If you install 9.x, you can get the extracted files from c:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Setup Files
(Provided by veb8)
The url to download Adobe Reader 9 is:
Open AcroRead.msi in Orca and then do the following:
- In the Component table, drop any row containing 'AdobeUpdater' or 'Adobe_Updater' - In the Feature table, drop any row containing 'AUM' or 'Updater' - In the FeatureComponents table, drop any row containing 'AUM' or 'Updater' - In the File table, drop any row containing 'AdobeUpdater' or 'Adobe_Updater' - In the ModuleComponents table, drop any row containing 'AdobeUpdater' or 'Adobe_Updater' - In the MsiFileHash table, drop any row containing 'AdobeUpdater' - In the Registry table, drop any row containing 'Adobe_Updater' - In the Registry table, drop the row containing 'Registry838' - In the Shortcut table, drop the row containing 'SC_READER_DT' - In the Property table, set the value for SYNCHRONIZER to YES - In the Property table, set the value for EULA_ACCEPT to YES
Also in the Property table, you could set the value of DISABLE_BROWSER_INTEGRATION to YES, to prevent Reader from opening within the browser. This would be beneficial in Terminal Server environments. When a PDF file is opened within the browser and the user then browses to a different page, the Reader components are stay in memory until the browser is closed.
Save the new MSI.
---
I then...
- copied the new distribution folder to our file server - created an AD Security group called "Acrobat Reader 9 Endpoints" - created a new GPO called "Acrobat Reader 9 Install" linked to the Computers OU - Allowed Authenticated Users access to the GPO - Edited the GPO to add the new software package, pointing to the AcroRead.msi file. - Set it as assigned and uninstall when it falls out of scope.
Our old Adobe Reader 8.12 is now auto-uninstalling on reboot, and Adobe Reader 9 is installing in it's place.
(Provided by stikle)
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"Reader9Install" -nos_ne
2. Download the Non-English Installers of your need and expand them in the same way as described above
3. Install one localized Version in a VM and search the Programfolder for the language Files (e. g. for German the file extension is DEU). Backup the language files an make sure to keep the directory structure
4. Reset your VM and repeat Step 3 for each localized setup
5. Open the AcroRead.msi of the US Version with the Customization Wizard
6. Go to the Files and Folders Section and import the language Files to the appropriate Folders
7. To set Reader automatically to the OS Language go to the Registry Section and add the following Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\9.0\Language\UseMui
Note: You also have to create a dummy Value, inside that Key, otherwise CW will not recognize your change.
Now you have a selfmade multilanguage Package, which automatically follows the OS language (or OS MUI language), if the appropriate language files are installed.
For detailed Information about enterprise deployment see: www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/deploying_reader9.pdf
(Provided by speedmr)
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 reading about it on the adobe website there is no current fix for it and only a work around that is not suitable for all environments...
Its not an issue if the users have elevated rights.
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb404597
(Provided by kshawnz)
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.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\9.0\AVGeneral\cToolbars\cFile\cInternalButtons] "a1"="Print" "a7"="AcroHLS:Prev" "a0"="Open" "a6"="endDialogGroup" "a5"="AcroSendMail:SendMail" "a8"="AcroHLS:Next" "a3"="SaveFileAs" "a2"="Save" "a4"="FindDialog"
(Provided by bdijkdrent)
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 modules annots.api and also msvc80.dll.
Solution: Be sure that the folder "C:\Users\%Username%\AppData\LocalLow" exist. If the folder not exit create the LocalLow Folder!
(Provided by freeman)
Acrobat Reader 9.1 The installation files for Acrobat Reader 9.1 apparently always include Adobe AIR.
To suppress the installation of AIR set the property DISABLE_AIR_SHARE=1
(Provided by ldekens)
---==== Adobe Reader 9.1 ====---
Most of the information that has been recorded in here for Adobe Reader 8.x and 9.0 is relevant to 9.1.
HOWEVER Adobe have pulled a fast one with the standard download "AdbeRdr910_en_US_Std.exe". Once this .exe is extracted, there is only one msi. The Adobe AIR and Acrobat.com installers are embedded into the binaries of the msi.
If you go to here: ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/9.x/9.1/enu/ you can download the file "AdbeRdr910_en_US.exe".
The difference between these installations is that the latter one "AdbeRdr910_en_US.exe" does not contain the AIR and Acrobat.com installations.
