Maxon App

We use several applications from Maxon which require an up to date version of this little app.

Currently a lot of work is involved to keep this application updated. Would be great to have this program available in Patch My PC.

Unfortunately the download is behind a login.

So it would have to be a similar solution like with think-cell where you have to provide the installers for automated packaging.

Apps we´re closing during install and uninstall:

Maxon,Cinema 4D,ZBrush,AdobeExtensionsService,Adobe Media Encoder,Adobe Premiere Pro,Bridge,AfterFX,Avid Media Composer,ExManCmd,ffmpeg,grinder64,PEJumpstart,PEServer,PluralEyes 4,PluralEyesPlayer

Silent install:

Maxon_App_2025.1.0_Win.exe --mode unattended --unattendedmodeui none

Silent uninstall:

"C:\Program Files\Maxon\Tools\uninstall-appmanager.bat" and "C:\Program Files\Maxon\Tools\uninstall-maxon-service.bat"

Would be great to have these steßps included as well, otherwise we would do these steps via Pre and Post Powershell scripts in Patch My PC:

Pre-Installation Tasks in PowerShell App Deployment Toolkit:

# Stopping running background processes

Stop-Process -Name 'MxNotify' -Force

# Stopping Maxon Services (if already installed)

Stop-ServiceAndDependencies -Name 'Red Giant Service'

Stop-ServiceAndDependencies -Name 'mxredirect'

Post-Installation Tasks in PowerShell App Deployment Toolkit:

# Starting Maxon Services

Start-ServiceAndDependencies -Name 'Red Giant Service'-ContinueOnError $false

Start-ServiceAndDependencies -Name 'mxredirect' -ContinueOnError $false

Pre-Uninstallation Tasks in PowerShell App Deployment Toolkit:

# Stopping running background processes

Stop-Process -Name 'MxNotify' -Force

# Stopping Maxon Redirect Service (Maxon Service aka. Red Giant Service is still necessary at this point)

Stop-ServiceAndDependencies -Name 'mxredirect'

Post-Uninstallation Tasks in PowerShell App Deployment Toolkit:

# Trying to uninstall Maxon Service aka. Red Giant Service in case vendor script failed (exit code 1060 = Service does not exist)

Write-Log -Message 'Trying to uninstall Maxon Service aka. Red Giant Service in case vendor script failed (exit code 1060 = Service does not exist)...' -Severity 1

Execute-Process -Path 'sc.exe' -Parameters 'delete "Red Giant Service"' -IgnoreExitCodes '1060' -WindowStyle 'Hidden' -PassThru

Execute-Process -Path 'sc.exe' -Parameters 'delete "mxredirect"' -IgnoreExitCodes '1060' -WindowStyle 'Hidden' -PassThru

# Removing start menu folger

Remove-Folder -Path "$envCommonStartMenuPrograms\Maxon App\"

ForEach ($UserProfilePath in $UserProfiles.ProfilePath) {

Remove-Folder -Path "$UserProfilePath\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Maxon App\"

}

# Removing Maxon App program folder

Remove-Folder -Path "${Env:ProgramData}\Maxon\App Manager\"

Remove-Folder -Path "${Env:ProgramFiles}\Maxon\App Manager\"

Remove-Folder -Path "${Env:ProgramFiles}\Maxon\Tools\"

# Removing Maxon Service aka. Red Giant Service program folder

Remove-Folder -Path "${Env:ProgramData}\Maxon\.service\"

Remove-Folder -Path "${Env:ProgramData}\Maxon\Service\"

Remove-Folder -Path "${Env:ProgramFiles}\Red Giant\Services\"