Comments on: A Step-by-Step Guide to Silently Installing and Configuring Adobe Reader 8

By: Adobe Acrobat Reader automatisch installieren « Das nie endende Chaos!

Adobe Acrobat Reader automatisch installieren « Das nie endende Chaos! — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 23:16:13 +0000

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By: stealthpuppy / Deploying Adobe Reader 8.0

stealthpuppy / Deploying Adobe Reader 8.0 — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:34:21 +0000

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By: Marc

Marc — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:26:59 +0000

Great tips! However, the registry entries are different in Win2k than in XP so I’m having problems automating the feature lock downs for Windows 2000.

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:11:24 +0000

Thanks for the Adobe tips and all the work you have put into the Guide for silent Windows app installs!

By: John

John — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:19:14 +0000

if exist “%programfiles%\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\acrord32.exe” exit

Try using “ccme_base.dll” or some other version unique file in place of “acrord32.exe”.

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:12:39 +0000

if exist “%programfiles%\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\acrord32.exe” exit

This works fine at surpressing the window if it is already installed but I am having a problem with going from 8.0 to 8.1.1. The directories are the same so it will cancel out the install even though the versions are different. Any suggestion on how to stop the unistall/admin window coming up the second time this script runs if you are installing a newer version of 8.0?

By: fxyjg

fxyjg — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:24:18 +0000

but I can not find acrRead.msi
why?
http://www.istuvc.cn

By: Etech

Etech — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:48:13 +0000

I created the MSI and used the wizard but my issue is the uninstalling of the old versions. I thought 8 does remove older versions, since it is greyed out in the wizard. I sent it out via gpo and had no issues installing.

How to uninstall older versions, anyone?

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:36:53 +0000

How would one go about installing to a different directory than the default C:\Program Files\Adobe directory?

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 24 May 2007 21:08:00 +0000

For those of you struggling with Adobe 8 installs. You really should try the Adobe Customization Wizard. I am no fan of Adobe, but this thing they did right. I have build many, many MSI files using every possible editor and this one is great. Simple and effective. Plus good documentation. It will take much of the headache out of scripting your installs. You might still need to know how to scrip for special things but most of what you need will be in the ACW8. This thing simply rocks. Download it, use it, love it. Still hate Adobe. Thatâ€™s my thoughts. BTW Adobe 8 uninstalls previous versions of Adobe automatically I think.