String lpApplicationName, Span`1& lpCommandLine, Nullable`1 lpProcessAttributes, Nullable`1 lpThreadAttributes, BOOL bInheritHandles, PROCESS_CREATION_FLAGS dwCreationFlags, SafeEnvironmentBlockHandle lpEnvironment, String lpCurrentDirectory, STARTUPINFOW& lpStartupInfo, PROCESS_INFORMATION& lpProcessInformation) in D:\a\PSAppDeployToolkit\PSAppDeployToolkit\src\PSADT\PSADT\LibraryInterfaces\Kernel32.cs:line 281
                           at PSADT.ProcessManagement.ProcessManager.LaunchAsync(ProcessLaunchInfo launchInfo) in D:\a\PSAppDeployToolkit\PSAppDeployToolkit\src\PSADT\PSADT\ProcessManagement\ProcessManager.cs:line 0
                           at CallSite.Target(Closure , CallSite , Type , Object )
 
FullyQualifiedErrorId : FileNotFoundException,Start-ADTProcess
ScriptStackTrace      : at Start-ADTProcess<Process>, C:\WINDOWS\IMECache\a2abe27c-6a5e-4d9c-a3ef-26ed852e30a3_9\PSAppDeployToolkit\PSAppDeployToolkit.psm1: line 22246
                        at Uninstall-ADTApplication<Process>, C:\WINDOWS\IMECache\a2abe27c-6a5e-4d9c-a3ef-26ed852e30a3_9\PSAppDeployToolkit\PSAppDeployToolkit.psm1: line 24967
                        at Install-ADTDeployment, C:\WINDOWS\IMECache\a2abe27c-6a5e-4d9c-a3ef-26ed852e30a3_9\Invoke-AppDeployToolkit.ps1: line 264
                        at <ScriptBlock>, C:\WINDOWS\IMECache\a2abe27c-6a5e-4d9c-a3ef-26ed852e30a3_9\Invoke-AppDeployToolkit.ps1: line 375
                        at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 1
 
PositionMessage       : At C:\WINDOWS\IMECache\a2abe27c-6a5e-4d9c-a3ef-26ed852e30a3_9\PSAppDeployToolkit\PSAppDeployToolkit.psm1:24967 char:25
                        + ...             & $Script:CommandTable.'Start-ADTProcess' @sapParams -Err ...
                        +                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
	Start-ADTProcess	31/03/2026 09:24:13	8692 (0x21F4)
[Install] :: Exception calling "LaunchAsync" with "1" argument(s): "The system cannot find the file specified.
 
The system cannot find the file specified.
"
Error Record:
-------------
 
Message               : Exception calling "LaunchAsync" with "1" argument(s): "The system cannot find the file specified.
 
                        The system cannot find the file specified.
                        "
InnerException        : System.IO.FileNotFoundException: The system cannot find the file specified.
 
                        The system cannot find the file specified.
 
                           at PSADT.LibraryInterfaces.Kernel32.CreateProcess(String lpApplicationName, Span`1& lpCommandLine, Nullable`1 lpProcessAttributes, Nullable`1 lpThreadAttributes, BOOL bInheritHandles, PROCESS_CREATION_FLAGS dwCreationFlags, SafeEnvironmentBlockHandle lpEnvironment, String lpCurrentDirectory, STARTUPINFOW& lpStartupInfo, PROCESS_INFORMATION& lpProcessInformation) in D:\a\PSAppDeployToolkit\PSAppDeployToolkit\src\PSADT\PSADT\LibraryInterfaces\Kernel32.cs:line 281
                           at PSADT.ProcessManagement.ProcessManager.LaunchAsync(ProcessLaunchInfo launchInfo) in D:\a\PSAppDeployToolkit\PSAppDeployToolkit\src\PSADT\PSADT\ProcessManagement\ProcessManager.cs:line 0
                           at CallSite.Target(Closure , CallSite , Type , Object )
 
FullyQualifiedErrorId : FileNotFoundException,Uninstall-ADTApplication
ScriptStackTrace      : at Start-ADTProcess<Process>, C:\WINDOWS\IMECache\a2abe27c-6a5e-4d9c-a3ef-26ed852e30a3_9\PSAppDeployToolkit\PSAppDeployToolkit.psm1: line 22246
                        at Uninstall-ADTApplication<Process>, C:\WINDOWS\IMECache\a2abe27c-6a5e-4d9c-a3ef-26ed852e30a3_9\PSAppDeployToolkit\PSAppDeployToolkit.psm1: line 24967
                        at Install-ADTDeployment, C:\WINDOWS\IMECache\a2abe27c-6a5e-4d9c-a3ef-26ed852e30a3_9\Invoke-AppDeployToolkit.ps1: line 264
                        at <ScriptBlock>, C:\WINDOWS\IMECache\a2abe27c-6a5e-4d9c-a3ef-26ed852e30a3_9\Invoke-AppDeployToolkit.ps1: line 375
                        at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 1
 
PositionMessage       : At C:\WINDOWS\IMECache\a2abe27c-6a5e-4d9c-a3ef-26ed852e30a3_9\Invoke-AppDeployToolkit.ps1:264 char:13
                        +             Uninstall-ADTApplication -Name $App -ApplicationType EXE  ...
                        +             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
	Uninstall-ADTApplication	31/03/2026 09:24:14	8692 (0x21F4)
[Install] :: An unhandled error within [Invoke-AppDeployToolkit.ps1] has occurred.
Error Record:
-------------
 
Message               : Exception calling "LaunchAsync" with "1" argument(s): "The system cannot find the file specified.
 
