How can I disable “Migrate Custom Settings” in a deployment?

By default, when creating a deployment image from Autodesk Account for AutoCAD, “Migrate Custom Settings” is enabled.

Following the instruction below allows CAD Managers and Administrators to disable the “Migrate Custom Settings”.

1. Create the deployment image and download it from the Autodesk Account.

2. Prepare command lines to delete the following files:

   • “%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\AutoCAD 2026 - <language>\Reset Settings to Default.lnk”
   • “%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\AutoCAD 2026 - <language>\Migrate Custom Settings\Export AutoCAD 2026 Settings.lnk”
   • “%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\AutoCAD 2026 - <language>\Migrate Custom Settings\Import AutoCAD 2026 Settings.lnk”
   • “%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\AutoCAD 2026 - <language>\Migrate Custom Settings\Migrate From a Previous Release.lnk”

   For example to delete a file: del /q “%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\AutoCAD 2026 – English\Reset Settings to Default.lnk”

3. Update the registry value from “dword:00000001” to “dword:00000000” for [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R25.1\ACAD-9101:<LangId>] "AutoMigrate"=dword:00000000

   For example to update a registry value: reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R25.1\ACAD-9101:409 /v AutoMigrate /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /F

4. Add the script into the deployment process (e.g. SCCM and etc.) and make sure the script is running after the product deployment.