How to Register your missing Add-Ins.

Problem

You have installed Inventor 2010 or 2011 and certain Add-Ins are missing from the Add-In Manager. You want to know how to restore them.

Solution

In the C:\Program files\Autodesk\Inventor 20XX\bin directory you will find the following applications:

RegisterAecExchange.exe - RegisterAssemblyBonusTools.exe - RegisterAssemblyStressAnalysis.exe - RegisterCableAndHarness.exe - RegisterContentCenter.exe - RegisterDesignAccelerator.exe - RegisterDesignSensors.exe - RegisterDragAndDrop.exe - RegisterDynamicSimulation.exe - RegisterESKDSupport.exe - RegisterFrameGenerator.exe - RegisterIDFTranslator.exe - RegisterInventorStudio.exe - RegisterInventorVault.exe - RegisterMarkupManager.exe - RegisterMoldDesign.exe - RegisterPreR10.exe - RegisterTaskScheduler.exe and RegisterTubeAndPipe.exe

Depending on which Inventor suite you have installed will depend on which Add-Ins are available, the above list is for Inventor Professional Suite 20XX.

Example: If you have installed AutoCAD Inventor Simulation Suite 20XX and you are missing the Stress Analysis and Dynamic Simulation Add-Ins then you need to do the following to register the Add-Ins.

1. Open a CMD window and navigate to the following folder - C:\Program Files\AutodeskInventor 20XX\bin
2. Type the following in the CMD window:
3. RegisterAssemblyStressAnalysis.exe /uninstall
4. RegisterDynamicSimulation.exe /uninstall
5. RegisterInventorVault.exe /uninstall
6. Now wait a few minutes and then type the following:
7. RegisterAssemblyStressAnalysis.exe /install
8. RegisterDynamicSimulation.exe /install
9. RegisterInventorVault.exe /install
10. Again wait a few minutes before closing the CMD window.
11. Now run Inventor and check the Add-Ins have loaded successfully.

If you have installed AutoCAD Inventor Routed Systems Suite 20XX then you would replace steps 3,4,5 and 7,8,9 with the following:

RegisterCableAndHarness.exe /uninstall
RegisterTubeAndPipe.exe /uninstall
RegisterInventorVault.exe /uninstall

RegisterCableAndHarness.exe /install
RegisterTubeAndPipe.exe /install
RegisterInventorVault.exe /install

Important note

The same caveat applies as in related article TS13404176. Many of the above reg*.exe files are no longer available in Inventor 2012 for the simple reason that starting from Inventor 2012 most of the add-ins are registry free and thus no longer use the registration mechanism from 2010 and 2011.