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Adobe Reader X 10.2.0, waiting for new MSI package

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April 11, 2012
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I can't seem to find anything out about the next yearly update of Adobe Reader. There are supposed to be quarterly and yearly updates for Reader, but Adobe don't seem to be sticking to the schedule.

I need the next full MSI package to come out so that I can get updates out to my office PCs, as I have never been able to get AIPs to work but I can't seem to find anything on it, even beta.

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Only way we could get it to work at my office was to avoid the downloadable MSI. We had to extract the MSI and associated install files from the EXE here:

ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/10.x/10.1.0/en_US/AdbeRdr1010_en_US.exe

Again, do not download the MSI.

Get the EXE and extract like so:

AdbeRdr1010_en_US.exe -nos_o"Reader10" -nos_ne

Funny, even though I specified "Reader10" it still prompted me for a directory. But if you don't put anything there I think it just throws everything into a temp directory and doesn't prompt you where to put the files.

So at this point you've got a directory but it's not your Admin Install Point. Go into wherever you extracted it and do the deeds (create the admin install point):

msiexec.exe /a AcroRead.msi

It'll prompt you for a directory.

So now you've got the AIP you made above. Go into THAT brand new AIP folder and then apply the patch:

msiexec.exe /a AcroRead.msi /p c:\FavoriteDirectoryToPutAllMyAdobeFiles\AdbeRdrUpd1013.msp

Copy that folder to a networked location (or whatever fancy GPO stuff one does) and point your GPO to AcroRead.msi and you're good to go. Only way we could do it at my office. I had it "replace" instead of "upgrade" all previous installations but I have no idea if that helped or not.

When we used any other MSI, downloaded or extracted, nothing worked.

Regardless, we've now got 10.1.3 deployed company-wide via GPO.

Hope this helps.

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Anonymous

Correct answer

Only way we could get it to work at my office was to avoid the downloadable MSI. We had to extract the MSI and associated install files from the EXE here:

ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/10.x/10.1.0/en_US/AdbeRdr1010_en_US.exe

Again, do not download the MSI.

Get the EXE and extract like so:

AdbeRdr1010_en_US.exe -nos_o"Reader10" -nos_ne

Funny, even though I specified "Reader10" it still prompted me for a directory. But if you don't put anything there I think it just throws everything into a temp directory and doesn't prompt you where to put the files.

So at this point you've got a directory but it's not your Admin Install Point. Go into wherever you extracted it and do the deeds (create the admin install point):

msiexec.exe /a AcroRead.msi

It'll prompt you for a directory.

So now you've got the AIP you made above. Go into THAT brand new AIP folder and then apply the patch:

msiexec.exe /a AcroRead.msi /p c:\FavoriteDirectoryToPutAllMyAdobeFiles\AdbeRdrUpd1013.msp

Copy that folder to a networked location (or whatever fancy GPO stuff one does) and point your GPO to AcroRead.msi and you're good to go. Only way we could do it at my office. I had it "replace" instead of "upgrade" all previous installations but I have no idea if that helped or not.

When we used any other MSI, downloaded or extracted, nothing worked.

Regardless, we've now got 10.1.3 deployed company-wide via GPO.

Hope this helps.

H

Hen_ry

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Hi ludwigmace23,

The guide you have posted works for me.

But in this way, it is not possible to make changes with the Adobe Customization Wizard.

How do you make changes like suppress eula, disable desktop shortcut, deactivate online functions and such things?

Is there a way to do this with registry changes?

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Anonymous

Not really sure, I haven't messed around with the customization wizard using this method. With all the headache I was just happy to get it deployed at all.

Here's one of the pages I was looking at for random tips. It might be helpful:

http://davesittechblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/deploy-adobe-reader-x-101.html

Good luck!

UPDATE: I found something on another post that might help. Keep the setup.exe and setup.ini from when you extract the original EXE file and copy those into your deployment directory. Then you should be able to run the Adobe Customization Wizard X and make a transform (mst) file. I made one but haven't tested its deployment yet.

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Allta Media

Community Expert

You can find the 10.1.0 msi at ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/10.x/10.1.0/en_US/.

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Rick-priAuthor

Participating Frequently

Lori, I have that MSI, thank you, and I have the link in my bookmarks, however, I wanted to know when the next packaged MSI is coming out as we have had a number of patches come out since that release.

I will attempt to create an AIP again, but this has never worked for me before, and I always end up with version 10.1.0 only installed, not the patched 10.1.x software. I really can't see why Adobe can't release a full MSI each time they release, whether it be in place of the MSI+MSPs or side by side it.

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SubratoNamata

Adobe Employee

For me the most important thing is to get updated with the latest patch. MSI or MSP does not matter as long as it's the latest update. Also you should not wait for 10.2 to come and then deploy.

Reader 10.1.3 was released yesterday. You can download it from http://get.adobe.com/reader/

You may try the following,

1. Extract the exe like this,

AdbeRdr1013_en_US.exe -sfx_o"<path to extract folder>" -sfx_ne

2. Go to the extracted folder and run the chained command line like this to install 10.1.3 silently

msiexec /i AcroRead.msi PATCH="<path to AdbeRdrUpd1013.msp>" /qn

You can use the above command line in SCCM to deploy 10.1.3 in your org.

Alternatively, if you have Reader 10.1 or later already installed, then following command line can be used to install 10.1.3,

msiexec /p "<path to AdbeRdrUpd1013.msp>" /qn

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Rick-priAuthor

Participating Frequently

The problem is that I assign my software to the PCs via GPO, so I need an MSI.

Subrato Namata wrote:
You may try the following,
1. Extract the exe like this,
AdbeRdr1013_en_US.exe -sfx_o"<path to extract folder>" -sfx_ne
2. Go to the extracted folder and run the chained command line like this to install 10.1.3 silently
msiexec /i AcroRead.msi PATCH="<path to AdbeRdrUpd1013.msp>" /qn
You can use the above command line in SCCM to deploy 10.1.3 in your org.

We don't have SCCM and I don't have to, and don't know how to deploy using these command lines. I certainly don't want to be running around 26 machines to do it either; because next year it'll likely be 40-50 machines.

Subrato Namata wrote:
Alternatively, if you have Reader 10.1 or later already installed, then following command line can be used to install 10.1.3,
msiexec /p "<path to AdbeRdrUpd1013.msp>" /qn

I don't know how to implement this ^^

All the documentation seems to be written as if some fresh faced network administrator is never going to attempt the process and seems to be written for people with years of experience instead.

I would prefer to be patched up, but at the moment, all I can do is wait for the next MSI to be released.

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SubratoNamata

Adobe Employee

So, you're using GPO methodology, in that case even you can easily deploy any update (MSI or MSP)

Refer the Enterprise Administration Guide at http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/837/cpsid_83709.html

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