Auto update Acrobat Pro/Standard

Report · Apr 26, 2010

Hi all,

We have numerous users throughout various depts, all are using different versions of AcroPro/standard 8 and 9.0.

Question is whether there's any ways to get the patch (latest_version.msp) files to update those versions via Active Directory

deployment process, of course, without user's involvement.

To start, we used Advanced Installer program to repackage an update process from AcroPro8.1.0 to 8.1.3; however the latest version

is 8.2.2, which eventually we'd like to get up to.

So, for instance, from AcroPro8.1.3 we've tried: msiexec /a AcroPro8.1.3.msi /p AcrobatUpd814_all_incr.msp

but error message pops up saying "...program to update may be missing..." meaning it's not working.

Much appreciated for any advice.

Bob

Report · Apr 29, 2010

Hi again,

I found a simple but helpful batch process that essentially does all the updates in one shot - kind of what I initially was looking

for.

Here it is, of course do not include the broken lines:

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msiexec.exe /p "\\<shared location>\folder\AcrobatUpd811_all_incr.msp" REINSTALLMODE=omus REINSTALL=ALL /qn
msiexec.exe /p "\\<shared location>\folder\AcrobatUpd812_all_incr.msp" REINSTALLMODE=omus REINSTALL=ALL /qn
msiexec.exe /p "\\<shared location>\folder\AcrobatUpd813_all_incr.msp" REINSTALLMODE=omus REINSTALL=ALL /qn
msiexec.exe /p "\\<shared location>\folder\AcrobatUpd814_all_ce_incr.msp" REINSTALLMODE=omus REINSTALL=ALL /qn
msiexec.exe /p "\\<shared location>\folder\AcrobatUpd815_all_incr.msp" REINSTALLMODE=omus REINSTALL=ALL /qn

...keep repeating the msiexec command line till you hit the last version (AcrobatUpd82.2_all_incr.msp)...

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Lots of repetion, but works for me. I tried to arrange them in one line separeted by semicolons but somehow didn't work.

Note: list your update versions in incremental order, otherwise process will error out.

Switches: /qn = quiet mode

First download all the .msp patches from http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=1&platform=Windows

save to a location, preferably a network location. Now all that's needed is to convert this batch file into an .msi to be deployed.

bob

Report · May 11, 2010

Look like you have it figure out. Here's a tidit:

A new Enterprise resource portal exists at http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/837/cpsid_83709.html. From there you can get to some of the important enterprise docsets, including an Enterprise Admin Guide (in it's nascent stages but rapidly evolving). You'll also find a link to the Administrator's Information Manager (AIM). AIM is an AIR application that contains several documents as well as a Preference Reference which documents over 300 registry keys.