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Applications - Adobe - Reader

Acrobat Developer Center - Enterprise deployment documenten voor uitrol Acrobat.

Part of Acrobat Desktop Configuration:

Adobe - DC Release Notes list of updates for the Adobe Acrobat/Reader DC version.

Aaron Parker - Disable Adobe Updater with Adobe Customization Wizard 8
Aaron Parker - Deploying Adobe Reader 9 for Windows
Aaron Parker - Deploying Adobe Reader X
Aaron Parker - Adobe Reader XI Deployment

Adobe Customization Wizard 9
AppDeploy - Acrobat Reader 9.x

pretentious name - Fixes for 64-bit Adobe Reader preview handler and thumbnails

Notes

Deploying Adobe Reader X patched to 10.1.4 with GPO

This also works for Adobe Reader 11.0.0 → 11.0.01.

  1. Extract the contents of the AdobeReader 10.1.0 .exe packge to C:\Dump\10.1\ with 7-zip.
  2. Create an administrative installation point (AIP) of Adobe Reader 10.1.0 at C:\Dump\Adobe\10.1.4\:
    "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\msiexec.exe" /a "c:\Dump\Adobe\10.1 NL\AcroRead.msi" TARGETDIR="c:\Dump\Adobe\10.1.4 NL" /qb!
  3. Update the AIP with the MSP for 10.1.4:
    "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\msiexec.exe" /a "c:\Dump\Adobe\10.1.4 NL\AcroRead.msi" /p "c:\Dump\Adobe\AdbeRdrUpd1014.msp" TARGETDIR="c:\Dump\Adobe\10.1.4 NL" /qb!
  4. Create a new MSI transform with the Customization Wizard X or use an existing transform created for 10.1.0.
  5. Add the AcroRead.msi with the transform to the Computer Configuration of a GPO as an assigned application.

Sources:
Acrobat Help / Enterprise administration | Acrobat products
Acrobat Help / Update, patch | Acrobat, Reader 10.x | Windows, Mac OS
ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/10.x/

Registry settings

To prevent the eula and advanced Adobe Reader features screens on first startup import: 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\8.0\AdobeViewer]
"EULA"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\8.0\Downtown]
"bDontShowAtLaunch"=dword:00000001

Same one but now for the Terminal Services software key: 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Terminal Server\Install\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\8.0\AdobeViewer]
"EULA"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Terminal Server\Install\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\8.0\Downtown]
"bDontShowAtLaunch"=dword:00000001

Reader not automatically updating

The Adobe Reader (DC) is not updating automatically when you want it to do so.

Make sure there is no bUpdater set to 0 at:

Make sure that iCheckReader DWORD is set to 3 at: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe ARM\1.0\ARM

Sources: