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 7.07, I use: AdbeRdr707_en_US.exe /S /w /v"/qb-! /norestart /log %Temp%\AdbeRdr707_en_US.log ALLUSERS=2 EULA_ACCEPT=YES" 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

For installations where I'm not using Group Policy, I use the following script to install. This requires the download file from Adobe, a custom MST and the script. It is path independant and do… Read More

Adobe has two diffrent updates for the 7.0.5 E update: Adobe Standard 7 Update Volume licence (Needs no Activation) Ac705StVP_efgj.exe (WINRAR=>) Ac705StVP_efgj.msp Adobe Reader 7.X Ac705RdP_… Read More

Regarding the "wait" option, I found this: http://documentation.installshield.com/robo/projects/helplib/IHelpSetup_EXECmdLine.htm which points out a /w command to the initial setup program. … Read More

Also encountered issue with Adobe Acrobat - AcroRd32.exe -Application error when logging off XP with Office 2003 as described earlier. By Granting 'Users' modify permissions to C:\WINDOWS\TEM… Read More

Without any repackiging I used the Tuner (see earlier notes) to create a one time silent install of Reader and all three updates. The way to add the updates is to create a batch file to install… Read More

It's possible to use the MSI files provided by Adobe in the downloadable patches (7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.3) as upgrades in a GPO assignment. Just specify the appropriate parent package and the upda… Read More

Adobe reader can easely be customized by using Installshield Tuner 7.0 for Adobe Acrobat see link in above posting. If you want to add Adobe reader updates simply add the files to your build … Read More

Update 7.0.2 to 7.0.3: Just execute the MSI-File, but attention: if user is not local admin, the displayed version in the startup-splashscreen is still 7.0.2, not 7.0.3. This is because a not l… Read More

I gave up on those Adobe Reader 7 ... AcroRd32.exe "Application Errors" happening at shutdown... so I got rid of version 7 and went back to 6. But even after this, I started having problems ge… Read More

Make of the Adobe Reader 7.0.2 nested package 1. Take original Adobe executables: AdbeRdr70_enu_full.exe Acro-Reader_701_Update.exe Acro-Reader_702_Update.exe and unpack them to .msi files. … Read More

Make of the Adobe Reader 7.0.2 nested package 1. Take original Adobe executables: AdbeRdr70_enu_full.exe Acro-Reader_701_Update.exe Acro-Reader_702_Update.exe and unpack them to .msi files. … Read More