Adobe Reader
The registry key for disabling Acrobat.com services (which includes create pdf online and sendnow) is the same as the "Disable all Acrobat.com access" key from A9. This would be: HKLM\Softwar… Read More
If you are using the cust. wizard and users are no longer able to use weblinks in .pdf Find the below key and make it as it is under here. 2 keys are to be deleted. Windows Registry Editor Ver… Read More
The installation of the 9.4 patch never worked for me: got always an error message saying that the product is not installed. So I looked at the update folder in all user profile and found a fu… Read More
If you are attempting to apply a per user setting using the Installshield Tuner for Adobe, the registry setting should be in hku\.default user not in hkcu. We used this specific setting which … Read More
Only possibility to install this patch 8.2.3 is by following method : 1) Uninstall all previous version of adobe reader. 2) Install adobe reader 8.2.0 3) Install adobe reader 8.2.2 patch. Th… Read More
In case you want to install a french version of adobe reader on Vista FR or Win 7 FR using GPO, I don't know why but you need to tick "Ingore language when deploying this package" in the advanc… Read More
For patch 9.3.3 I found I had to create an Admin Point: msiexec /a [path]\AcroRead.msi Then slipstream the 9.3.2 patch, and finally slipstream the 9.3.3 patch. msiexec /a [path]\AcroRead.ms… Read More
To update MSI with MSP file, and apply Customization directly to the MSI: 1) Install Adobe Customization Wizard 9.0. 2) Install Orca. 3) Apply Patch to MSI file using the following from a Comm… Read More
Adobe started to provide Updates over a new Mechanism. To disable AutoUpdate you have to delete Adobe ARM from Autostart: Delete following String: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows… Read More
Adobe Reader 9.3.1 was causing several installs in my SCCM OSD task sequence to fail. This did not happen with Adobe Reader 8.2.0 I found that I needed to reboot after installing Reader if R… Read More
Adobe have released 9.3.1, to update your Admin install from 9.3 to 9.3.1 run the command: msiexec /a AcroRead.msi /p AdbeRdrUpd931_all_incr.msp A full guide for the upgrade (and the deployme… Read More
You can also slipstream all updates, but note that not all updates should be slipstreamed. Adobe has 2 types of updates, quarterly and security updates. Only quarterly updates should be slips… Read More
For the "Adobe Reader Display In Browser" issue that has been plaguing many people out there, we have been pounding on Adobe to get a solution. After months, we finally did. First off, you mus… Read More
For the "Adobe Reader Display In Browser" issue that has been plaguing many people out there, we have been pounding on Adobe to get a solution. After months, we finally did. First off, you mus… Read More
After Adobe Reader 9.3.0 is installed copy the files from Windows 7 machine C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Setup Files\{AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-A93000000001} This command-line to … Read More
We just recently downloaded version 9.3. And again Adobe has changed the entire way that reader is installed. I have to admit that maybe this is actually an install for the better. Here are the… Read More
I was able to install from a batch file with the following: -begin- AdbeRdr920_en_US.exe /sAll /rs /l /msi"/qb /norestart ALLUSERS=1 EULA_ACCEPT=YES SUPPRESS_APP_LAUNCH=YES" reg delete HKEY_L… Read More
If you are working on a package which has Adobe AIR and if you want to prevent the package from installing the Adobe AIR application, remove the following custom actions from the sequence. 1. … Read More
After installing Adobe Reader 8.x you can find setup files (msi and Data1.cab) in C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Setup Files\. Read More
This is the script I use to deploy Adobe Reader to our domain computers. I don't mess around with msi-files and such, although I use the adm-policy template another member here provided to cont… Read More
To extract the msi files to the directory Reader920 in the current directory use this command. No need to hunt to find the files. adbeRdr920_en_us.exe -nos_o"Reader920" -nos_ne (Thanks to any… Read More
