Missed the one-time migration screen... What now?

[crbateman]

Just installed AutoCad 2019 on my machine running 2018. Saw the one-time migration screen pop-up, but somehow lost it. Tried to reinstall the software (successfully) but no more migration screen. I need to bring in all my customizations and menuing from 2018, and have always used the migration utility. How do I get it to run?

Many thanks!

[BlackBox]

AdMigrator.exe is in the 'AutoCAD 2019' install folder.

[crbateman]

AdMigrator.exe is in the 'AutoCAD 2019' install folder.

Sorry to sound like such a noob, but where can this install folder be found?

[BlackBox]

Sorry to sound like such a noob, but where can this install folder be found?

No worries; we all start somewhere.

C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2019\AdMigrator.exe

[crbateman]

No worries; we all start somewhere.

C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2019\AdMigrator.exe

Yeah, I did... in 1987... Still feel like a noob almost every day. Anyway, found the file, and all is well. Thanks!

[ketxu]

No worries; we all start somewhere.

Like this answer ^^

[rkmcswain]

Just installed AutoCad 2019 on my machine running 2018. Saw the one-time migration screen pop-up, but somehow lost it. Tried to reinstall the software (successfully) but no more migration screen. I need to bring in all my customizations and menuing from 2018, and have always used the migration utility. How do I get it to run?

Don't do it.....



But seriously, if you'll keep all of your custom stuff such as acad.lsp, acaddoc.lsp, partial menus, lisp files, hatch patterns, linetype files, etc., in a folder like C:\CADSTUFF (for example), then 'migrating' is easy.
Then all you have to do, is add this path to the top of your support file search path, and you're done.

[BlackBox]

Don't do it.....

Ha!

Just helped our newest user with this yesterday... He'd wanted to use the migration tool... No worries, I'm all about giving folks all the 'rope' they want.

Then later, he can't figure out why his Pipe Networks in that drawing he just upgraded from 2016 to 2019 aren't able to be edited... Perfect opportunity to demonstrate why Autodesk's migration tool completely sucks, as it precludes all AutoCAD vertical dependencies like Part Catalogs, etc then taught him how to fix it.

But seriously, if you'll keep all of your custom stuff such as acad.lsp, acaddoc.lsp, partial menus, lisp files, hatch patterns, linetype files, etc., in a folder like C:\CADSTUFF (for example), then 'migrating' is easy.
Then all you have to do, is add this path to the top of your support file search path, and you're done.

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Just be mindful that users, like children, never appreciate what they have until they actually have to do it for themselves.

Cheers