Acrobat reader strikes again...

[RyanVM]

My 7zip installer is about 20.4MB

if its not too much trouble, could you post a list of the optimizations youve added?

thx

Pretty much all of the registry optimizations given in this thread, except one or two things. I left the purchase acrobat reader option enabled, for example (I personally don't see a point in disabling it if it's still there). I have the EULA accepted already, ads disabled, automatic updating disabled, splash screen (theoretically) disabled, yahoo bar disabled. That's all I remember off the top of my head.

[Incroyable HULK]

At least can I put something in my code so it will wait ...let's say 1 minute?

Maybe not elegant but could be a correct workaround for what I want

[r0sWell]

@RyanVM:

thank you for your great work !

[itdevil]

Thanks for the update

A question is there more tweaks you did other then these 6. Just wana know,what are the other Goodies come along this Slient Adobe Reader 7 Installer.

Good Work

Pretty much all of the registry optimizations given in this thread, except one or two things.

>1< I left the purchase acrobat reader option enabled, for example (I personally don't see a point in disabling it if it's still there). 

>2<I have the EULA accepted already,

>3< ads disabled,

>4<automatic updating disabled,

>5< splash screen (theoretically) disabled,

>6< yahoo bar disabled. 

That's all I remember off the top of my head.

[RyanVM]

I think that's everything. For some reason, the reg tweak to disable the splash screen doesn't seem to work unless you enter the preferences and then close them again.

[war59312]

@DigeratiPrime

only need msi and cab to install

As you noticed on download, you have no Yahoo thingy (i maybe wrong), so no special switches needed.

If your on XPSP2, you are using WindowsInstallerv3, so only switches needed are /quiet (no progress bar) /norestart (obvious)

@war59312

Why you using v6 Pro and v7 Reader?  that to me is gonna cause a mess and would explain the error you got.

Was beta testing. Its all good I worked it out. hehe

Did not really care, not main machine and had ghost backup ust in case.

[war59312]

Here are some helpful registry keys I pulled out of the 7.0 MSI:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\7.0\FeatureLockdown]

"bEFIPrintMe"=dword:00000000

"bPurchaseAcro"=dword:00000000

"bShowEbookMenu"=dword:00000000

"bUpdater"=dword:00000000

"bShowAdsAllow"=dword:00000000

Meanings:

"bEFIPrintMe"= Remove the "PrintMe Internet Printing" menu item on File menu.

"bPurchaseAcro"= DISABLE (NOT remove) the "Purchase Adobe Acrobat" menu item under Help menu.

"bShowEbookMenu"= Remove the "Digital Editions" menu item on File menu.

(This can also be done by disabling the entire eBookEBXPlugin Feature).

"bUpdater"= Remove the "Check for updates now..." menu item under Help menu.

"bShowAdsAllow"= Remove the Ad box.

And there are a ton more. Check under the "EnterpriseRegistry" table of the MSI.

Thanks a lot!!

What do you mean by:

"And there are a ton more. Check under the "EnterpriseRegistry" table of the MSI."

Thanks,

Will

[RichardK]

Adobe also has a redistributable file available on their website, so you don't have to start the install to get the .msi file:

ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/...distrib_enu.exe

Does anyone have RyanVM's Adobe Acrobat 7 install file for download? I tried accessing his FTP site, but it's not working at the moment. Thanks...

[staples]

it was requested that I make some changes to my mst file.

Now it has: (all in this forum)

No desktop icon

EULA accepted

ads disabled,

automatic updating disabled,

splash screen (theoretically) disabled,

yahoo bar disabled.

reboot suppressed.

Removed the "PrintMe Internet Printing" menu item on File menu

DISABLED (NOT remove) the "Purchase Adobe Acrobat" menu item under Help menu.

