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Adobe Customization Wizard X doesn't set Adobe Reader X to be default when customizing Acrobat X

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I've recently started working with Adobe Customization Wizard X.

I've got Adobe Reader X customized and it's already installed all computers. Now, I'm working on customizing Adobe Acrobat X. During the customization, I only have the following 2 options:

1. Installer will decide which product will be the default

2. Make Acrobat the default PDF viewer

Choosing the 1st option, makes Acrobat as the default PDF viewer. In other words, I don't get an option to keep Adobe Reader X as the default on the existing computer.

Found a blog in Adobe site which suggests running Adobe Reader installation again after Acrobat is installed. Although it works, it just isn't a good solution (my opinion).

http://blogs.adobe.com/pdfitmatters/2011/03/installing-acrobat-x-and-reader-x-on-the-same-machine.html

Can you advise what're the registry setting that I can set during the Acrobat X customization so that it doesn't become the default PDF viewer.

Regards,

Parvez

Message was edited by: Parvez Akkas Included the hyperlink to the blog that was mentioned

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Correct answer EnterpriseHelp

Thanks Ben. I've looked through the Admin guide and the customization wizard's help. I think I've found the properties that can help. I'm using LEAVE_PDFOWNERSHIP properties during the installation of Acrobat. But, after Acrobat is installed, PDF files are still opening by default in Adobe Acrobat instead of Adobe Reader X.

Here's the command line I'm using. Is there any typo in here?

msiexec /i "\\source\Acrobat10\AcroStan.msi" transforms="\\source\Acrobat10\AcroStan.mst" LEAVE_PDFOWNERSHIP=”YES” /qb /norestart

Regards,

Parvez


Capitalize TRANSFORMS (unrelated to your issue).

Remove the quotes from YES.

Repost.

Ben

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May 31, 2012

The switching of ownership is not a registry setting.  It is a series of changes to many registry locations and values.  There are also checks against files on the user's system.

However, there are cmd line properties you can use. Get the Admin Guide and use the props you need on the cmd line or in the INI file.

Ben

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May 31, 2012

You can also look at the Wizard's Help system which tells you what to do.

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November 26, 2012

Hello Guys,

I was experiencing the same issue I have both Adobe Reader v 10.1.4 and Acrobat Standard v10.1.4 installed on a Citrix Server. Is it possible to add LEAVE_PDFOWNERSHIP=YES in Setup.ini. This is how my setup.ini looks like. I wanted to make sure PDF files automatically open on Adobe Reader instead of Acrobat. Any help that you guys can provide will be greatly appreciated.

[Startup]

RequireOS=Windows XP

RequireMSI=3.0

RequireIE=6.0.2600.0

CmdLine=/spb /rs

[Product]

msi=AcroStan.msi

PATCH=AcrobatUpd1014.msp

CmdLine=TRANSFORMS="AcroStan.mst"

[Windows XP]

PlatformID=2

MajorVersion=5

MinorVersion=1

ServicePackMajor=2

[MSI Updater]

Path=WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe

Regards,

William


You can use any windows Adobe Property in Setup.ini. Shouldn't you just use CmdLine once?

Ben

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