Adobe Reader Disable New Acrobat Reader plus Remove Take the Tour Window

[Merry_writer15A8]

Hi

Does anyone know the registry keys to Disable New Acrobat Reader and also the same to remove this windows when a user first users Adobe Reader?

We are experiencing a lot of freezing with Adobe Reader or it closing down straight away after trying to open a document. It seems to coincide with this new 'Modern' look. You can click this

and then select Disable new Acrobat Reader but is there a registry hack for this so I don't have to ask every user to do this?

[AkanchhaS]

Hi @Merry_writer15A8 

Thanks for reaching out.

We have the registry settings to disable the Start Tour window permanently 

If you want to disable the 'Start-tour' option, you can change these registry settings:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\FTEDialog]

"iFTEVersion"=dword:0000000a

"iLastCardShown"=dword:00000000"

For screenshots, please refer to the Adobe discussion pop up

We currently do not have the registry keys to disable the new Acrobat Reader. Will check with the engineering team if there's any plan in the near future. 

Thanks,

Akanchha 

[Merry_writer15A8]

Hi, is there a difference in the name of the registry keys depending on whether you are running 32 bit or 64 bit version of the Reader?

[Merry_writer15A8]

I have these in place already. I am sure they were working fine before, but since this new style interface, those keys don't appear to work anymore.

[Shashank Jain]

Hi @Merry_writer15A8 What's new card is shown once only with fresh installation... Beyond that you should not face it. Let me know if still it needs to be supressed.

[JeromeBS]

Hi @AkanchhaS 
Is there any update on the Reg Key for disabling the new Reader?

[rbailin]

In Adobe Reader for Windows, click on the hamburger menu in the upper left corner, then click Disable new Acrobat. You must restart for the change to take effect.

To return to the new Acrobat, click on the View menu, then click Enable new Acrobat and restart.

[#8]

$regkey="HKLM:\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Policies\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\FeatureLockDown"
$name="bEnableAV2Enterprise"
$value=0

#Registry Template
If (!(Test-Path $regkey))
{
New-Item -Path $regkey -ErrorAction stop
}

if (!(Get-ItemProperty -Path $regkey -Name $name -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue))
{
New-ItemProperty -Path $regkey -Name $name -Value $value -PropertyType DWORD -ErrorAction stop
write-output "remediation complete"

}

set-ItemProperty -Path $regkey -Name $name -Value $value -ErrorAction stop

[Karl286812313b9n]

You are a gentleman and a scholar.  Thank you for this!

[cris.t]

hi. i'm struggling with this for about a week but here i come:

disable new acrobat reader:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AVGeneral]
"bEnableAV2"=dword:00000000

enable new acrobat reader:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AVGeneral]
"bEnableAV2"=dword:00000001

[Benjamin323674807sfq]

This unfortunately does not work for version 2023.003.20284 or the latest version running on Windows 11.

[cris.t]

acrobat reader 2023.006.20320 x64 on many windows 11 and 10 machines (all x64) and still working here.

[Austin350411326tgo]

For Acrobat Reader:
Acrobat Reader Version 2024.001.20615, running windows 11
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\AVGeneral

Enable new Adobe: bEnableAV2 = 1
Disable new Adobe: bEnableAV2 = 0