Acrobat reader strikes again...

[RyanVM]

Acrobat Speedup works by moving files from the "plug_ins" directory to the "optional" directory. My initial thought is that mimicing that behavior within the installer MSI might not work depending on how Acrobat is trained to look for plugins.

I probably won't do any acrobat speedup type stuff with my switchless installer. For what it's worth, Acrobat Speedup can be run silently.

[a06lp]

fair enough.

just asking.

[pinout]

Theres no full package of 6.0.3 ?

And also, anyone know why on http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/alternate.html there is a ENU version of "Adobe Reader 6.0.2, full version" but not for "Adobe Reader 6.0.2, basic version" ? there is an english version, but its "Central European" (ECE)

[MAVERICKS CHOICE]

Must say Ryans package is pretty quick as is, much better than the standard anyhow.

[BeenThereB4]

To speedup Acrobat:

Run this VBS script, which I got from somewhere on MSFN (All credit to author)

Option Explicit
On Error Resume Next

'Define variables
Dim ProgramPath, FSO, objShell, objNetwork

'Define objects
set FSO = CreateObject("scripting.filesystemobject")
Set objShell=WScript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")

'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"

'no updates, no ads...
objShell.regwrite "HKLM\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\FeatureLockdown\bUpdater","0","REG_DWORD"
objShell.regwrite "HKLM\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\FeatureLockdown\bShowAdsAllow","0","REG_DWORD"
objShell.regwrite "HKCU\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\AdobeViewer\AdsInReader\bShowAds","0","REG_DWORD"
objShell.regwrite "HKCU\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\AdobeViewer\Originals\bDisplayAboutDialog","0","REG_DWORD"
objShell.regwrite "HKCU\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\AdobeViewer\Updater\bShowAutoUpdateConfDialog","0","REG_DWORD"
objShell.regwrite "HKCU\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\AdobeViewer\Updater\bShowNotifDialog","0","REG_DWORD"
objShell.RegWrite "HKCU\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\Originals\bDisplayAboutDialog","0","REG_DWORD"
objShell.regwrite "HKCU\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\AdobeViewer\Updater\iUpdateFrequency","0","REG_DWORD"

'Delete shortcuts
FSO.DeleteFile objShell.SpecialFolders("AllUsersDesktop") & "\Adobe Reader 6.0.lnk", True
'FSO.DeleteFile objShell.SpecialFolders("AllUsersPrograms") & "\Adobe Reader 6.0.lnk", True
FSO.DeleteFolder objShell.SpecialFolders("AllUsersPrograms") & "\PrintMe Internet Printing", True

'delete old optionnal plugin folder
FSO.DeleteFolder "c:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\Optional", True

'rename plugins to optional
FSO.MoveFolder "c:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\plug_ins", "c:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\Optional"

'create a new plugin folder
FSO.CreateFolder "c:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\plug_ins"

'Delete security risk
'FSO.DeleteFile "c:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\optional\eBook.api", True


'move the desired plugins back to it
FSO.MoveFile "c:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\optional\EWH32.api", "c:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\plug_ins\EWH32.api"
FSO.MoveFile "c:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\optional\Search.api", "c:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\plug_ins\Search.api"
FSO.MoveFile "c:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\optional\reflow.api", "c:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\plug_ins\reflow.api"

[prathapml]

Remember I said 7.0 was cool?

Check it out on main page (news on software section).

It has struck YET again.

[RyanVM]

I don't see a download on Adobe's site for Reader 7.0 yet.

And yeesh, if had known it was coming so soon, I doubt I would have bothered making one for 6.0.3.

[prathapml]

if had known it was coming so soon

Personally, I think I would wait for AcroRead 7.0 to come out (in final form).

[RyanVM]

if had known it was coming so soon

Personally, I think I would wait for AcroRead 7.0 to come out (in final form).

Yeah yeah, yuck it up

For what it's worth, I found a download link for 7.0 (from Adobe's FTP server, so it's legit)

[prathapml]

For what it's worth, I found a download link for 7.0 (from Adobe's FTP server)

Which would be?

I got only a http link, and yeah its legit too.

[RyanVM]

ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/...70_enu_full.exe

EDIT: The good news is that it appears PrintMe was removed from 7.0, so that's one less thing I'll need to do myself

[Confused Amused]

Is the silent install syntax still the same? I'll probably give it a try later today.

Tom

[prathapml]

The installer says something about optimizing performance.... maybe the "plugins" to "optional" trick.

Other new things to remove - the yahoo search.

[RyanVM]

The installer says something about optimizing performance....  maybe the "plugins" to "optional" trick.

Other new things to remove - the yahoo search.

The NetOpSystems thing has been in their installers since 5.0. It has nothing to do with that. There's also a startup item installed which supposed speeds up Acrobat. My bet is it's similar to the feature you can enable with the Mozilla Suite to load some DLLs on Windows startup to reduce loading time. From what I can tell, it is NOT a replacement for Acrobat Speedup.

[gmx]

version 7.0 is out and apprently they fixed the speed issue in this

download: http://ardownload.adobe.com/pub/adobe/read...70_enu_full.exe