Solved: I am still content with adobe acrobat xi pro. I just purchased a new computer and cant find the download file anywhere. Where can I find it? Download Adobe Reader XI Offline Installer for Windows and Mac Print View Mobile View. Adobe has released its next generation PDF reading tool: Adobe Reader XI (or Adobe Reader 11). The new version of Reader loads PDF documents super fast, and comes bundled with several new features and updates that improves productivity and security.
Install / Update Adobe Reader to the latest version of the software: Adobe Reader XI 11.0.2 using the command line.
Simply follow the steps below =)
The process will be:
- Install Adobe Cusomization Wizard XI
- Customize the .msi
- Uninstall any existing Adobe Reader versions.
- Reinstall Adobe Reader 11.0.0 (silent install / supress reboot)
- Disable automatic update, delete desktop shortcut
- Apply Adobe Reader 11.0.1 update
- Apply Adobe Reader 11.0.2 update
4 Steps total
Step 1: Download Adobe Reader XI 11.0 offline installer
Go to: ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/11.x/
And click on the lasest version (at the time of writing, it is 11.0.2), select language folder, and download the installer.
Step 2: Extract the AcroRead.msi on the Downloaded Installer
Open command line.
Navigate to the path where you saved the downloaded adobe installer.
Run the following command:
[INSTALLER].exe -nos_o'[DESTINATION_FOLDER]' -nos_ne
eg.
AdbeRdr11002_en_US.exe -nos_o'C:temp' -nos_ne
After the extraction, you'll see something like the attached image.
Note: if it doesn't extract to the specified location, eg. in C:temp, try removing the 'C:temp' and run it without specifying any location. It will place the extracted files in a default folder.
Default folder is in the following:
%ProgramData%AdobeSetup (Windows Vista and above)
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%Application DataAdobeSetup (Windows XP / Windows Server 2003)
Step 3: Install Adobe Customization Wizard XI & Configure AcroRead.msi
Download and install Adobe Customization Wizard XI program.
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=5515
1. Load the extracted AcroRead.msi in the Adobe Customization XI program by going to File > Open package.
2. On the Personalization Options, check Suppress EULA.
3. On Installation Options, check 'Remove all versions of Reader', click on Silently (no interface) and 'Suppress reboot' radio buttons.
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4. On Shortcut Options, you can remove the Start Menu shortcut and Desktop shortcut if you want by right-click > Remove
5. On Online and Adobe online services Features option, check 'Disable product updates', and other things you want.
6. After customizing your AcroRead.msi, go to: Transform > Generate Transform, and save it as AcroRead.MST
7. Close the program without saving the changes on the .msi
Now you have a .mst file similar to the screenshot attached. We are ready to install! :)
Step 4: Install Adobe Reader XI
open command prompt and run the following command:
1. Install the base
msiexec.exe /i 'AcroRead.msi' ALLUSERS=1 /q /norestart TRANSFORMS='AcroRead.mst'
2. Install 11.0.1 update
msiexec.exe /update 'AdbeRdrUpd11001.msp' /qb /norestart
3. Install 11.0.2 update
msiexec.exe /update 'AdbeRdrSecUpd11002.msp' /qb /norestart
Edit: For new updates 11.0.3 or 11.0.4, simply add it to a new line
e.g. msiexec.exe /update '[11.0.4].msp' /qb /norestart
You can incorporate all of these steps in a script and push either through Group policy or software such as PDQ Deploy to automate the deployment to all of your workstations.
Hope this helps!
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12 Comments
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- AnaheimAndy.d Feb 28, 2013 at 09:40pm
does the Install step at the end patch the .msi with the .msp's or is it installing on the local machine and updating that installation? I've been struggling to get 11 to patch, and using msiexec /a AcroRead.msi /p AdbeRdrUpd11001.msp;AdbeRdrUpd11002.msp allows you to specify your install location for 11.0.2 but after patching the directory doesn't recreate the .msi in that location, it installs the files themselves.
