Adobe Reader
Here I published a tutorial for it and many others programs. Please comment on the blog if you have questions. http://it-grund.blogspot.com/2012/04/how-to-deployinstall-silently-and.html … Read More
I usually use this for a silent install. /sAll /rs /msi EULA_ACCEPT=YES For a progress bar: /sPB /rs /msi EULA_ACCEPT=YES Read More
used "adberdr1011_en_us.exe" /sAll /rs /msi EULA_ACCEPT=YES REMOVE_PREVIOUS=YES DISABLE_ARM_SERVICE_INSTALL=1 /Li REBOOT=ReallySuppress Along with pskill to kill any running app/pdf doc Read More
if you have a package with 9.1 msi then install all the patches (9.4 and above) up to 9.5 you will probably encounter a problem repairing the whole package. The 9.4 patch will fail to repair … Read More
The Acrobat Reader X install deletes this msi registry keypath for Acrobat 8 (CS3): HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AcroExch.RMFFile\CLSID So Acrobat 8 will launch an msi repair on the next launch. If you'… Read More
Adobe Reader X uninstall string: This is for 10.1.1 MsiExec.exe /x {AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-AA1000000001} /qb! I believe this one is for the 10.0.1 MsiExec.exe /x {AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44… Read More
Attention, the update for 10.1.1 does not integrate like one would expect. 1. Don't use eg. 7zip for unpacking the AdbeRdrUpd1011.msp from the exe. Either download it directly from Adobe or un… Read More
To disable the Registration window, block all Connections from the Programs to the Internet. Specially PDApp.exe AAM Updates Notifier.exe AAM Registration Notifier.exe It this doesn't work, … Read More
Silent install from Adobe Forums: So the command that can be used for silent install and suppressing EULA is: AdbeRdr_1000_en_US.exe /sAll /msi /norestart ALLUSERS=1 EULA_ACCEPT=YES Read More
To disable Protected Mode in 10.1 use this key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\10.0\FeatureLockDown] "bProtectedMode"=dword:00000000 Read More
The problem has to do with Adobe Reader X's new Protected Sandbox Mode, the following fix/solution works. Open up Adobe Reader X On the Toolbar Menu go to Edit > Preferences Go to the gen… Read More
The problem has to do with Adobe Reader X's new Protected Sandbox Mode, the following fix/solution works. Open up Adobe Reader X On the Toolbar Menu go to Edit > Preferences Go to the gen… Read More
10.1 comes with a new updater. To disable it, pass DISABLE_ARM_SERVICE_INSTALL=1 through as a property on the command-line or add it to the property table. More information from page 9 of: … Read More
msiexec /I AdbeRdr1010_en_US.msi AgreeToLicense=Yes EULA_ACCEPT=YES RebootYesNo=No /qb! MSI downloaded from ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/10.x/10.1.0/en_US/AdbeRdr1010_en_US.msi Read More
When we tried to use the 10.x Customization Wizard on the cache source files it said the msi was invalid. So we took the FTP downloaded MSI and tried that and the customization wizard said we … Read More
Package deployment and patch chaining tips. Collected and distilled from the Acrobat Enterprise Administration guide. Patches must be installed in order on top of the base release. Chaining of… Read More
Download the EXE from here: ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/10.x/10.0.1/en_US/ Command line to install with Progress bar: adberdr1001_en_us.exe /sPB /rs /msi EULA_ACCEPT=YES Without … Read More
Disabling Menus and Buttons To disable UI elements, you will first need to list all of the elements by name. To do this, save the following script as ListItems.js in %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Read… Read More
Disabling Menus and Buttons To disable UI elements, you will first need to list all of the elements by name. To do this, save the following script as ListItems.js in %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Read… Read More
To make sure that Adobe Reader supress reboot, Accepts EULA and is available for all user on the computer, and that a Basic userinterface (Progress bar only) with no dialogs and no cancel butto… Read More
In addition to the ADM template provided by nzdude, the following categories can be added to that template to disable JavaScript and the launching of embedded executables. CATEGORY "Security" … Read More
