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

For Reader 8.1.2 I used the following... Full Command Line: MsiExec.exe /I{AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-A81200000003} 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

Silent Install Run Parameters: /sAll /rs /l /msi /qb- /norestart 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

I have found the easiest way to deploy Adobe Reader, Acrobat Pro and standard is to use the Adobe Customization Wizard. This will create an mst with numerous options available to customize the… Read More

For Reader 9 9.0.0 I used the following... Run Parameters: /sAll /rs 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

The Adobe Reader 9 installation process does not uninstall Adobe Reader 7.x or 8.x, so you will have to handle this yourself. 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