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Acrobat Reader 6.x

Company:	Adobe
Setup Type:	Native Windows Installer setup (MSI)
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Most Commonly Reported Method:	Windows Installer (with Custom Transform)
Record Created On:	5/26/2004
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Full Name: Adobe Acrobat - Reader 6.0.2 Update

Version: 6.0.2

Publisher: Adobe Systems

Contact: Customer Support

Comments: Adobe Acrobat - Reader 6.0.2 Update

Help: http://www.adobe.com/support/main.html

Phone: 1-800-833-6687

Uninstall String: MsiExec.exe /I{AC76BA86-0000-0000-0000-6028747ADE01}

Quiet Uninstall String: MsiExec.exe /I{AC76BA86-0000-0000-0000-6028747ADE01} /qn

More Info URL: http://www.adobe.com

Quiet Install String: C:\AdbeRdr60_enu_full.exe -p"-s /v\"/qn\""

Command Line Help: http://support.adobe.com/devsup/devsup.nsf/docs/53495.htm

Quiet Install String: C:\AdbeRdr60_enu_full.exe -p"-s /v\"/qn\""

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Adobe Reader 6.0 comes from Adobe as a Windows Installer (.msi) package wrapped in an executable. Here are the steps to access the .msi file and related install components.

1. Download Adobe Reader from Adobe. Be sure to check the box that indicates that you do not want to use the Adobe Download Manager. This will cause the full version to download as AdbeRdr60_enu_full.exe.

2. Run AdbeRdr60_enu_full.exe. A dialog will display the message, "Please wait while Adobe Reader 6 is recomposed." Eventually, you be presented with an installation splash screen.

3. After you see the installation splash screen, look for the directory %SystemRoot%\Cache. This where AdbeRdr60_enu_full.exe places the installation files. Copy %SystemRoot%\Cache\Adobe Reader 6.0\ to another location. These are the install files you may use to load Reader on other PC's.

That information was provided by tsmiller.

To use the command line, follow those directions. Once you have the files copied to another location, you can then use the *.msi file to install the application. If you type in the following at the command line:
msiexec /qb- /i "Z:\packages\Adobe\ENUBIG\Adobe Reader 6.0.msi"
where Z:\packages\Adobe\ENUBIG\ is the full directory location of the files, the application will install itself without any other user intervention. This can be placed in a *.bat file or one the CMDLINES.txt to be deployed during an unattended windows install.

Above Entry Provided on 6/5/2003 by jbeckley

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You can also install the Reader silent with a single command line like this:
AdbeRdr60_enu_full.exe -p"-s /v\"/qn\""

works in a simple batch file or for unattend process files like in XPLode from Wraith, you can get it here: http://xplode.voidfx.com/

After complete you can delete the folder in your:
%windir%\cache\adobe reader 6

Above Entry Provided on 9/13/2004 by Sie Tjin Kian

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Above Entry Provided on 5/27/2003 by tsmiller

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I'm using following vbscript to install Acrobat Reader:

The program installs Acrobat Reader 6.0. After the installation the registry key of the EULA is changed so the program will not come with the annoying "Accept/Decline" dialog box. Next all shortcuts are removed.

FYI: I use this script in a corporate environment.

' 1. set variables
'
Option Explicit
On Error Resume Next
Dim Return, programpath, programname, windowspath, startmenupath, fso,WshShell, WshNetwork
programname = "Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0 Full"
set fso = CreateObject("scripting.filesystemobject")
Set WshShell=WScript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
Set WshNetwork = WScript.CreateObject("Wscript.Network")
programpath = left(WScript.ScriptFullName,len(wscript.scriptfullname) - Len(WScript.scriptName))