                        The system cannot find the file specified.
                        "
InnerException        : System.IO.FileNotFoundException: The system cannot find the file specified.
 
                        The system cannot find the file specified.
 
                           at PSADT.LibraryInterfaces.Kernel32.CreateProcess(String lpApplicationName, Span`1& lpCommandLine, Nullable`1 lpProcessAttributes, Nullable`1 lpThreadAttributes, BOOL bInheritHandles, PROCESS_CREATION_FLAGS dwCreationFlags, SafeEnvironmentBlockHandle lpEnvironment, String lpCurrentDirectory, STARTUPINFOW& lpStartupInfo, PROCESS_INFORMATION& lpProcessInformation) in D:\a\PSAppDeployToolkit\PSAppDeployToolkit\src\PSADT\PSADT\LibraryInterfaces\Kernel32.cs:line 281
                           at PSADT.ProcessManagement.ProcessManager.LaunchAsync(ProcessLaunchInfo launchInfo) in D:\a\PSAppDeployToolkit\PSAppDeployToolkit\src\PSADT\PSADT\ProcessManagement\ProcessManager.cs:line 0
                           at CallSite.Target(Closure , CallSite , Type , Object )
 
FullyQualifiedErrorId : FileNotFoundException,Uninstall-ADTApplication
ScriptStackTrace      : at Start-ADTProcess<Process>, C:\WINDOWS\IMECache\a2abe27c-6a5e-4d9c-a3ef-26ed852e30a3_9\PSAppDeployToolkit\PSAppDeployToolkit.psm1: line 22246
                        at Uninstall-ADTApplication<Process>, C:\WINDOWS\IMECache\a2abe27c-6a5e-4d9c-a3ef-26ed852e30a3_9\PSAppDeployToolkit\PSAppDeployToolkit.psm1: line 24967
                        at Install-ADTDeployment, C:\WINDOWS\IMECache\a2abe27c-6a5e-4d9c-a3ef-26ed852e30a3_9\Invoke-AppDeployToolkit.ps1: line 264
                        at <ScriptBlock>, C:\WINDOWS\IMECache\a2abe27c-6a5e-4d9c-a3ef-26ed852e30a3_9\Invoke-AppDeployToolkit.ps1: line 375
                        at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 1
 
PositionMessage       : At C:\WINDOWS\IMECache\a2abe27c-6a5e-4d9c-a3ef-26ed852e30a3_9\Invoke-AppDeployToolkit.ps1:264 char:13
                        +             Uninstall-ADTApplication -Name $App -ApplicationType EXE  ...
                        +             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
	Invoke-AppDeployToolkit.ps1	31/03/2026 09:24:14	8692 (0x21F4)

When i am querying the app on that machine Using Get-ADTapplication i can see the UninstallFilePath is split incorrectly.

DisplayName                      : Autodesk DWG TrueView 2021 - English
DisplayVersion                   : 24.0.172.0
UninstallString                  : C:\Program Files\Autodesk\DWG TrueView 2021 - English\Setup\en-us\Setup\Setup.exe /P
                                   {28B89EEF-4128-0409-0100-CF3F3A09B77D} /M AOEM /language en-US
UninstallStringFilePath          : C:\Program Files\Autodesk\DWG TrueView 2021
UninstallStringArgumentList      : {-, English\Setup\en-us\Setup\Setup.exe, /P, {28B89EEF-4128-0409-0100-CF3F3A09B77D}...}

The UninstallString Path should be

"C:\Program Files\Autodesk\DWG TrueView 2021 - English\Setup\en-us\Setup\Setup.exe"

and not

"C:\Program Files\Autodesk\DWG TrueView 2021"

Andal_Narasimhan · April 4, 2026, 10:00am

Try $uninstallFilepath= (Get-AdtinstalledApplication -name “Autodesk”).UninstallStringFilepath

Then you can call this file path which is Un split in the start-adtprocess with silent switch. But please make sure that you give the user a heads up that you are uninstalling because Autodesk apps has a lot of complications.

If a user is having a file that opens up with 2022 it might not open properly with version 2025. I have faced this issue before and it backfired heavily on the packaging team.

mjr4077au · April 5, 2026, 12:08pm

I'm sorry @plugstar, I meant to reply to you the other day but forgot to. The problem here is the path within the registry is not wrapped in quotes, which it should be. This is bad on the part of Autodesk as all paths must be quoted.

I'll see what we can to do improve our parsing of this for the upcoming 4.2.0 release.

mjr4077au · April 6, 2026, 7:32am

Patched via Improve `CommandLineUtilities` setup for unquoted paths. · PSAppDeployToolkit/PSAppDeployToolkit@bb0a284 · GitHub. You can grab the current 4.2.0 pre-release build with the fix here: Ensure `NoWait` client/server dialogs remain after an invocation has … · PSAppDeployToolkit/PSAppDeployToolkit@c4b129c · GitHub

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