Anyone else having issues with Reader XI gpo deployment? seems like 10 was smoother
Edit: tried going at it from a different approach. /a install the original AdbeRdr11000_en_US.msi to a new folder, then /p the two updates to the same folder, then take the AcroRead.msi from the folder and use customization wizard to make .mst and set changes, then copy the AcroRead.msi, the .mst, and the other folders it created and put them on the deployment server. Unfortunately this doesn't install anything and Event Viewer doesn't list it in the Applicable Group Policy Objects.
- Anaheimceding Feb 28, 2013 at 11:00pm
Andy,
They install Adobe Reader XI 11.0.0 and then patch the installation. For example, in my PDQ Deploy workflow, I have three steps:
Fast internet browser for pc free download. 1) msiexec.exe /i 'AcroRead.msi' ALLUSERS=1 /q /norestart TRANSFORMS='AcroRead.mst'
2) msiexec.exe /update 'AdbeRdrUpd11001.msp' /qb /norestart
3) msiexec.exe /update 'AdbeRdrSecUpd11002.msp' /qb /norestartThey run one after another in a multi-step installation process.
- AnaheimAndy.d Feb 28, 2013 at 11:37pm
ceding,
Ah I think we may be talking around the same issue. PDQ runs those 3 steps locally on the machine (thus the /i) where using GPO you have to patch the msi before it's installed locally on the user's machine. Typically we accomplish this by taking original.msi and /a it to a new aip folder, then we /a the new.msi and /p the msp's (one patch at a time) to that same aip folder. Then we use the customization wizard to generate a mst with the settings we want. Finally we copy that to the deployment server, create the gpo and add the mst modifications.
Now our testmachine isn't installing anything though, which makes me think it's been borked somehow and needs to be re-imaged to before I started this whole process..doesn't install anything at this point.
Edit: finally got it to work, the last thing I was doing wrong was applying both msp's at the same time. For some reason it didn't like that but now it installs. Fixed my above steps to reflect this.
- Thai PepperTony Poupa Mar 5, 2013 at 11:58pm
Excellent write up, thanks. I'm going to give this a go soon, so I'll let you know how it goes.
- SonoraMike McKelvey Aug 23, 2013 at 08:00pm
Is anybody else having trouble getting Privileged Locations to deploy with the transform? I see that the registry settings are being deployed to HKLM but Adobe Reader XI doesn't seem to acknowledge them. Files from what should be trusted locations still open in Protected ViewMode.
- ChipotleQuantum Physics Sep 27, 2013 at 08:33pm
@Mike McKelvey, I haven't had that problem. Please ensure that you are installing it as administrator and see if that works.
- Jalapenokarlkeppner Oct 11, 2013 at 02:42pm
Many thanks,
This helps ALOT when pushing through AD or in my case KACE. - ChipotleJon Dehen May 22, 2014 at 02:42pm
Hi, I created a script you might be interested in. It automates steps 2 and 4 and creates a fully patched AIP when provided with the current EXE program. (I hope this isn't 'spam'..just trying to be helpful!) It doesn't include automatically adding the transform file.
http://community.spiceworks.com/scripts/show/2613-adobe-reader-administrative-install-point-aip-creator-for-group-policy-software-installation
- AnaheimEvan5329 May 23, 2014 at 02:28pm
Question about this--Do I have to incrementally install all updates? Or can I just add the last?
- ChipotleQuantum Physics Jun 13, 2014 at 06:56pm
@Evan5329, You need to incrementally install all updates in order for this to work.
- PoblanoAhren Bader-Jarvis Oct 25, 2017 at 05:23pm
For those that find this thread later like me, I was able to locate the Adobe Reader DC customization wizard: https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/Wizard/WizardDC/basics.html
- DatilPeter (Action1) Feb 27, 2020 at 05:58pm
Another way to install/update Adobe Reader to the latest version is using free cloud-based tool Action1. You can configure installation process by schedule, uninstall software or execute silent installation on multiple PCs.
https://www.action1.com/p/Free-Install-Software-Remotely-58.html
