Creating an automated silent install of Acrobat using InstallShield Tuner - Part 2

Report · Jun 07, 2004

Installing Acrobat Reader and Professional (example)
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Reader:
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Msiexec.exe /i "\\apps01\applications\acrobat\reader\6.0.1\Adobe Reader 6.0.1.msi" TRANSFORMS=\\apps01\applications\acrobat\reader\6.0.1\Acrobat_Reader_6.0.1.mst" /qn+

Note: For the automated installs /qn+ should be replaced with the switch /qb which makes the install silent.

The EULA licence agreement can also be set to accepted for all users by setting the following key in the registry:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\AdobeViewer]
"EULA"=dword:00000001

Writer:
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msiexec.exe /i "\\apps01\applications\acrobat\writer\6.0\AcroPro.msi" TRANSFORMS=\\apps01\applications\acrobat\writer\6.0\Acrobat_6.0_Pro.mst COMPANYNAME="xxxx" /qn+ (where xxxx is your companies name)

Note: For the automated installs /qn+ should be replaced with the switch /qb which makes the install silent.

The default spelling language can be set by changing the following registry keys (example below is for English-UK):

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\6.0\Spelling]
"iDictionaryDefaultID"=dword:00000809
"tDictionaryName"=hex:45,6e,67,6c,69,73,68,20,2d,20,55,4b,00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\6.0\Spelling\cDictionaryOrderID]
"i0"=dword:00000809

Applying updates after Acrobat is installed
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Adobe does not support updating of administrative install points like Microsoft products. Each software update will need to be run after the original application has completed installation.

"\\apps01\Acrobat\Writer\6.0\Patches\Adobe Acrobat 6.0.1 Professional update - multiple languages\Ac60PrP1.msp" REINSTALLMODE=omus REINSTALL=ALL /qb+

Note: For the automated installs /qn+ should be replaced with the switch /qb which makes the install silent.

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I hope this helps someone and lets hope the next patch/version addresses some of these problems.

Ben

Report · Dec 29, 2004

Ok, I'm not the sharpest pencil in the box. I'm distributing Elements 6.0 from a server and having user go to Start, Run and typing \\servername\project folder name\setup.exe but keep getting the error "Incorrect command line parameters. I'm trying different variations in the command line field in Tuner such as: setup.exe /s /v/qn What am I missing?