What is AdskLicensingService.exe?

AdskLicensingService.exe is part of Autodesk Desktop Licensing Service and developed by Autodesk, Inc. according to the AdskLicensingService.exe version information.

AdskLicensingService.exe's description is "Autodesk Desktop Licensing Service"

AdskLicensingService.exe is digitally signed by Autodesk, Inc..

AdskLicensingService.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\AdskLicensing\15.6.0.13599\AdskLicensingService\' folder.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on AdskLicensingService.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameAutodesk Desktop Licensing Service
Company nameAutodesk, Inc.
File descriptionAutodesk Desktop Licensing Service
Legal copyright© 2025 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.
Product version12.1.0.6529

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameAutodesk Desktop Licensing Service
Company nameAutodesk, Inc.
File descriptionAutodesk Desktop Licensing Service
Legal copyright© 2025 Autodesk, Inc. All rights re..
Product version12.1.0.6529

Digital signatures [?]

AdskLicensingService.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameAutodesk, Inc.
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert Trusted G4 Code Signing RSA4096 SHA384 2021 CA1
Certificate serial number0d12591d6df5724213e1b996b57d1d6d

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TCP/UDP Listening Ports [?]

AdskLicensingService.exe has been reported to listen on the following TCP/UDP ports.

PortProtocol# Occurrences
1112TCP v41

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD533d4b2030f69cfcaa12f32f1c1c30032
SHA25621d33a5222c1bc446b8368ec3798a2b7be1542094e846c855c81a7ed56c6b295

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to adsklicensingservice.exe:

adsklicensingservice.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

adsklicensingservice.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

Autodesk Desktop Licensing Service has stopped working.

End Program - adsklicensingservice.exe. This program is not responding.

adsklicensingservice.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

adsklicensingservice.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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