How to differentiate Acrobat DC STD vs Acrobat DC Pro in registry/file system ?

[ITS075]

Hi,

I'm trying to find a way to differentiate Acrobat DC STD from Acrobat DC Pro either at the file system or registry level.

The reason for it is we have a software deployment platform that also inventories the software (Dell Kace K1000), based on criteria we give it. Criteria can be either that a specific file, directory or registry value exists (there are others, but those are the more important).

But for some reason, I can't seem to find a single different between Acrobat DC STD and Acrobat DC Pro that would give the software a way to properly inventory which computers have STD and which computers have Pro.

Me first guess was to look at the GUID, but apparently since DC the GUID has been the same for both.

Is there a specific file or registry key that is only present in either STD or Pro, but not both ? I'd like to have a way to say "if this exists, this is STD" and " if this exists, this is Pro"....but if I can just have at least something for any one of the version, it would be alright (I could, let's say, inventory STD saying "if Acrobat.exe exists, then software is STD" and "if X exists, then software is Pro" and then just deduce the number of Pro from STD and I'd be good.

Anyway, tl;dr : How to differentiate Acrobat DC STD vs Acrobat DC Pro at a registry and/or file system level ?

Thanks in advance

[EnterpriseHelp · Accepted solution]

This is the only supported option: Identifying Existing Installs — Enterprise Administration Guide

The question has been asked many times, and there are some (un-recommended by Adobe) hacks on this forum.

HTH

[ITS075]

Thanks for the quick reply. Managed to get it working this way.

Thanks again