PDT error ADK81\adksetup.exe incorrect version

Background:

PDT is the Powershell Deployment Toolkit for System Center developed by Rob Willis of Microsoft.

Issue:

When you run the PDT VMCreator.ps1 script you get error:

..Failed ADK81 incorrect version

Solution:

Edit line 2828 of workflow.xml changing it from:

<FileVersion>8.100.26020</FileVersion>

to:

<FileVersion>8.100.26629</FileVersion>

This is the current version (as of 5/24/2014) of adksetup.exe which is located under Installer\Prerequisites\ADK81 folder:

Alternative work- around:

You can run VMCreator.ps1 with the -SkipValidation switch

May 24, 2014 | Categories: PDT, System Center | Tags: PDT, Powershell Deployment Kit, VMCreator | 2 Comments