Just cd to the new OOBE\PDApp\core directory path, and call the same command (replace PDApp.exe path to local path) 'C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Adobe\OOBE\PDApp\core\PDApp.exe' -media='D:\path_to_where_setup_is\Adobe CS6' -appletID='DWA_UI' -appletVersion='2.0' -requiredSize=101794 Then, if you had looked to see what was being run with PDApp (checking %LocalAppData%/Temp/PDApp.log), you will see: If you still have access to your old computer (mine was upgraded to Windows 10 and I hadn't formatted the system yet) or a trusted friend's computer (don't try to find this online), create a zip file with their following directory and copy it to your machine in the same location: c:\program files (x86)/Common/Adobe/OOBE/PDApp. It will install PDApp to %LocalAppData%/Adobe/OOBE/PDApp, but that version isn't compatible with Windows 10. To install on windows 10, you will get errors.įirst, try running the setup. For posterity (yes this is a late post), as I just hit this issue and resolved it: