Adobe Reader 9
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
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
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\9.0\AdobeViewer "EULA"=dword:00000001 "Launched"=dword:00000001 Accepts the EULA Without the above, the application will still prompt for the EU… Read More
To download the Acrobat Reader 9 install file without the Adobe Air or the Acrobat.com installers use the following ftp site. ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/9.x/9.0/enu/ Download Ad… Read More
The url to download Adobe Reader 9 is: ftp://ftp.adobe.com//pub/adobe/reader/win/9.x/9.0/enu/AdbeRdr90_en_US_Std.exe This is the version with no adobe.com or Air. --- After you download it,… Read More
The following command will install Adobe Reader 9 silently, suppressing the restart, accepting the end user license agreement and lastly it suppresses the launch of adobe reader 9 once complete… Read More
Extracting the MSI Expand the Nosso-compressed package Expand the Nosso-compressed file using the following from either the Run dialog or DOS command window: <path to>\AdbeRdr90_en_US.exe… Read More
To disable the "Collaborate" feature which has a bunch of links to Adobe.Com, add the following key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\9.0\Workflows] "bEnableAcrobatHS"=dword:00000000 Read More
During uninstallation, Adobe Reader 9.0.0 doesn't remove shortcuts from the Desktop or the Recent Applications list on the Start Menu, so you'll have to do this manually. Read More
The following is an ADMX for managing settings from Windows Server 2008. The second section is the ADML (en-US). ADMX files are the Administrative Templates for Group Policy on Server 2008 and… Read More
A lot of the settings for this are common across older versions of Acrobat Reader. Property Table: EULA_ACCEPT=YES (This disables the EULA dialog) SUPPRESS_APP_LAUNCH=YES (this keeps it from … Read More
To extract the MSI file from the exe use the following from the directory where the exe resides: AdbeRdr90_en_US.exe -nos_ne This will extract the msi and cab files to the following location:… Read More
Typing: "AdbeRdr90_en_US.exe /?" displays the following: /sAll Silent Mode for product /sPB Silent Mode with Progress Bar for product /rs Reboot Suppress /rps Reboot Prompt Suppress /ini "PATH… Read More