Adobe Reader
I followed the instructions here for locking down the installer via the Tuner - removing updates, Beyond Acrobat, etc. It worked fine for the first user who installed the program, but every use… Read More
I've found the best way to deploy Acrobat via Group Policy, while keeping it up to date, is to create an administrative install using: msiexec /a AcroPro.msi TRANSFORMS="AcroPro.mst" or if its… Read More
CLI script to deploy Acrobat Reader v8, without messing with MSI:s, MST:s and other things. Deployable over AD/GPO startup script. 1. Get the full 20MB installer by choosing to download for Wi… Read More
Resolution for error "There is a problem with Adobe Acrobat/Reader. Please exit Adobe Acrobat/Reader and try again." when trying to open a pdf in IE browser Early Febuary 2007 I downloaded the… Read More
You don't have to use Wise to modify the registry keys. The Adobe Customization Wizard 8 contains also a nice registy editor. Just choose "Destionation Computer". For all noods (like me): Afte… Read More
Adobe Reader 8 - Problem with installer discarding MST changes? We'd found the changes specified in MST's were being 'ignored' by the installer, whether they were made directly or through the … Read More
To remove all the features like auto updating, splash screen etc. Pretty much if you follow what migail said except before creating the .MST turn off the splash and what ever you want to turn o… Read More
Just thought I would add that the Adobe Reader 8 Integrated Browser and full client settings are in different. I.E. I was trying to set the Save As button to not show when previewed in the bro… Read More
I tried using the above posts for the removal of the Updater, but with Zenworks, I always errored out with a 1603 error using the MSI with a custom MST (it did install OK without removing Updat… Read More
Resolution for error "There is a problem with Adobe Acrobat/Reader. Please exit Adobe Acrobat/Reader and try again." when trying to open a pdf in IE browser. This error can have 2 causes: - a… Read More
There is an error in the article provided by joedown on 12/20/2006. The registry keys bDontShowAtLaunch and bGoOnline belong to the component Registry_Main_System as indicated by the "2" in the… Read More
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;Author : Trevor Sullivan ;Date : January 9th, 2007 ;E-mail : Gmail/pcgeek86 ;Website : http://develnet.blogspot.com ;Purpose … Read More
Use this new location to lockdown the feature in reader 8 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\8.0\FeatureLockdown] "bUpdater"=dword:00000000 "bShowEbookMenu"=dword:000000… Read More
I tried out the new Adobe customization wizard. Basically it generates a transform that adds some new tables to the msi. Surprisingly it doesn't appear to change any properties of the origina… Read More
There is a new tool to customize Adobe Acrobat/Reader 8 Products: "Adobe Customization Wizard" http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3564 This tool supersedes the InstallShi… Read More
Thanks to everyone for the tips. Sure saves time. Notes: You can set the Feature Level to be 0 and that will disable that particular feature. (ie. Updater, AUM5, etc) To avoid the error durin… Read More
Acrobat reader 8 uses plug-ins to manage its features, so to disable Auto-update or any other feature, rename (either through direct MSI editing, transform or batch) the applicable plug-in loca… Read More
I used the following command line to perform an unattended install of AdbeRdr80_en_US.exe: AdbeRdr80_en_US.exe /sPB /rs /l /msi"/qb-! /norestart /log c:\acrobat8.log ALLUSERS=2 EULA_ACCEPT=YES… Read More
Here is how I disabled the updater; Load extracted MSI out of the exe In adminstudio select features under organization select "readerprogramfiles" and expand select "aum5" change install level… Read More
It is also possible to do a download of a "normal" XP SP2 installation and grab the files from the temp dir with a fake install (click cancel at the end of setup). You can also add the keys th… Read More
Thanks for the great information. In addition, we like to suppress the EULA that appears when reader is first launched. We added the following into the msi: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe… Read More
Here is *where* to disable automatic updates. I'm still working on the *how* (other than a logon script). Adobe seems to love to make my life miserable. C:\Documents and Settings\username\Loc… Read More
Adobe is using the netop stuff to compress their installs. Obtaining the full download isn't totally straightforward either. If you're on XP, select alternate download and get the Windows 200… Read More
Create the following registry keys: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\8.0\Downtown DWORD:bDontShowAtLaunch=1 DWORD:bGoOnline=0 These will suppress their new feature called beyon… Read More
*** Create a MST for Acrobat Reader 7.x. See Also: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/deployment.html The recipe: *** TESTING because I found DISABLE_SPEEDLAUNCH in Acrobat Standard. ***… Read More
To delete the Adobe Create Online image on the toolbar: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\7.0\TaskButtons] iEBookTask = dword:0x00000001 Read More
Adobe 7.0.8 Update Decompress the update by running it, you'll find the decompressed package in a subfolder at... C:\Documents and Settings\%USERNAME%\Local Settings\Temp Copy the contents o… Read More
I figure it's about time for an update to the GPO template for Adobe Reader 7.0 since I'm now upgrading to 7.0.8 and nothing has changed siginificantly. The following ADM template is the one I … Read More
I was trying to create a custom installer for Adobe Reader with browser integration disabled in order to get around the incompatibility with Office 2003. Frustrated, I saw PDFs open in the bro… Read More
InstallShield Tuner 6.0 for Adobe Acrobat *STILL* requires you to set your keyboard language to US-English before running or else it wont create an MSI. Read More
-------------------------------------------------------- Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\7.0\Originals] "bDisplayedSplash"=dword:00000001 … Read More
Adobe has a method to supress any Yahoo stuff from appearing located here: http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/332905.html However, be aware that the js code they listed has a mistake in it:… Read More
To Install The 7.0.7 Version of Adobe Reader 7 I did the following. Ran : adbeRdr707_en_us.exe /A This made an admin install point. browsed to the location of the install point. Ran : msie… Read More
Problems with Adobe Reader 7 IE integration? I tested MSI with IE Integration (Default) and some PDF links from Intranet site opened to blank PDF. If you want PDF links to work fine and want … Read More
We were receiving the same error message "1713 error message" during the uninstall portion of the 7.0.5 install. The only way we were able to upgrade was to uninstall using the original MSI we … Read More
for truly silent uninstall, append -a to the end of the above uninstall string. Read More