Note First use Adobe's Creative Cloud Packager. The example uses Sep 2017 files.REM -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------… Read More

1) Download Creative Cloud Packager Login to: https://creative.adobe.com   Find the section titled "IT Deployment" on the right side of the page If you do not see the section... then the I… Read More

After installing on Windows 7, there is a box that comes up on first use about Administrator rights.  This is created by launching the advertised shortcut.  To suppress this warning box, you'll… Read More

How to disable and grey-out updates in Adobe products Create a file called "AdobeUpdaterAdminPrefs.dat" **************** <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <Preferences> <Suppressed>… Read More

How to disable Adobe Product Improvement Program in Captivate CS5. Creating a reg file i.e APIP.reg with content as : **************** Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\… Read More

Succesfully viruatlized Captivate 5 with App-V. It does take a while to start though. Read More

For Silent Uninstall (CS5 Applications): ========================================= 1) Extract the "Adobe Captivate CS5" vendor media and look for "deploy" directory. 2) Copy "remove.xml" file f… Read More

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Captivate 5 is very similar. 1) Copy the deploy\*mumble*.install.xml somewhere convenient. 2) create application.xml.override somewhere convenient: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Con… Read More

For Captivate 4, rename the registration.dll which will suppress the "Registration Your Software" window when the application is launched. REM Disables registration prompts RENAME "C:\Program … Read More

this section needs to have the value -1 or it won't work. Most probably get the error code 7. <Data key="EULA">-1</Data> Read More

There are a few steps required before running a silent installation: 1. Run setup.exe --record=1 This will run the setup without installing the software and it will record the serial number a… Read More

I had a problem, Captivate 3 activation would not recognize our key upon installation. Adobe Support pointed me to the clean.exe utility which was usefull. http://adobetools.googlepages.com/ … Read More

In the same line of thought as Davi, to disable update delete the file c:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Captivate\AdobeUpdater.dll. Read More

To suppress registration on start delete "adobe_registration.dll" in Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Captivate 3. Read More

To clarify the command lines even further because the earlier entry did confuse me, here's a bit more information: path of setup.exe /s /v"/qn /L*v MSIInstallLog.txt USERNAME=\"John Doe\" COMP… Read More

This registry entry will disable both the registration and updater options in the help menu. I've tested this as part of the install and the registration dialog still comes up the first time, … Read More

We use Marimba for distribution around here. Because I didnÂ’t want to download 500 Megs to each workstation that was using Captivate using the Administrative files for the distribution. Our… Read More

We use Marimba for distribution around here. Because I didn’t want to download 500 Megs to each workstation that was using Captivate using the Administrative files for the distribution. Our pa… Read More

Edit the setup.ini that is included in the unzipped file directory. Add your msi command lines (including the serial number property) to the [Startup] section. Here is an example: CmdLine=/p… Read More

Execute Adobe_Captivate_3_WWE.exe to extract msi and associated data files. Run an admin install on the captivate_installer.msi to reveal the installation files. Licensing and Registration Di… Read More