' 2. run setup program
WshShell.Popup "Starting installation of " & programname & "...",3,programname
Return = WshShell.Run("msiexec /i " & programpath & "AR60.MSI /QB-!",1,True)
'
' 3. perform after-installation configuration
'
WshShell.regdelete "HKCU\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\AdobeViewer\EULA"
WshShell.regdelete "HKLM\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\AdobeViewer\EULA"
WshShell.regwrite "HKCU\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\AdobeViewer\EULA","1","REG_DWORD"
WshShell.regwrite "HKLM\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\AdobeViewer\EULA","1","REG_DWORD"
If fso.folderexists("c:\documents and settings\all users") Then
fso.deletefile "c:\documents and settings\all users\Desktop\Adobe Reader 6.0.lnk", True
fso.deletefile "c:\documents and settings\all users\Start Menu\Programs\Adobe Reader 6.0.lnk", True
fso.deletefolder "c:\documents and settings\all users\start menu\programs\PrintMe Internet Printing", True
End If
If fso.folderexists("c:\winnt\profiles\all users") Then
fso.deletefile "c:\winnt\profiles\all users\Desktop\Adobe Reader 6.0.lnk", True
fso.deletefile "c:\winnt\profiles\all users\Start Menu\Programs\Adobe Reader 6.0.lnk", True
fso.deletefolder "c:\winnt\profiles\all users\start menu\programs\PrintMe Internet Printing", True

End If
If fso.folderexists("c:\windows\profiles\all users") Then
fso.deletefile "c:\windows\profiles\all users\Desktop\Adobe Reader 6.0.lnk", True
fso.deletefile "c:\c:\windows\profiles\all users\Start Menu\Programs\Adobe Reader 6.0.lnk", True
fso.deletefolder "c:\windows\profiles\all users\start menu\programs\PrintMe Internet Printing", True
End If

WshShell.Popup "Completed installation of " & programname & "...",3,programname

Above Entry Provided on 6/4/2003 by Target242

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in Target242 posting, I've made a minor correction to the installation script in the 'corrected' version below. this was done to reflect the current .msi file name and to add quotes surrounding the install path.

Original:
Return = WshShell.Run("msiexec /i " & programpath & "AR60.MSI /QB-!",1,True)

Corrected:
Return = WshShell.Run("msiexec /qb- /i """ & programpath & "Adobe Reader 6.0.msi""",1,True)

Above Entry Provided on 10/14/2003 by cpsharp

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you could also replace the following lines

If fso.folderexists("c:\documents and settings\all users") Then
fso.deletefile "c:\documents and settings\all users\Desktop\Adobe Reader 6.0.lnk", True
fso.deletefile "c:\documents and settings\all users\Start Menu\Programs\Adobe Reader 6.0.lnk", True
fso.deletefolder "c:\documents and settings\all users\start menu\programs\PrintMe Internet Printing", True
End If

If fso.folderexists("c:\winnt\profiles\all users") Then
fso.deletefile "c:\winnt\profiles\all users\Desktop\Adobe Reader 6.0.lnk", True
fso.deletefile "c:\winnt\profiles\all users\Start Menu\Programs\Adobe Reader 6.0.lnk", True
fso.deletefolder "c:\winnt\profiles\all users\start menu\programs\PrintMe Internet Printing", True

End If
If fso.folderexists("c:\windows\profiles\all users") Then
fso.deletefile "c:\windows\profiles\all users\Desktop\Adobe Reader 6.0.lnk", True
fso.deletefile "c:\c:\windows\profiles\all users\Start Menu\Programs\Adobe Reader 6.0.lnk", True
fso.deletefolder "c:\windows\profiles\all users\start menu\programs\PrintMe Internet Printing", True
End If

by this:

Dim AllUsersDesktopPath, AllUsersStartMenuPath
AllUsersDesktopPath = wshShell.RegRead("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders\Common Desktop")
AllUsersProgramsPath = wshShell.RegRead("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders\Common Programs")

fso.deletefile AllUsersDesktopPath & "\Adobe Reader 6.0.lnk", True
fso.deletefile AllUsersProgramsPath & "\Adobe Reader 6.0.lnk", True
fso.deletefolder AllUsersProgramsPath & "\PrintMe Internet Printing", True

It will erase the icons wherever the All Users profile is on the system.

Above Entry Provided on 12/18/2003 by SadRiddler

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You can also edit the MSI package with Wininstall LE to avoid those shortcuts and put the EULA registry value in place.

Above Entry Provided on 12/24/2003 by omarhemm

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I've improved on Larry Duncan's "Acrobat Reader 6.0 Deployment Notes from the Field" with a better example transform and Registry entries that do all of the following:

- Turn off all "Updates" features (which won't work for unprivileged users, of course).
- Turn off the advertisements for Adobe products in the upper-right corner of the toolbar (yes, you can do that!).
- Disable the splash screen during program startup.