Once the msi's are extracted from each of the two .exe's (both msi's are called AcroRead.msi), the one from AdbeRdr910_en_US_Std.exe is 20.1 MB and the one from AdbeRdr910_en_US.exe is 3.78 MB only.
IF for some reason you DO want to install the one with AIR and Acrobat.com: 1: be careful: the AIR installed is 1.5.0 - this is a vulnerable version and 1.5.1 is already available. 2: Set properties AIR_SHARE_DESKTOP_SHORTCUT and AIR_SHARE_PROGRAM_MENU to 0 (zero) or 1 (default) to control Start menu and Desktop icons for Acrobat.com.
(Provided by Daz)
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 the Reader installer kicks off another installer to make these shortcuts. Luckily they did include logic in the installer, so you can open the MSI in Orca, grab your Adobe Customization Wizard MST file and apply it to your MSI, create a new property of "DISABLE_AIR_SHARE" with a value of "Yes" in the property table of the MSI or your MST, close and save the transform and you got yourself a clean installer again.
(Provided by snekul)
CLI script to deploy Acrobat Reader v9.1, without messing with MSI:s, MST:s and other things. Deployable over AD/GPO startup script.
1. Get the full 42MB Standard-installer from "ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/9.x/9.1/enu/". This installer contain Acrobat.com and Air. Uninstall as necessary, passive uninstall strings provided below in script.
2. Create cmd-file and paste stuff between ---'s into it. Change path to your admin-install share as appropriate:
Save script and excute on test computer. Check registry for the settings above. Update etc should be removed for any/all users. Start Adobe Reader v9.1 on test computer to confrm correct behaviour.
When run as startup script, it will pop up an installer window when computer boots. Looks ugly, but works, and you don't have to mess around with custom msi- and mst-packages.
Passing parameters to msi-engine from command line doesn't seem to work properly with the exe-installer. Only thing that sort of works is the quiet-switch. Logging eg does not, one only gets a msi-switches help window. I'm unsure about this though, as Adobe seems to have included Air and Acrobat.com in the standard installer. Who know what else they did to the package.
Tested and deemed ok on WinXP SP3. Probably works on Win2k, WinXP x64 and Win2k3 as well.
This script compiled from info that others have contributed on appdeploy.com. Thx guys!
(Provided by adrian_vg)
Just a note about the Customization Wizard. In the Installation Options section, you can set the default viewer for PDF files. There are three options:
A - Install will decide which product is the default.
B - Make Acrobat the defualt if both Acrobat and Reader are installed.
C - Make Reader the default if both Acrobat and Reader are installed.
If you choose option B, it MAY break the browser integration on a machine which does not have Acrobat installed.
(Provided by gtimlin)
First off, thanks to all who have posted before for sharing your information. It saved me alot of time and heartache. I've borrowed what I found useful and I thought I'd share what I've changed and hopefully someone else might find it helpful.
Some quick info about my situation: ~600 computers across a state in 60+ locations all running some version of Acrobat T1 connections between locations so throttling has to be in place A desire to get everyone on the same version and know my success rate using free tools
Solution: 2 batchfiles, one installer and one menu that can handle a single system(local or remote) or a list of systems
I'll post the installer script first. I've added alot of documentation to hopefully make it easier to follow.
The menu would require alot of stripping down to make it work for everyone. I might post that if I get the time.
