Adobe Reader 9 - Silent Install HOWTO

Adobe Reader 9 - Silent Install HOWTO

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Adobe Reader 9 - Silent Install HOWTO - 7/9/2008 6:16:59 AM

ErinC

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AdbeRdr90_en_US_Std.exe /sAll /rs /l /msi"/qb-! /norestart ALLUSERS=1 EULA_ACCEPT=YES SUPPRESS_APP_LAUNCH=YES"

The above command will install Adobe Reader 9 silently, suppressing the restart, accepting the end user license agreement and suppressing the launch of adobe reader 9 once complete.

Via our BigFix deployment tool I also use the following command to delete the registry startup for the speed launcher;
regdelete "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]" "Adobe Reader Speed Launcher"

Hope this is useful to people. I see that there isn't a package entry for Reader 9 as yet.

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RE: Adobe Reader 9 - Silent Install HOWTO - 7/9/2008 6:28:24 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: ErinC
Hope this is useful to people. I see that there isn't a package entry for Reader 9 as yet.

It certainly will be. Since there's no entry at present, here is your chance for eternal glory: why not submit yours?

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RE: Adobe Reader 9 - Silent Install HOWTO - 7/9/2008 9:18:55 AM

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Here's another command line that works great for us:

AdbeRdr90_en_US.exe /msi /norestart /quiet

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RE: Adobe Reader 9 - Silent Install HOWTO - 7/10/2008 12:16:34 PM

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thanks for the suggestion VBScab, I did try submitting this yesterday but the site wouldn't take it. Done now though!

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RE: Adobe Reader 9 - Silent Install HOWTO - 9/23/2008 10:14:54 AM

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Ghehe,

Nice options, but Adobe has a customization wizzard.
Download it here:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3993

The wizzard needs the acroread.msi...
If you have downloaded AdbeRdr90_en_US.exe, just start the executable... but don't install the Reader
You'll find the install files in:
C:\Documents and Settings\<your loginname>\Local Settings\Application Data\Adobe\Reader 9.0
Copy the files to a new directory and start the cusomization wizzard.

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RE: Adobe Reader 9 - Silent Install HOWTO - 6/2/2009 1:41:02 PM

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I have seen a half-dozen different places one is supposed to look for the setup files after running the downloaded exe and consequently wasted a lot of time. I suspect the location varies all over the place, and I think it would be better if we standardized on the NOSSO extraction method, e.g.,

AdbeRdr910_en_US.exe -nos_o"Reader9" -nos_ne

Where "Reader9" is a new directory name to contain the setup files.

David

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RE: Adobe Reader 9 - Silent Install HOWTO - 6/3/2009 3:26:12 AM

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i guess none of you posting here other than Ian understand the idea behind the PackageKB ?

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RE: Adobe Reader 9 - Silent Install HOWTO - 6/3/2009 11:54:43 AM

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Being a pneubé, I have been trying to figure it out. My impression is that the Package KB is for knowledge about installing packages, and the message board is for discussions which might lead to the creation or dissemination of such knowledge. But, I would be happy to be led to a better understanding of the way things work around here!

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RE: Adobe Reader 9 - Silent Install HOWTO - 8/5/2009 6:02:46 AM

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/sAll /rs /l /msi"/qb-! /norestart ALLUSERS=1 EULA_ACCEPT=YES SUPPRESS_APP_LAUNCH=YES"

Using these switches did not install the Adobe Reader at all, repackaging the Adobe package.

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RE: Adobe Reader 9 - Silent Install HOWTO - 8/5/2009 9:18:07 AM

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...repackaging the Adobe package...

i really hope you are not serious!

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RE: Adobe Reader 9 - Silent Install HOWTO - 8/5/2009 9:29:24 AM

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I can confirm the command lines are working. You will just need to wait about 10 to 15 minutes for the installation. You can open your Task Manager and look at the process for the Adobe reader executable. The installer is about 24+ Mb but when extracted is about 100+mb in size.

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RE: Adobe Reader 9 - Silent Install HOWTO - 8/5/2009 10:04:29 AM

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Ended up using a transform to disable the AUM and Updater features (I hate that Adobe Updater, rawr) and update the HKCU keys so that the toolbar is uniform and doesn't have that "use acrobat.com" business on there.

My command line:
msiexec.exe /i AcroRead.msi TRANSFORMS="Adobe Reader 9.1.mst" /qn

Also wrote a script that will parse the working directory looking for .MSP files and silently apply them. This way when adobe MSP's get released in the future, all I have to do is drop them in the folder and run the script. I call this after my install.

Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set objCurPath = objFSO.GetFolder(objShell.CurrentDirectory)
Set colFiles = objCurPath.Files
For Each objFile in colFiles
'If extenstion is MSP, execute patch
If UCase(objFSO.GetExtensionName(objFile)) = "MSP" Then
 objShell.Run "msiexec.exe /update """+objFile+""" /qn",1,True
End If
Next

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RE: Adobe Reader 9 - Silent Install HOWTO - 8/5/2009 10:42:32 AM

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quote:

But, I would be happy to be led to a better understanding of the way things work around here!

Each application has a 'Notes' entry, some of which you'll find contain general notes about the application as well as the packaging of it.

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RE: Adobe Reader 9 - Silent Install HOWTO - 3/22/2010 9:19:01 PM

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For other people that stumble upon this forum looking for an answer - deploy adobe reader

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RE: Adobe Reader 9 - Silent Install HOWTO - 3/23/2010 5:02:02 PM

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9/2008

Yeah. Thanks for bring up this old thread. Not sure what the question is though.

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RE: Adobe Reader 9 - Silent Install HOWTO - 4/27/2010 7:28:52 PM

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Apr 2010 - I grabbed Acrobat Reader's product code from: HKLM\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\(VER)\Installer\{ProductCode}

In my case, Reader version 9 had a product code of "{AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-A90000000001}"

I then used MSIEXEC to uninstall it silently, as such:
msiexec /x {AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-A90000000001} /qa

Note: change /qa to /qb if you wish to see a progress bar.

< Message edited by PaulieD -- 4/27/2010 7:29:42 PM >

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RE: Adobe Reader 9 - Silent Install HOWTO - 6/15/2010 8:59:00 AM

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Hi,
can we use /sAll and -nos_ne switches simultaneously while extracting adobe reader 9. I am not able to do it.

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