Adobe Reader MSI?

[F_admin]

Currently looking for an MSI for the latest free version of Adobe Reader - does anyone have a source for this?

 

Thanks,

Fraser

[Steve21]

Download the exe off the Adobe deployment page (https://get.adobe.com/uk/reader/enterprise/) and expand it via 7zip for the MSi or at least was the official route last time I did an upgrade

 

Steve

[jthompson]

Yeah I think you still have to go through a bit of a faff in order to extract an MSI and an upgrade package, then inject the upgrade to create an up to date MSI & transform that you can then deploy via Group Policy. If you just deploy the MSI extracted from the download, it'll already be out of date.

 

The instructions are devilishly hard to pin down online, so here are my own notes:

 

Download the exe package from Adobe. Create a couple of folders alongside it named Extract and Install.

Extract files from the downloaded exe with the following command. Filenames will relate to particular versions, so will likely be different to these examples:

AcroRdrDC1901020099_en_US.exe -nos_ne -nos_o""

 

Use the following command to create an admin package for deployment. When prompted for an installation path, select the Install folder created earlier:

msiexec /a "\AcroRead.msi"

 

Slipstream the latest update into the MSI. When prompted for an installation path, select the Install folder:

msiexec /a "\AcroRead.msi" /p "\AcroRdrDCUpd1901020099.msp"

 

Copy setup.ini from the Extract folder to the Install folder.

 

Use the Adobe Cusomization Wizard to generate an MST transform file to go with the MSI. Use the wizard to set up installation options such as disabling updates, disabling upsell, silent installation, remove earlier versions, etc. With the options set, generate a transform file and place it in the Install folder.

 

Copy the Install folder to the deployment share and add the MSI in there to the relevant GPO for deployment, remembering to also apply the transform file as well.

[F_admin]

Thanks so much for this! @jthompson

 

I've gotten to the point where I need to generate the .mst, so I've downloaded v11 of the Adobe Customization Wizard; however, when I go to "Open Package" in the Install folder (AcroRead.msi), it states "Wizard cannot modify this MSI Package, browse to a valid adobe reader or adobe acrobat msi package."

 

Should I revert to v10?

 

Really appreciate the help. :-)

 

EDIT: I've found a version of the Wizard that is compatible - I'll crack on and edit the .MST - thanks again!

Edited June 17, 2021 by F_admin