Acrobat professional 201.006.30119 not getting installed with Invalid Target error in Wind 2008

Report · Sep 15, 2016

We are trying to install Acrobat professional 201.006.x in Windows 2008 Machine which previously had Acrobat & Reader 9.5 in it. We removed the 9.5 version using Windows programs uninstaller as well as using the Adobe cleanup utility for 9.x. Still installation is failing with the error " Invalid Target Cannot be installed on a server 27012 error code. Please help.

MSI (c) (64:A0) [08:54:12:956]: Doing action: DLLWrapStartup

Action 8:54:12: DLLWrapStartup.

Action start 8:54:12: DLLWrapStartup.

MSI (c) (64:B4) [08:54:12:971]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL: C:\Users\pn036e\AppData\Local\Temp\3\MSI1076.tmp, Entrypoint: DLLWrapStartup

Action ended 8:54:12: DLLWrapStartup. Return value 1.

MSI (c) (64:A0) [08:54:12:987]: Doing action: ISSetAllUsers

Action 8:54:12: ISSetAllUsers.

Action start 8:54:12: ISSetAllUsers.

MSI (c) (64:70) [08:54:12:987]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL: C:\Users\pn036e\AppData\Local\Temp\3\MSI1096.tmp, Entrypoint: SetAllUsers

InstallShield 8:54:12: Begin SetAllUsers()

InstallShield 8:54:12: Getting records from Upgrade table

InstallShield 8:54:13: UpgradeCode: {0D1524B2-50BE-4F83-9ED7-0E0DE4717537} MinVersion: MaxVersion: 2015.006.30119 Language: Attributes: 516

InstallShield 8:54:13: No related products for UpgradeCode {0D1524B2-50BE-4F83-9ED7-0E0DE4717537} found

InstallShield 8:54:13: UpgradeCode: {0D1524B2-50BE-4F83-9ED7-0E0DE4717537} MinVersion: 2015.006.30119 MaxVersion: Language: Attributes: 2

InstallShield 8:54:13: No related products for UpgradeCode {0D1524B2-50BE-4F83-9ED7-0E0DE4717537} found

InstallShield 8:54:13: End SetAllUsers()

Action ended 8:54:13: ISSetAllUsers. Return value 1.

MSI (c) (64:A0) [08:54:13:002]: Doing action: AppSearch

Action 8:54:13: AppSearch. Searching for installed applications

Action start 8:54:13: AppSearch.

AppSearch: Property: PROFPATH, Signature: NewSignature11

MSI (c) (64:A0) [08:54:13:002]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding PROFPATH property. Its value is 'C:\Users'.

AppSearch: Property: SMSPRESENT, Signature: NewSignature1

MSI (c) (64:A0) [08:54:13:143]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding SMSPRESENT property. Its value is 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\ISMIF32.DLL'.

AppSearch: Property: ACREXEINSTALLED, Signature: NewSignature12

AppSearch: Property: ACROSTANKEYF, Signature: NewSignature17

MSI (c) (64:A0) [08:54:13:174]: Note: 1: 1325 2: aac1506w.KeyFile

AppSearch: Property: ACRDLLINSTALLED, Signature: NewSignature13

AppSearch: Property: NPPDLLINSTALLED, Signature: NewSignature14

AppSearch: Property: ACREXENEWER, Signature: NewSignature15

AppSearch: Property: ACRDLLNEWER, Signature: NewSignature16

Action ended 8:54:13: AppSearch. Return value 1.

MSI (c) (64:A0) [08:54:13:221]: Doing action: FindRelatedProducts

Action 8:54:13: FindRelatedProducts. Searching for related applications

Action start 8:54:13: FindRelatedProducts.

Action ended 8:54:13: FindRelatedProducts. Return value 1.

MSI (c) (64:A0) [08:54:13:221]: Doing action: TemplateSetAbortServerErrorMessages

Action 8:54:13: TemplateSetAbortServerErrorMessages.

Action start 8:54:13: TemplateSetAbortServerErrorMessages.

MSI (c) (64:A0) [08:54:13:221]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding ERRORMESSAGES property. Its value is 'Invalid Target: Acrobat Professional 2015.006.30119 cannot be installed on a server. (27012);'.

Action ended 8:54:13: TemplateSetAbortServerErrorMessages. Return value 1.

Report · Sep 15, 2016

The message seems clear. Acrobat is not for use on a server.

Report · Sep 15, 2016

We have an application installed on the server which uses it to read and process pdfs as part of batch processing. the earlier 9.5 version used to work well enough but compliance dictates that we upgrade..Have we got the wrong product installer ?

Report · Sep 15, 2016

Also , this is just a regular VM with Windows OS in it like most desktops and our batch process is a java program that uses this software to read pdfs. How or Why does Abode Installer consider this as a Server ?

Report · Sep 15, 2016

Also, in case they have installed our Batch host as a Server , which from your reply probably will be the case .. is there any other product from Adobe which can work as a PDF reader ? Will Adobe Life cycle meet the purpose ? We did purchase license last week for the product we were trying to install , but looks like we may have to swap it in for something else . Thanks for setting us on the right path anyways