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Thanks guys, this is awesome. I made a switchless 7zip SFX'd version of my own so beats's method worked great to slipstream in the fix. I agree. Adobe should just drop annotations or allow those of us who will never use them to forgo their use.

Perhaps I should have been a bit more specific. Within that thread it is mentioned that there is a way to make all the changes without using Installshield, which would be great because that is a commercial product with a 30 day trial. I have thought about doing it without the Installshield portion, but that seems to negate the whole "Lite" portion of these changes. I think I might just use a different product. I am not really a fan of Foxit PDF either, so I'll take a look at PDF-XChange. Thanks.

Hey, I was wondering if anyone was still planning on releasing to MajorGeeks website the newer versions of Adobe Reader Lite or not? If not, how about a comprehensive "How-To" that is more clear and concise than Sharky's version from his thread? It seems silly for Adobe to have requested work on this stop as I, and others, will likely be taking my 2,000+ user network to Foxit PDF or Sumatra PDF as a result.

XhmikosR, I use a batch file to remove older versions of Adobe Reader with my version (it just works better for our corporate installs): http://gravito.com/forum/index.php?topic=1571.0 You can download the above and try that. I used Sharky's method as he listed on his page and used a 7zip installation package so that anyone can just right-click and extract to folder to get the install.cmd and see it, but otherwise here's the code I've been using: @echo off & cls Rem List all Installation subkeys from uninstall key. echo Searching Registry for Adobe Reader Installs for /f %%I in ('reg query HKLM\SOFTWARE\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall') do echo %%I | find "{" > nul && call :All-Installations %%I echo Search Complete.. echo Installing Adobe Reader 9.1 Lite R1.. msiexec /I AcroRead.msi /Passive /NoRestart reg import adobereader.reg echo Install Complete.. goto :EOF :All-Installations Rem Filter out all but the Adobe Installations for /f "tokens=2*" %%T in ('reg query %1 /v Publisher 2^> nul') do echo %%U | find "Adobe" > nul && call :Adobe-Installations %1 goto :EOF :Adobe-Installations Rem Filter out all but the Adobe-Reader Installations. Note the tilda + n, which drops all the subkeys from the path for /f "tokens=2*" %%T in ('reg query %1 /v DisplayName 2^> nul') do echo . Uninstalling - %%U: | find "Reader" && call :Adobe-Reader-Installs %~n1 goto :EOF :Adobe-Reader-Installs Rem Run Uninstaller for the installation MsiExec.exe /x%1 /qb echo . Uninstall Complete, Resuming Search.. goto :EOF :EOF The registry file contains: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\9.0\Downtown] "bDontShowAtLaunch"=dword:00000001 "bGoOnline"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\9.0\Downtown] "bDontShowAtLaunch"=dword:00000001 "bGoOnline"=dword:00000000 I think you've certainly done a better job and probably have time to do more, but what I'm using works for our network and makes sure the old versions get removed. Would you be able to remove old versions with yours so that those of us looking to install this on 2000+ PCs with SMS or SCCM had an option as well?