Comments on: Adobe Reader Silent Install

By: Mifas

Mifas — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:24:12 +0000

Use this switch for Acrobat Reader 9
/sAll /rs /l /msi /qb- /norestart

By: Tobey2k

Tobey2k — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:09:35 +0000

Hey Joe,

great instructions!!!

It functions with 7.1.0!!!

Do you know if there is any possibility to deactivate the update-functionality?

By: Max

Max — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:02:49 +0000

I don’t have the file adobe reader 7.0.7 msi. Therefore I cannot update this program. Is there someplace I can download it? Thanks for any help you can offer.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:28:00 +0000

You are correct. See my post on how to install version 8 for details (http://sojoe.info/2006/12/09/a-step-by-step-guide-to-silently-installing-and-configuring-adobe-reader-8/)

By: Anonymous IT Guy

Anonymous IT Guy — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:27:00 +0000

The 8.0 installer offers easier silent install options. Run it with /? to see them.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 05:47:50 +0000

Thanks! Link fixed.

By: Ripprasternode

Ripprasternode — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 03:07:47 +0000

Thanks for this, it has been a great help.

The link to “A Guide to Installing Windows Applications Silently” is broken, page has moved here…
http://sojoe.info/2006/03/16/a-guide-to-installing-windows-applications-silently/

By: Harry Cole

Harry Cole — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 17:27:53 +0000

Loved it!! Whoever the license question still pops up. Any idea? And have you got more scripts for other apps installations?

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 00:21:40 +0000

Joe, thanks so much for these great instructions. I am using the instructions to create a package for Dell ImageBuilder for students at our university. I don’t need the 4 lines to bypass the license agreement, so I omitted them. I wrapped the 3 files in a ZIP file, then created a self-extracting EXE file which launches install.bat. This is uploaded to ImageBuilder and an image is created successfully. When testing the resulting image, the laptop defaults to a user account named Administrator upon first boot. Since people don’t enjoy having user accounts named Administrator, we are instructing them to create a named user account and log out and log back in using the new account. This all works fine, and Adobe Reader works fine, too, until Reader needs to install an update. When it tries, an error message appears:

Adobe Reader 7.0.8
The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable.
Click OK to try again, or enter an alternate path to a folder containing the installation package ‘Adobe Reader 7.0.7.msi’ in the box below.
User source:
C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\reader7
(OK) (Cancel) (Browse)

I can’t log back in as Administrator, because Windows removed the Administrator account once the new named account was created. When I search the entire hard drive for ‘Adobe Reader 7.0.7.msi’ it is not found. When I manually browse to C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp — no folder called ‘reader7′ exists.

If I’m not able to resolve this, I’m afraid I won’t be able to use this method. Might you possibly have any ideas? Thanks!

By: Joseph Fieber

Joseph Fieber — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 20:12:21 +0000

The beginning of the article mentions one of my earlier posts that explains the ‘infrastructure’ that you’ll need to setup (â€œA Guide to Installing Windows Applications Silentlyâ€?), which includes the changeHKCU.vbs file. Go to http://sojoe.info/2006/03/16/a-guide-to-installing-windows-applications-silently.html for the details…