set toolset as default - Acrobat XI

[Guest]

Is this possible via the Customization Wizard or registry changes?

[EnterpriseHelp]

Refer to the Preference Reference for available options.

[Guest]

This does not help at all. Nothing at that link says anything about setting a toolset as default either through the Customization Wizard or via script/registry changes.

[EnterpriseHelp]

Did you click on the links that I highlighted in red for you? I don't have all the settings memorized and don't know what product or version you are using, but those links provide all the available options. If what you want is not there, it doesn't exist.

I do know that with 11.x you set toolbar favorites. That information is in the docs.

hth,

Ben

[Guest · Accepted solution]

I read every thing at each of those links and found nothing helpful. I was able to figure this out on my own but I really thought it would be documented somewhere.

For anyone that might be looking for this, the registry keys are:

HKCU:\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\11.0\UICustomization

HKCU:\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\11.0\UICustomization\cRegistered\c0

HKCU:\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\11.0\UICustomization\cRegistered\c1

Install Acrobat on a machine that also has the Customization Wizard, open it and select the toolset you want as default. Close Acrobat and open the registry to those keys. You will find a property called aLastUsed on the UICustomization key. The value for that property should be the same as the aID property of one of the c#(c0,c1,c2, etc.) keys under cRegistered. That key should have a property called tTitle, and this should match the name of your toolset. Open the customization wizard on the same machine and in the Registry section, pull those keys down to the same location on the Destination Computer. Save the config and test. Installing Acrobat should now set your toolset as default.

Note that this does not prevent end users from switching toolsets, or editing those tools.