Adobe_Acrobat_9.1_install.bat
What this does: 1. kills Acrobat if it's running 2. copies a split-up archive to the local system from a network share using ~300k of bandwidth on a T1(throttled down) 3. extracts the archive to a installer folder 4. checks for and uninstalls ANY version of Acrobat 5.x through 9.xx 5. checks for and uninstalls ANY version of Adobe Air(can disable if you want) 6. checks for and uninstalls ANY version of Adobe.com(can be disabled if you want) 7. Installs Acrobat silently 8. Sets registry to get rid of EULAs and Updater 9. Creates a local copy of the log file and a central copy of the log file
What you need: Acrobat without Air (note: if you do want air installed, download the full version and comment out the air uninstall in the script) ftp://ftp.adobe.com//pub/adobe/reader/win/9.x/9.0/enu/AdbeRdr90_en_US_Std.exe
7-Zip http://www.7-zip.org/download.html Grab both the full install and the command line version
Robocopy.exe (found in Resource kit) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9D467A69-57FF-4AE7-96EE-B18C4790CFFD&displaylang=en
Steps to get ready for install Install Resource kit Install PSTools Extract 7za.exe(7-zip command line version) Install 7-zip file manager right click on Acrobat .exe file > 7-zip > add to archive Archive settings: Archive:Name whatever you want, leave .7z at end of name Archive format: leave 7z compression level: store(.exe is already super compressed and we just want to split it into chunks) Split to volumes, bytes: 655000 (this is just under 640k chunks and robocopy copies in 64k chunks. Using this setting allows us to recopy only a portion of the archive if we have network problems.) Click OK
Create a share on your fileserver for the archive files copy only the archive files to this share
Create a share on your fileserver for tools. Copy robocopy.exe, pskill.exe, and 7za.exe to this folder(I call this share "saw" in the batchfile)
Create a share for log files
Copy below code and save as Adobe_Acrobat_9.1_install.bat (or whatever) Change variables for your setting
@ECHO OFF SET error=no ::Change with each version SET version=9.1 ::Local log file location SET local.logs=c:\logs ::Local Log name and location SET log=%local.logs%\%computername%_Acrobat_Install_Version_%version%.log ::Central Log location SET log.loc=\\Server\logs\Adobe\Acrobat\%version% ::Installer Name SET installer=AdbeRdr910_en_US.exe ::Local Installer location SET loc=c:\Support\Software\Adobe\Acrobat\%version% IF NOT EXIST %loc% MD %loc% ::7-Zip Archive name(make sure your archive is .7z.001 at the end) SET archive=AdbeRdr910_en_US.7z.001 ::Local 7-Zip Archive location SET archive.loc=c:\Support\Software\Adobe\Acrobat\Archive IF NOT EXIST %archive.loc% MD %archive.loc% ::FileServer Archive Share SET fs.loc=\\Server\Support\Packages\Adobe\Acrobat\%version% ::Fileserver Saw location SET fs.saw=\\Server\Support\Tools ::Local Saw location(your tools include robocopy.exe, pskill.exe, 7za.exe) SET saw=c:\tools IF NOT EXIST %saw% MD %saw% ::Check for robocopy.exe and copy from Fileserver if needed IF NOT EXIST %saw%\robocopy.exe copy %tools%\robocopy.exe %saw% ::Copy rest of tools from Fileserver Note /IGP:250 is a built in delay so as not to eat all the bandwidth in a location. On a T1, a 250 delay eats about 300k %saw%\robocopy %fs.saw% %saw% /XO /R:20 /W:30 /IPG:250 /NP
ECHO %date%-%time% - Acrobat Reader Version %version% Install>%log% ::Check if local install is found and run copy if missing IF NOT EXIST %loc%\%installer% CALL :_Copy ::If there was an error extracting the archive we can't run the install. It'll be noted in the log and the install will exit now IF %error%==yes GOTO :_Log ::Kill Acrobat if it's running %saw%\pskill AcroRd32.exe
::Check for older versions and uninstall ECHO %date%-%time% - Checking for older versions of Acrobat>>%log% CALL :_Check CALL :_Install CALL :_Log GOTO :EOF
:_extract ::Extract 7-Zip archive %saw%\7za x %archive.loc%\%archive% -o%loc% -y>>%log% ::Check for errors on extracting IF NOT %errorlevel%==0 Echo %date%-%time% - Error encountered extracting acrobat installer!>>%log%& SET error=yes& GOTO :EOF GOTO :EOF
:_Check ::Create a acrobat_uninstall.txt file in case no previous versions found ECHO none>%temp%\acrobat_uninstall.txt ::Query registry for any previous version of Acrobat REG QUERY HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall|FIND "{AC76BA86">%temp%\acrobat_uninstall.txt ::Grab the last section of each line in %temp%\acrobat_uninstall.txt and pass to :_uninstall FOR /F "Tokens=7 Delims=\" %%I in (%temp%\acrobat_uninstall.txt) DO CALL :_uninstall %%I
:_Check_acrobat_5.x ::Check for acrobat 5.x IF NOT EXIST "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\NT\Uninst.isu" GOTO :_check_acrobat.com ::Uninstall Acrobat 5.0 C:\WINDOWS\ISUNINST.EXE -y -x -f"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\NT\Uninst.isu" -c"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\NT\Uninst.dll"
