Checking whether "Use only Certified plugins" is set, from an external program

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I have an external app - let's say it's an Acrobat plug-in installer. Acrobat won't load plug-ins if the "Use certified plugins" check box is set under General preferences. I would like to check the value of this switch in the external app, so I can warn the user the plug-in won't work.

I've already poked around in the registry (comparing before and after), but can't find where this preference is stored. Does anyone happen to have solved this, and know where an app can look for this info? Thanks in advance.

[BarlaeDC]

Hi, 

I don't have a windows machine but I did find this, no idea if it helps.

bLoadAllPluginsAtStartup - Specifies whether all plugins should be loaded when the application is started.

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Thank you! This seemed very promising, but I cannot find the bLoadAllPluginsAtStartup setting in the Windows registry, whether the preference is ON or OFF. Maybe I will do research on Mac too to see if there are any clues...

[BarlaeDC]

I found it here if this helps - https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/PrefRef/Windows/index_left.html

[BarlaeDC]

Hi, in a totally unrelated investigation I found this - bProtectedMode which might be what you are looking for.