Autodesk Desktop Connector

Autodesk Desktop Connector can be processed in 2 ways described in this article.

Silent install

From version 14.9 and forward, you can use the following silent install parameters:

-i install --silent

For more information about these parameters, check out this article.

Bootstrapper

The method below still works for all versions but takes more steps.

Autodesk ships a DesktopConnector-x64.exe setup which is a ‘bootstrapper‘ which installs these Visual C++ prerequisites and Microsoft .NET Framework:

• Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 x64 Redistributable (64-bit systems only)
• Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 x86 Redistributable
• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8

Right-click and choose ‘create application’ on the ‘Autodesk Desktop Connector’ setup in the ‘Setup Store’.
After extracting the setup files from the ‘Autodesk Download Manager’s setup, you will find a setup.exe in the c:\Autodesk\Autodesk_Desktop_Connector_14_9_0_1430_Win_64bit\ directory. '14_9_0_1430' depends on the version of the Autodesk Download Manager being downloaded:

Then the main MSI ..\x64\CDX\CDX.msi is selected.

To successfully install Auto Desktop Connector, you need to process and deploy ..\x64\AdSSO\AdSSO.msi first.

Further reading

Autodesk Desktop Connector Help Site