:_Check_acrobat.com ::UN-REM the next line if you don't want to uninstall Acrobat.com ::GOTO :_Check_adobe_air ECHO none>%temp%\acrobat.com_uninstall.txt REG QUERY HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall|FIND "{287ECFA4">%temp%\acrobat.com_uninstall.txt FOR /F "Tokens=7 Delims=\" %%I in (%temp%\acrobat.com_uninstall.txt) DO CALL :_Uninstall %%I
:_Check_adobe_air ::UN-REM the next line if you don't want to uninstall Adobe Air ::GOTO :EOF ECHO none>%temp%\adobe_air_uninstall.txt REG QUERY HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall|FIND "{A2BCA9F1">%temp%\adobe_air_uninstall.txt FOR /F "Tokens=7 Delims=\" %%I in (%temp%\adobe_air_uninstall.txt) DO CALL :_Uninstall %%I ::Leave this GOTO :EOF
:_Uninstall ::If no previous versions are found the only variable will be "none" so we just need to exit IF %1==none GOTO :EOF ::SET the GUID to uninstall SET GUID=%1 ::Echo the version to be uninstalled ECHO .>>%log% ECHO Version to be uninstalled>>%log% REG QUERY HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\%GUID% /v DisplayName|FIND "DisplayName">>%log% ::Uninstall silently without reboot msiexec /uninstall %GUID% REBOOT=SUPRESS /qn GOTO :EOF
:_Install ::Install the new version of Acrobat ECHO %date%-%time% - Installing Acrobat Version %version%>>%log% %loc%\%installer% /sPB /rs ALLUSERS=2 EULA_ACCEPT=YES SUPPRESS_APP_LAUNCH=YES /msi"/quiet"
ECHO %date%-%time% - Cleaning up install>>%log% ::Remove desktop link IF EXIST "%allusersprofile%\Desktop\Adobe Reader 9.lnk" del /F /Q "%allusersprofile%\Desktop\Adobe Reader 9.lnk"
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(Provided by UJS)
To opt out of the program for your users, you can do this via GPO. The key is :
CLASS USER CATEGORY Custom Policies CATEGORY "Adobe Reader 9"
CATEGORY "Adobe Product Improvement Program"
POLICY "Opt out of the Adobe Product Improvement Program" KEYNAME "Software\Adobe\CommonFiles\Usage\Reader 9" EXPLAIN !!ExplainNoAIP VALUENAME "OptIn" VALUEON NUMERIC 0 VALUEOFF NUMERIC 1 END POLICY
END CATEGORY END CATEGORY
[strings] ExplainNoAIP="To opt out of the Adobe Product Improvement Program, enable this policy. Disabling the policy will force the client to opt in.\n\nWhen the policy is enabled, the following key will be set:\n\n"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\CommonFiles\Usage\Reader 9"\n"Optin"=dword:00000001"
As this key doesn't reside within the Policies structure, you'll need to turn filtering off so you can see the settings that can't be fully managed by Group Policy.
(Provided by nzdude)
I have found that the executable from the ftp site (with "STD" in the name) does contain Adobe Air and Adobe.com. It's the MSI in the ftp directory that does not contain Adobe Air or Adobe.com.
(Provided by gooober)
in order integrate the 9.1.2 update into your installation, download ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/9.x/9.1.2/misc/AdbeRdrUpd912_all_incr.msp and save it in the same folder as you install files, then add the line PATCH=AdbeRdrUpd912_all_incr.msp to the [Product] section of the setup.ini. the update will be applied automatically during the setup process.
(Provided by eschloss)
If you are working on a package which has Adobe AIR and if you want to prevent the package from installing the Adobe AIR application, remove the following custom actions from the sequence.
1. ExtractAir 2. InstallAirShare
(Provided by soorajganga)
You can also slipstream all updates, but note that not all updates should be slipstreamed. Adobe has 2 types of updates, quarterly and security updates. Only quarterly updates should be slipstreamed. To see which updates have which type, please check http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/498/cpsid_49880.html.
(Provided by ccastelein)
Adobe Reader 9.3.1 was causing several installs in my SCCM OSD task sequence to fail. This did not happen with Adobe Reader 8.2.0
I found that I needed to reboot after installing Reader if RIM's BlackBerry USB driver or Citrix Client 11.2 (with USB component) were installed after the Adobe product.
(Provided by Thundxr)
Adobe started to provide Updates over a new Mechanism. To disable AutoUpdate you have to delete Adobe ARM from Autostart:
Delete following String: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Adobe ARM'
(Provided by eigenart)
In case you want to install a french version of adobe reader on Vista FR or Win 7 FR using GPO, I don't know why but you need to tick "Ingore language when deploying this package" in the advance section on the deployment tab. Otherwise the OS ignore the GPO installation. It worked for me.