You can download these here:

http://www.ewall.org/UpDownload+index-req-viewdownloaddetails-lid-6-ttitle-Make_a_Clean_Adobe_Reader_6_Installation.html

Above Entry Provided on 1/27/2004 by ewall

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Here is a nice method that uses the windows installer package but makes a transform using Installshield Tuner 6.0.1 for Adobe Reader

- download the Installshield Tuner + the Adobe package from the Adobe web
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=1&platform=Windows

How:
- Start the install of ADobe Reader 6.x, but stop at the welcome screen - do not click Next!.
- The installation copy the files to %systemroot%\Cache\Adobe Reader 6\. Copy the complete Adobe Reader 6 directory to your server or into a testenvironment.
- Start Installshield Tuner and open the .ITW file in the copied directory
- Select Create a New Transform, and select the msi file to make the transfrom from, browse to the file, and then click Create from the menu.

You can now adjust your package as you wish and deploy it using standard Active Direcotry methods

best regards

Above Entry Provided on 1/30/2004 by ktanberg

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I Found a small bug in SadRiddler's modification:

Dim AllUsersDesktopPath, AllUsersStartMenuPath

should be

Dim AllUsersDesktopPath, AllUsersProgramsPath

Also I added these to remove the autoupdate, ads and as I live in Australia, display units in mm. Thanks go to ewall for most of these.

WshShell.regwrite "HKLM\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\FeatureLockdown\bUpdater","0","REG_DWORD"
WshShell.regwrite "HKLM\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\FeatureLockdown\bShowAdsAllow","0","REG_DWORD"
WshShell.regwrite "HKCU\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\AdobeViewer\AdsInReader\bShowAds","0","REG_DWORD"
WshShell.regwrite "HKCU\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\AdobeViewer\Originals\bDisplayAboutDialog","0","REG_DWORD"
WshShell.regwrite "HKCU\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\Originals\iPageUnits","2","REG_DWORD"
WshShell.regwrite "HKLM\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\Originals\iPageUnits","2","REG_DWORD"
WshShell.regwrite "HKCU\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\AdobeViewer\Updater\bShowAutoUpdateConfDialog","0","REG_DWORD"
WshShell.regwrite "HKCU\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\AdobeViewer\Updater\bShowNotifDialog","0","REG_DWORD"
WshShell.regwrite "HKCU\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\AdobeViewer\Updater\iUpdateFrequency","0","REG_DWORD"

Above Entry Provided on 2/4/2004 by faz_matt

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Install Acrobat Reader 6.0 with an MST.

Here are the advantage :
- Will be install for all users on the machine
- No license pop-up when opening Acrobat Reader 6.0 (all users)
- No upgrade pop-up (all users)
- No PrintMe icons (all users)
- LAN connection default seeting in Internet speed (all users)

Just create an MST by adding those things in it :

- Change the installation to be install per machine instead of per-user
- Select "never reboot" (as you wish...)
- Remove the PrintMe folder in shortcurts
- Add those current user keys :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\AdobeViewer]
"TrustedMode"=dword:00000000
"EULA"=dword:00000001
@=""

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\Updater]
"iUpdateFrequency"=dword:00000000
@=""

- Add those local machine registry keys :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0]
@=""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\AdobeViewer]
@=""
"EULA"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\AVGeneral]
@=""
"iConnectionSpeed"=dword:00989680

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\Updater]
@=""
"iUpdateFrequency"=dword:00000000

Save the MST and run the installation this way :

msiexec /i AcrobatReader601 TRANSFORMS=YourMST.MST /q (or /qb! if you want to see the progress bar)

Above Entry Provided on 2/9/2004 by Swatch

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Special notes concerning deploying the Acrobat .msi's via Altiris:

I had not had any problems deploying the Acrobat 6 products via Active Directory/Group Policy using the information others have provided here.

Then when I had to deploy them via Altiris, I ran into vague error messages and failure. I have not been able to verify the cause, but I suspect it has to do with the .mst file that the InstallShield Tuner creates. Here is how I finally got them to work properly with Altiris.

