Make Your Customizations to the MSI by opening it with the Adobe Customization Tool. Note the path requires a FQDN, point it to the server and share. It’s up to you.įinally, you’ll need to know the unattended command line magic to string along the installer and transform with the update: msiexec.exe /qb- /l*vx %LogPath%\AcroReadDC.log REBOOT=ReallySuppress UILevel=67 ALLUSERS=2 /i AcroRead.msi PATCH="\\MDT01\Share$\Applications\AdobeReaderDC\AdbeRdrUpd2018.msp" TRANSFORMS="AcroRead.mst" I don’t recommend disabling the auto update feature, but in some environments, reader is patched from a SMS later after testing. Information on Adobe’s tool is available here: This will also let you point to a msi file, configure update settings, EULA stuff and even custom registry keys to disable stuff like the “welcome to reader” first launch stuff for your users, and then save a transform file. If this is the route you’re interested in, you’ll want to first download the Acrobat Customization Tool. This comes in handy when you need to disable upsell and cloud features your users may not want or need in a corporate environment. However, if you need to install a specific build or customize the install in anyway, you’ll want to extract the executable with 7Zip or WinRAR, as you need both the msi to install from and to be able to generate a transform. No need to unzip the file or create a transform. You’ll just add it into MDT with the /sAll switch and away you go.
If you’re just learning or comfortable with simply installing the standalone executable, that’s easy. If you’re locked into a certain version, this can be particularly useful. You may also want to look for the latest patch for it as well, they can be a little hit or miss, but it’s worth trying to see if you can get it to work. Grab the latest DC builds here: /pub/adobe/reader/win/AcrobatDC/ Figured since I had to update it anyway, might as well make a quick little guide on how to install a customized ReaderDC 2018 with MDT.įirst, you’ll need to download the reader executable, I prefer grabbing it from Adobe’s FTP site. Started doing some tests from my Deployment Shares in my home lab when I realized my Reader install was woefully out of date.
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