Adobe Reader
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
If you find that even after using the Adobe Customization Wizard to clean-up the Adobe Reader 9.1 MSI that the stupid Adobe Air shortcuts show up, there is a way to stop it. You'll find that t… Read More
To tell if Javascript is turned on or not: -Edit menu -> Preferences -On the left, select JavaScript Disable_javascript.reg Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Ad… Read More
While the /sAll is good for push methodology, /sPB provides a friendly pull methodology version (user knows when it is started and when it's complete) AdbeRdr90_en_US.exe /sPB /rs /msi /qb /no… Read More
If you install Adobe 9 Acrobat Reader on Windows Vista on a domain and use roaming profiles for users, be it mandatory or not, Acrobat Reader maybe crashes and will not run. It gives errors in… Read More
If you would like to customize the toolbar to show options like 'Save, Search and Email', you can use the Adobe Customization Wizard and add the following REG_SZ settings to the registry. Wind… Read More
Complete command line, no EULA: AdbeRdr90_en_US_Std.exe /sAll /rs /l /msi /qb- /norestart EULA_ACCEPT=YES Get the standard version (without Adobe.com and Adobe Air) here: ftp://ftp.adobe.com/… Read More
In my organization we were trying to deploy Adobe Reader 9 as an upgrade to Adobe Reader 8 via Group Policy. However, Adobe Reader 8 would never successfully uninstall, giving an obnoxious Upd… Read More
Installing Acrobat Reader 8.1.3: I had some trouble figuring this one out (still a rookie, and this reminded me of just how much of a rookie). Was able to eventually get it to install via a co… Read More
A bug that I am facing right now is the fact that if you redirect your application data folder, Adobe Reader will more than often crash on opening with a MS Visual C++ Runtime Error. After read… Read More
We have ACT 9 (adobe customization tool 9) tool which is an msi embedded within the Adobe Reader 9. Extract the same from c:\windows\installer or you can also download the Setup.exe from adobe.… Read More
Mission: Create a Reader 9 Multilanguage Package with Adobe Customization Wizard Solution: 1. Expand the Nosso Installer with the following commanline: AdbeRdr90_en_US.exe -nos_o"Reader9Inst… Read More
Make sure you install Visual C++ Runtime 2005 (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=32BC1BEE-A3F9-4C13-9C99-220B62A191EE&displaylang=en) on the machine first. Obviously the … Read More
For those who wish to remove the Improvement Program wizard on a per-computer basis: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\9.0\FeatureLockdown] "bUsageMeasurement"=dword:00000000 Read More