1. Used Wise Package Studio (instead of the InstallShield Tuner) to create the initial transform (.mst) for Acrobat.

2. THEN modified the .mst using the InstallShield Tuner

3. Modified the UnsupportedInstallType in the Custom Actions table of the .msi as has been documented above.

craig --<>.

Above Entry Provided on 4/5/2004 by craig16229

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Extract the MSI’s from the Asia Font Packs:

Launch setup.exe, then the installer will extract the MSI to:

C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Local Settings\Temp\_is25x

The MSI are named:

Adobe Reader Chinese Simplified Fonts.msi
Adobe Reader Japanese Fonts.msi
Etc..

Once you have all the Adobe Reader Fonts packages, you can edit your Reader installation with Package Studio to remove them during the upgrade.

To include the uninstallation of the Asian font packs, use Windows Installer Editor and the 'Upgrades' component. Click 'Add' and select the Asia font pack MSI's you want to uninstall during the upgrade (keep all default settings).

For our environment, we did this:

Current machines: Adobe Reader 6.0 (ENU) plus JP,KR,CHT,CHS Font packs installed.

For the upgrade we will upgrade to the native language Adobe Reader 6.0.1 (depending on user requirements) 'and' remove all the Asian font packs (since they are not needed anymore), all in one swoop.

Above Entry Provided on 4/21/2004 by pjohnson

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Quick correction: for Adobe 6.0.1 (not sure about 6.0 but I assume it's the same), the key to disable the splash screen at startup listed in this thread as "HKCU\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\AdobeViewer\Originals\bDisplayAboutDialog","0","REG_DWORD" is actually "HKCU\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\Originals\bDisplayAboutDialog","0","REG_DWORD"

Above Entry Provided on 4/22/2004 by srg_usa

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My version of script - I think it is more universal:

Option Explicit
On Error Resume Next

'Define variables
Dim ProgramPath, FSO, objShell, objNetwork

'Define objects
set FSO = CreateObject("scripting.filesystemobject")
Set objShell=WScript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")

'Define installation path
ProgramPath = Left(WScript.ScriptFullName,Len(Wscript.ScriptFullName) - Len(WScript.ScriptName))

'Run installation - U could change """ with Chr(34)
Return = objShell.Run("msiexec /qb- /i """ & ProgramPath & "Adobe Reader 6.0 CE.msi""",1,True)

'Accept EULA
objShell.RegDelete "HKCU\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\AdobeViewer\EULA"
objShell.RegDelete "HKLM\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\AdobeViewer\EULA"
objShell.RegWrite "HKCU\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\AdobeViewer\EULA","1","REG_DWORD"
objShell.RegWrite "HKLM\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\AdobeViewer\EULA","1","REG_DWORD"

'Delete shortcuts
FSO.DeleteFile objShell.SpecialFolders("AllUsersDesktop") & "\Adobe Reader 6.0 CE.lnk", True
'FSO.DeleteFile objShell.SpecialFolders("AllUsersPrograms") & "\Adobe Reader 6.0 CE.lnk", True
FSO.DeleteFolder objShell.SpecialFolders("AllUsersPrograms") & "\PrintMe Internet Printing", True

Above Entry Provided on 6/22/2004 by Soulin

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The adobe tuner 601 has a bug in it, you need to run the program using US-English local files, other regions will either crash the tuner or not allow access to some screens.

HKCU settings can be set by adding entries under
HKLM\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\Installer\Migrate
in the fasion
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\Installer\Migrate\AnyNameRegVal1]
@="Software\\Adobe\\Acrobat Reader\\6.0\\HKCUkeyyouwanttochange"
"name"="ValueName"
"val"="1" (Usually 0 or 1)
"type"=dword:00000004 (4=DWORD, 3=Binary)

You will need to remove existing HKCU hive before applying any secondary migration settings in order to re-read the data

