Acrobat Reader Deployment

Acrobat Reader X (v10)

  1. Download the full package of Acrobat Reader from the Adobe web site. The name of the file is AdbeRdr1000_en_US.exe.

  2. Open RemoteExec and in the Configuration tree go to Remote Jobs/New Remote Job/File execution.

  3. Specify the package path into the File field.

  4. Type the arguments in Argument(s) to run the installation silently “/sPB /rs”.

  5. Keep the Administrative context and make sure that the Auto option is selected in order to automatically optimize some settings.

  6. Go to the Target Computers section and select the computers on which you want to install Acrobat Reader.

  7. Click Launch to execute the deployment.

  8. The deployment will then start and you will be able to follow the progression in the Progress Window.

The deployment of Acrobat Reader is fully described in the Getting started guide. We invite you to read this document to have more details.

 

Old Acrobat Reader versions

This procedure shows you how to deploy the old versions 7, 8 and 9.

  1. Download an old version of Acrobat Reader from Adobe Web Site.
    Install it on one computer.

  2. Check that install files are then located in:
    For Acrobat Reader 7
    C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Setup Files\RdrBig705\ENU
    The path may change a little according to the version and the language
    For Acrobat Reader 8
    C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Setup Files\{AC76BA86-7AD7-1036-7B44-A80000000002}
    For Acrobat Reader 9
    C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Setup Files\{AC76BA86-7AD7-1036-7B44-A91000000001}

  3. Create the administrative installation on a server share by starting the following command line from the previously specified folder:
    For Acrobat Reader 7     setup /a
    For Acrobat Reader 8     msiexec /a AcroRead.msi
    For Acrobat Reader 9     msiexec /a AcroRead.msi

  4. Open RemoteExec and select Msi installation in New Remote Job.

  5. Specify the path to the Msi file on the administrative installation (Examples: \\Server\AcrobatReader\Adobe Reader 7.0.5.msi, \\Server\AcrobatReader\AcroRead.msi)

  6. Select Install as operation.

  7. Select Only if needed.

  8. Go to the Target Computers section and select the computers on which you want to install Acrobat Reader.

  9. Click Launch to execute the deployment.

  10. Enter your password (if asked). The deployment will then start and you will be able to follow the progression in the Progress Window.