I just want to install Adobe Reader.....without upsells

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Hi,

I'm trying to roll out Adobe Reader DC to all laptops within my org using Intune. I downloaded the setup.exe applied it to Intune and it rolls out successfully.

But for some reason Adobe keeps upgrading it to Acrobat without warning after a week. This changes the MSI GUID causing Intune to retry installing generating errors. I know I can switch to file checking but the upgrade switches directories and .exes. What a nightmare.

Does anyone know how I can just roll out Reader without Adobe trying to upgrade to Acrobat?

Adobe Reader is such a standard application for every org. I'm surprised theres no documentation supporting such a simple task. I just want to install reader and keep it lol.

Thanks,

Brad

try67 · Answer

Reader and Acrobat are the same application now. If you have a subscription for Acrobat it would switch to that mode. If you don't, it should remain as Reader. What do you mean by "upgrading it to Acrobat without warning after a week", exactly?

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