PDF reader

[jumpinjamez]

About to rollout a PDF reader , just wanted to know what everyones uses.

 

I want to do it via GPO so it has to have an .MSI at least.

 

 

Cheers.

 

Jumpinjamez

[danIT]

we use adobe via MSI, had a bit of trouble getting it wokring though, had to install some of the updates!

[plexer]

Acrobat Reader 7 here tweaked to not install some rubbish.

[MkII]

Any info/ instructions people use to get the MSI working?

[NetworkGeezer]

Have a look at the AppDeploy site. The package page for Adobe Acrobat Reader goes into a lot of depth about customised deployment.

[MkII]

Get a bit lost in the detail on there NG

[NetworkGeezer]

also have a look on the Adobe deployment site

 

more info and a WMV video walkthrough

 

AppDeploy aslo has WMV but you have to pay a premium registration fee to see them.

[meastaugh1]

AppDeploy aslo has WMV but you have to pay a premium registration fee to see them.

 

Not for this video you don't. You just need to be registered and logged in (free).

[Geoff]

If you don't want to bother registering, use BugMeNot.

 

http://www.bugmenot.com/view/www.appdeploy.com

[WithoutMotive]

I personally use FoxIt Reader to read PDF documents.

It's quick and easy and comes as a single small executable so can be put on a memory stick, etc.

[Norphy]

Foxit FTW! It is barely 2MB in size and opens in the blink of an eye. You have to wonder what Adobe put into Reader to make it the size that it is...

[webman]

Yeah, we use Foxit as well, brilliant piece of kit. The thing had holds Adobe Acrobat up is the plugins. There is a "method" for this here.

[Geoff]

Is there an easy way to repackage FoxIt as an MSI for deployment via AD?

[MkII]

Like Foxit a lot. I find that quality is slightly inferior [especially with a lot of images - just 'grainier'] but depends on your usage.

[john]

Foxit FTW, it fits on one of those ancient plastic squares, a floppy disk! and it opens instantly. I run it from a shared drive and place shortcuts on every machine to it so when they launch a bug fix, just change the exe on the server and away you go. Although I have had a couple of niggles with Printing PDFs with pictures recently, but they are working on it at foxit

[sidewinder]

I use Foxit at home and on my office machine and would like to deploy it

 

Is there a way to register Foxit as the PDF default with a script though? Otherwise when a teacher clicks on a PDF it wont have a default set

[NetworkGeezer]

You need to edit too registry keys

 

HKCR\Acrobat\shell\open\command

 

and

HKCR\AcroExh.Document\Shell\Open\Command

 

Replace references to AcroRd32.exe with appropriate path to Foxit executable.

 

also modify

HKCR\.pdf\OpenWithList

to include Foxit as a handler

 

Fiddly by hand (better off using Folder Options GUI) but good for scripting or reg file.