Remove the "Digital Editions" menu item on File menu

And it has been optimized with the plugins in the optional directory.

to use type at the command line or in batch file

msiexec /i "Adobe Reader 7.0.msi" TRANSFORMS="Adobe Reader 7.0 tuned.mst" /qb-

(to make completely silent change /qb- to /qn)

Adobe_Reader_7.0.mst

[Martin Zugec]

Option Explicit

On Error Resume Next

'Setting variable

Dim ProgramPath, FSO, objShell, objNetwork

'Setting objects

set FSO = CreateObject("scripting.filesystemobject")

Set objShell=WScript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")

'Setting path to install

ProgramPath = Left(WScript.ScriptFullName,Len(Wscript.ScriptFullName) - Len(WScript.ScriptName))

'Run Install

Return = objShell.Run("msiexec /qb- /i """ & ProgramPath & "Adobe Reader 6.0.1.msi""",1,True)

'Accept EULA

objShell.RegDelete "HKCU\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\AdobeViewer\EULA"

objShell.RegDelete "HKLM\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\AdobeViewer\EULA"

objShell.RegWrite "HKCU\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\AdobeViewer\EULA","1","REG_DWORD"

objShell.RegWrite "HKLM\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\AdobeViewer\EULA","1","REG_DWORD"

'Shortcut delete

FSO.DeleteFile objShell.SpecialFolders("AllUsersDesktop") & "\Adobe Reader 6.0 CE.lnk", True

'FSO.DeleteFile objShell.SpecialFolders("AllUsersPrograms") & "\Adobe Reader 6.0 CE.lnk", True

FSO.DeleteFolder objShell.SpecialFolders("AllUsersPrograms") & "\PrintMe Internet Printing", True

Maybe someone find this useful...

BTW deleting stuff from Plugin directory can speed start of AR a lot...

[Joe User 99]

Thanks a lot!!

What do you mean by:

"And there are a ton more. Check under the "EnterpriseRegistry" table of the MSI."

Thanks,

  Will

I mean, open the MSI using a MSI editor, such as Orca, WinInstallLE, etc.

there is a table called "EnterpriseRegistry". It lists a bunch of registry keys you can set to disable or pre-set certain options, such as the ones I listed.

[Joe User 99]

Got a little bonus for all you concerning the Stupid Yahoo Button:

Previously registry keys were given to "hide" it. But I think I have got a way to remove it completly.

It does require editing either a transform or the MSI itself using Orca or similar MSI editor though.

Here is what I did:

First, I am not installing the Updater Feature at all. Since I am preping to distribute this to our entire enterprise, rather than just disable the Updates, I just don't install it. This will matter in the modification below. You either need a Feature you are not installing, or you need to create a new Feature.

Go to the FeatureComponents Table. The Component you are looking for is "Reader_WebSearch_WebSearchENU.pdf". Change this Component's Feature to one you are not installing, for example, I changed it to Updater, since I am not installing the Updater feature.

Then either save the MSI or create a Transform from it. That's it!

I then tested by installing on a clean machine. Opened a PDF in both the standalone application, and in IE. And No stupid Yahoo bar! Not only that, but right clicking on the toolbar, shows no option to enable it either! B)

NOTE: When testing this, you need to uninstall any previously installed copies.

The changes won't take effect if 7.0 is already installed, it will just use a cached copy of the MSI instead.

Hope this works for you all as well as it did for me!

[Astalavista]

guys

here is a couple of things i picked up today

AdbeRdr70_enu_full.EXE /v"/qb EULA_ACCEPT=YES"

and

;removes adobe updates
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\7.0\Updater]
"bShowInstCompDialog"=dword:00000000
"bShowNotifDialog"=dword:00000000
"iUpdateFrequency"=dword:00000000

[Incroyable HULK]

AdbeRdr70_enu_full.EXE /v"/qb EULA_ACCEPT=YES"

doesn't seems to change a thing... RunOnceEx is moving to the next line before the software is done installing

[jfmartel]

Anyone has the commnand line parameter that suppress the 3 shortcut that it creates

Desktop

Startup

Programs

Thank you!