(Provided by misabelle)
Command Lines Silent Install
Run Parameters: /sAll /rs /l /msi /qb- /norestart (Provided by KBOX User)
Complete command line, no EULA:
Get the standard version (without Adobe.com and Adobe Air) here: ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/9.x/9.0/enu (Provided by mdn_united)
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 /norestart EULA_ACCEPT=YES (Provided by skrulladams)
For Reader 9.1 9.1.0 I used the following...
Run Parameters: setup.exe/sPB (Provided by KBOX User)
To install the 9.1.1 update at the same time as 9.1, use the following command:
set MSINAME=AdobeReader set MSIVER=9.1.0
start /w msiexec /i %WINDIR%\installer\%MSINAME%\%MSIVER%\AcroRead.msi TRANSFORMS=%WINDIR%\installer\%MSINAME%\%MSIVER%\AcroRead.mst /update WINDIR%\installer\%MSINAME%\%MSIVER%\AdbeRdrUpd911_all_incr.msp ALLUSERS=2 DISABLE_CACHE=1 DISABLE_BROWSER_INTEGRATION=YES SUPPRESS_APP_LAUNCH=YES REBOOT=ReallySuppress /qn /Liv c:\temp\%MSINAME%.log (Provided by nzdude)
Something I've run in to at my past two assignments is a previous implementation of Adobe Reader 9x is deployed with Browser Integration turned on but toggling Browser Integration off is required for another application to work properly with Adobe Reader.
If Adobe Reader 9 is already deployed and a subsequent deployment requires disabling Browser Integration you can uninstall the feature from the command line:
if you want to put Browser Integration back you can use ADDLOCAL like this:
msiexec /i {AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-A91000000001} ADDLOCAL=ReaderBrowserIntegration /q (Provided by sv408)
For Reader 9.3 9.3.0 I used the following...
Full Command Line: MsiExec.exe /I{AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-A93000000001} (Provided by KBOX User)
For patch 9.3.3 I found I had to create an Admin Point:
msiexec /a [path]\AcroRead.msi
Then slipstream the 9.3.2 patch, and finally slipstream the 9.3.3 patch.
Slipstraming 9.3.3 directly into the 9.3.0 msi would not work for me. (Provided by bbowen8)
Related Links This product is actually named "Adobe Reader 9.x". Many are still referring to it this way which is why this record in the Package KB exists. See Adobe Reader 9.x for the official [proper] listing.
(Provided by bkelly)
Adobe Customization Wizard 9
(Provided by pbakker_67)
Adobe Doccumentation on distibuting Adobe Reader 9 using SMS
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/sms_9.pdf
(Provided by SIC_admin)
Acrobat documentation on enterprise deployment of Adobe Reader 9 using Active Directory
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/gpo_ad_9.pdf
(Provided by SIC_admin)
Extracting the Adobe Reader 9 for enterprise deployment:
(The above link is actually to docs on performing the extract for the Adobe Reader 8 msi, but Adobe have this link in their documentation for Adobe reader 9 enterprise deployment using SMS, so I'm assuming the process described in the above link for Adobe Reader 8 still applies to Adobe Reader 9).
(Provided by SIC_admin)
An easy way to customize the installation is to use the "Acrobat Customization Wizard 9", found here:
ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/acrobat/win/9.x/9.0/misc/CustWiz90_en_US.exe
(Provided by mekstro)
After unpacking the executable, you can make an mst with the Adobe 9 Customizer. You can download it at http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/thankyou.jsp?ftpID=3993&fileID=3727
(Provided by pkaak)
Deploying Adobe Reader 9 for Windows
(Provided by misterd)
Adobe FTP site for additional downloads: ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/9.x
For version 9.1 english: ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/9.x/9.1/enu/
Adobe has released update 9.1.3: ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/9.x/9.1.3/misc/
(Provided by jcauthorn)
This link describes Adobe's Quarterly and Security update madness, er methods.
"Adobe Acrobat and Reader Updating and Deployment Information"
It's a bizarre way to do it but it explains why you need to do base update to quarterly update to security update in that order, and what you need to do to backout in case you are trying to apply the wrong patch to whichever base code you are using.
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/498/cpsid_49880.html
I don't claim to understand it, I just do what I'm told......
(Provided by jcauthorn)
Direct link for Adobe Reader 9.2
ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/9.x/9.2/enu/
(Provided by nzdude)
Further infos about the new updater (since 9.3.2):