For Reader X - Dansk 10.0.0 I used the following... Run Parameters: /silent /i Full Command Line: AdbeRdr1000_da_dk.msi /qn /norestart REBOOT=ReallySuppress EULA_ACCEPT=YES Read More
In version 9, you could prevent opening of all attached files in Custom Install Wizard by checking the 'Prevent document from opening other files and launching other applications' box on the Fi… Read More
This is more an info note. When installing Adobe Reader X on an ESXi hosted vm protected mode is always disabled. Most likely due to the video driver. We tested this on Windows 7/ XP both with … Read More
On Symantec Workspace Virtualization you need to exclude [LOCALAPPDATA]\adobe\acrobat\10.0 in your exclude entries. There may be more but this is all we have found so far. Read More
It appears there are a couple more entries there is a post on symantec connect that also says you may need [APPDATA]\adobe [ALLUSERSPROFILES]\adobe http://www.symantec.com/connect/forums/cann… Read More
For Reader X - Dansk 10.0.0 I used the following... Run Parameters: /i Full Command Line: MSIEXEC /I AdbeRdr1000_da_DK.msi /qn /norestart REBOOT=ReallySuppress EULA_ACCEPT=YES Read More
If you need to uncheck the mark for "Enable protected mode at startup" You can use this registry. It will migrate to current user. It sticks in HKCU even after reboot. Windows Registry Editor … Read More
ADM file for Adobe Reader 10 I'm testing Adobe Reader 10 for a new revision of our SOE and I've noticed the following in the doco: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/860/cpsid_86063.html > Cannot open… Read More
If you double click the .exe and let the files get extracted, (do not go through the manual install process) you can open the "AdobeSFX.log" file located in the Temp directory and it tells you … Read More
A few simple steps to repackage Adobe Reader for unattended install. First, download the Customization Wizard (CW) from ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/acrobat/win/10.x/10.0.0/misc/ The CW gives… Read More
For Reader X 10.0.0 I used the following... This is for silent install. Full Command Line: adberdr1000_en_us.exe /sAll /rs /l /msi /qb- /norestart EULA_ACCEPT=YES Read More
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] "Adobe Reader Speed Launcher"=- REM: Above line for Win764 removes unnecessa… Read More
The best practice related to the App-V sequencing investigated here (Thanks2Aaron): http://blog.stealthpuppy.com/virtualisation/virtualising-adobe-reader-x/ Disable Protected Mode using the f… Read More
Administrative Install Notes To make updates easier in the future we decided to try the administrative install process. We started by downloading the installer from the FTP site. See the note… Read More
For Reader X 10.0.0 I used the following... Run Parameters: /qn /i Full Command Line: MSIEXEC /I AdbeRdr1000_en_US.msi /qn /norestart REBOOT=ReallySuppress EULA_ACCEPT=YES Read More
Machine policy location to scrobat.com in 10.0 HKLM\Software\Adobe\(product name)\(version)\Workflows > bEnableShareFile (Toggles file upload and sharing via Acrobat.com) bEnableRTCAuth (To… Read More
Adberdr1000_en_US.exe /msi EULA_ACCEPT=YES REMOVE_PREVIOUS=YES /qn This will uninstall any previous versions of Reader, and upgrade to the latest. Tested with reader 9.3.4; effectively uninst… Read More
To disable Adobe Reader X auto-update set iCheck (dword) to #0. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe ARM\1.0\ARM Registry Table: r_DisableUpdate 2 SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe ARM\1.0\ARM iCheck #… Read More
Reader 10 still uses the NOS package. To extract the files contained in AdbeRdr1000_en_US.exe issue the following command: AdbeRdr1000_en_US.exe -nos_o"Path to extract files" -nos_ne Read More
AdbeRdr1000_en_US.exe /sAll /rs /msi EULA_ACCEPT=YES Install reader silently without reboot & already accept EULA (so end users don't have to click yes on first use) Read More
Grab the enterprise download and extract it using an unzip program (I used 7-Zip). Grab AcroRead.msi and Data1.cab and discard the rest. You can then provide whatever public properties you wa… Read More
Published the application with group policy and was getting an error message something like : "Adobe Reader requires Internet Explorer 6.0 or greater. Please go to microsoft.com to download a… Read More