Topic: DESKTOPANALYTICS

[mailmaverick]

Autodesk is unreasonably collecting data of user files by internet through their DESKTOPANALYTICS program.
To all people, kindly disable it by typing DESKTOPANALYTICS and unchecking the option in the new window.

Also, is there a way to stop DESKTOPANALYTICS through LISP ?

[tombu]

I was under the impression they were only collecting information on issues like crashes and other problems with their software so they could fix them. What data are they collecting we should be concerned with?

[MP]

Reg key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\MC3

    ADAOptIn

        0 = Opt out
        1 = Opt in

Easy enough to flip via lisp, if no one posts code I will later.

PS: You likely have to restart AutoCAD for it to "take".

[mailmaverick]

Dear MP,
Please post LISP code to do the required changes in registry.
Thanks.

[tombu]

To toggle it off/on:

Code: [Select]

(defun c:ADAOptIn (/ key)
  (setq key "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Autodesk\\MC3")
  (if(=(vl-registry-read key "ADAOptIn")"0")
    (vl-registry-write key "ADAOptIn" "1")
    (vl-registry-write key "ADAOptIn" "0")
  )
)
Enter ADAOptIn

[T.Willey]

tombu, maybe return the value set so the user knows which option they have set.