Above Entry Provided on 7/29/2004 by michaelc

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; This policy template has been written to work with Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0.
;
; This is a System Policy template and does not use the preferred Group Policy method as
; the Adobe developers have not allowed for it in the development of Acrobet Reader.
; Refer to Microsoft TechNet article Q323639 for further information. Therefore these
; registry settings are permanent.
;
; When viewed via a Group Policy Object Editor, you must enable the view for system
; policies, which will appear as red icons as oppose to the standard blue ones.
;
; Windows 2000 Active Directory Group Policies:
; Click on Administrative Templates
; Righ click
; View >
; Select Show Policies Only so that it removes the tick.
;
; Windows 2003 Active Directory Group Policies:
; Click on Administrative Templates
; Righ click
; View >
; Select Filtering...
; Deselect Only show policy settings that can be fully managed so that it removes the tick.
; Select OK
;
; As seen below, there is both a Machine (Computer) and User section to this policy, so
; there may be a need to use Loopback processing in order for the user components to be
; applied.
;
; Written by Jeremy.Saunders@au1.ibm.com on 5th November 2003.
; Modified by Jamie.Morrison@au1.ibm.com on 7th December 2004.

CLASS MACHINE
CATEGORY "Acrobat Reader 6.0 Settings"

POLICY "Acrobat EULA License Acceptance"
KEYNAME "SOFTWARE\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\AdobeViewer"
PART "Disable EULA License Acceptance" CHECKBOX DEFCHECKED
VALUENAME "EULA"
VALUEON 1
VALUEOFF 0
END PART
END POLICY ; EULA
END CATEGORY

CLASS USER
CATEGORY "Acrobat Reader 6.0 Settings"

POLICY "Acrobat EULA License Acceptance"
KEYNAME "SOFTWARE\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\AdobeViewer"
PART "Disable EULA License Acceptance" CHECKBOX DEFCHECKED
VALUENAME "EULA"
VALUEON 1
VALUEOFF 0
END PART
END POLICY ; EULA

POLICY "Acrobat Reader Splash Screen"
KEYNAME "Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\Originals"
PART "Disable Splash Screen" CHECKBOX
VALUENAME "bDisplayAboutDialog"
VALUEON 0
VALUEOFF 1
END PART
END POLICY ; splash screen

POLICY "Acrobat Reader 6.0 Messages (ads)"
KEYNAME "Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\AdsInReader"
PART "Disable Showing Ads" CHECKBOX
VALUENAME "bShowAds"
VALUEON 0
VALUEOFF 1
END PART
END POLICY ; ads

POLICY "Acrobat Reader 6.0 Text Smoothing"
KEYNAME "Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\Originals"
PART "Disable Text Smoothing" CHECKBOX
VALUENAME "bAntialiasText"
VALUEON 0
VALUEOFF 1
END PART
END POLICY ; text smoothing

POLICY "Acrobat Reader 6.0 Fast Indexing"
KEYNAME "Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\Search\cOptions"
PART "Disable Fast Indexing (uses on disk cache)" CHECKBOX
VALUENAME "bEnableBGIndexing"
VALUEON 0
VALUEOFF 1
END PART
END POLICY ; indexing

POLICY "Acrobat Autoupdates"
KEYNAME "Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\Updater"
PART "Disable Update Notification" CHECKBOX
VALUENAME "bShowNotifDialog"
VALUEON 0
VALUEOFF 1
END PART
PART "Disable Update Dialog" CHECKBOX
VALUENAME "bShowAutoUpdateConfDialog"
VALUEON 0
VALUEOFF 1
END PART
PART "Set Automatic Updates to Manual" CHECKBOX
VALUENAME "iUpdateFrequency"
VALUEON 0
VALUEOFF 1
END PART
END POLICY ; autoupdates

POLICY "Acrobat Page Units"
KEYNAME "SOFTWARE\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\Originals"
PART "Page Units" DROPDOWNLIST REQUIRED
VALUENAME "iPageUnits"
ITEMLIST
NAME "Points"VALUE NUMERIC 0
NAME "Inches"VALUE NUMERIC 1
NAME "Millimeters"VALUE NUMERIC 2
NAME "Centimeters"VALUE NUMERIC 3 DEFAULT
NAME "Picas"VALUE NUMERIC 4
END ITEMLIST
END PART
END POLICY ; pageunits
END CATEGORY ; Reader defaults

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Command for a silent (no user interaction needed) Uninstall of Adobe Reader 6.x
MsiExec.exe /uninstall {AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7646-000000000001} /qb

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