For Reader 9.1.3 I used the following... Full Command Line: msiexec.exe /p adberdrupd913_all_incr.msp REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomus /quiet /norestart Read More
Something I've run in to at my past two assignments is a previous implementation of Adobe Reader 9x is deployed with Browser Integration turned on but toggling Browser Integration off is requir… Read More
download installation files from: ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/ (25Mb version is without adobe.com & Adobe Air) extract installation files: AdbeRdr90_en_US.exe -nos_ne installat… Read More
****The Simplest Way to Install Adobe Reader 9.x Silent with any/all incremental patches and suppress undesirable options**** Whilst not a repost, this information exists but this is perhaps a… Read More
in order integrate the 9.1.2 update into your installation, download ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/9.x/9.1.2/misc/AdbeRdrUpd912_all_incr.msp and save it in the same folder as you ins… Read More
For Reader 8.1.1 I used the following... Full Command Line: AdbeRdr80_en_US.exe /sPB /rs /l /msi"/qb-! /t /log c:\acrobat8.log ALLUSERS=2 EULA_ACCEPT=YES SUPPRESS_APP_LAUNCH=YES" Read More
For upgrading to 8.1.4 or 8.1.5. I could only find the patch versions at this time: msiexec /update AdbeRdrUpd814_all_incr.msp;AdbeRdrUpd815_all_incr.msp /qb Read More
To install the 9.1.1 update at the same time as 9.1, use the following command: set MSINAME=AdobeReader set MSIVER=9.1.0 start /w msiexec /i %WINDIR%\installer\%MSINAME%\%MSIVER%\AcroRead.msi… Read More
Deployscript for the 9.1.1 patch using a GPO startup script will only patch a installed 9.1.0. Change WPATH to where the patch is located in your environment. The last line GOTO EOF is to avo… Read More
I have found that the executable from the ftp site (with "STD" in the name) does contain Adobe Air and Adobe.com. It's the MSI in the ftp directory that does not contain Adobe Air or Adobe.com. Read More
To opt out of the program for your users, you can do this via GPO. The key is : [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\CommonFiles\Usage\Reader 9] “OptInâ€Â=dword:00000000 H… Read More
To opt out of the program for your users, you can do this via GPO. The key is : [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\CommonFiles\Usage\Reader 9] âOptInâ=dword:00000000 Here's the sect… Read More
For Reader 8.1.2 I used the following... Full Command Line: AcroRd32.exe /sALL /rs /l /msi"/qb-! /norestart /log c:\acrobat8.log ALLUSERS=2 EULA_ACCEPT=YES SUPPRESS_APP_LAUNCH=YES" Read More
First off, thanks to all who have posted before for sharing your information. It saved me alot of time and heartache. I've borrowed what I found useful and I thought I'd share what I've chang… Read More
It is possible to include per-machine toolbar/ui customization in an MST by exporting the customized settings in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\8.0\AVGeneral then including the… Read More
Just a note about the Customization Wizard. In the Installation Options section, you can set the default viewer for PDF files. There are three options: A - Install will decide which product i… Read More
I didn't find the msi in %temp%, but I found it in the installer cache, C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Setup Files\. /t didn't work for transforms, but TRANSFORMS= did. Logout script for t… Read More
---==== Adobe Reader 9.1 ====--- Most of the information that has been recorded in here for Adobe Reader 8.x and 9.0 is relevant to 9.1. HOWEVER Adobe have pulled a fast one with the standard… Read More
CLI script to deploy Acrobat Reader v9.1, without messing with MSI:s, MST:s and other things. Deployable over AD/GPO startup script. 1. Get the full 42MB Standard-installer from "ftp://ftp.ado… Read More
Acrobat Reader 9.1 The installation files for Acrobat Reader 9.1 apparently always include Adobe AIR. To suppress the installation of AIR set the property DISABLE_AIR_SHARE=1 Read More
---==== Adobe Reader 9.1 ====--- Most of the information that has been recorded in here for Adobe Reader 8.x and 9.0 is relevant to 9.1. HOWEVER Adobe have pulled a fast one with the standard… Read More