{"id":461321,"date":"2026-07-14T17:17:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T17:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/aedt-student-2025-r2-cannot-detect-installed-products\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T17:17:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T17:17:38","slug":"aedt-student-2025-r2-cannot-detect-installed-products","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/aedt-student-2025-r2-cannot-detect-installed-products\/","title":{"rendered":"AEDT Student 2025 R2 Cannot Detect Installed Products"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p class=&#8221;PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer&#8221; data-start=&#8221;79&#8243; data-end=&#8221;85&#8243;&gt;Hello,&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p data-start=&#8221;87&#8243; data-end=&#8221;276&#8243;&gt;I am a third-year undergraduate student in the Department of Physics at National Tsing Hua University. I am having trouble launching Ansys Electronics Desktop Student 2025 R2 on Windows 11.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p data-start=&#8221;278&#8243; data-end=&#8221;346&#8243;&gt;Whenever I try to start AEDT, I receive the following error message:&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&lt;p data-start=&#8221;350&#8243; data-end=&#8221;493&#8243;&gt;Unable to detect installed products. Please make sure that config\/admin.xml exists in your installation directory and is syntactically correct.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/14-07-2026-1784049427-Screenshot 2026-07-15 010739.png\" alt=\"\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&lt;p&gt;I have tried running the program as an administrator and reinstalled the software several times, but the same error still appears.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Could anyone advise me on what may be causing AEDT to fail to detect the installed products and how I can fix it?&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-461321","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hello,I am a third-year undergraduate student in the Department of Physics at National Tsing Hua University. 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