Adobe Acrobat Reader

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Version(s): 5.x, 6.x, 7.x

Capture Method: Single Program Capture

Normally, you go to www.adobe.com and click on the download icon which leads you to http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html. You uncheck the yahoo stuff and click the download button and that leads you to the downloader.

You can avoid all the above clicks and download the download manager from: ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/7x/7.0.5/enu/AdbeRdr705_DLM_enu_full.exe or click the link "If it does not start, click here to download"

Running that eventually downloads the actual install file "AdbeRdr705_enu_full.exe".

You can get it directly and avoid the download manager with ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/7x/7.0.5/enu/AdbeRdr70_enu_full.exe or you can download the build that has the Yahoo toolbar in it:
ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/7x/7.0.5/enu/AdbeRdr70_enu_distrib.exe

When you run AdbeRdr70_enu_full.exe, it creates a Setup Files directory in C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Setup Files\RdrBig\ENU. Don't click next during the install and then copy the above directory to another location. Now you have the MSI to begin your modifications and testing. You can also run the setup.exe in that directory with a /A option and it will do an network/administrative install.

You can use InstallTailor (free to Altiris CMS customers as part of the Altiris Wise Toolkit) to build a transform. Doing this saved me from the EULA. Alternatively, InstallShield Tuner 6.0 for Adobe Acrobat can be used to modify the installation files (a free download from http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/thankyou.jsp?ftpID=2709&fileID=2533).

Either way, edit your transform and add the following that auto accepts the EULA, removes the advertisements in the top right hand corner, and hides the yahoo search toolbar. Alternatively, you can edit your virtual software package after the install and enter these keys.

To remove EULA enter the following registry keys:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\7.0\AdobeViewer]
"TrustedMode"=dword:00000000
"EULA"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\7.0\AdobeViewer]
"EULA"=dword:00000001

To remove advertisements in the top right hand corner, enter the following registry key:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\7.0\FeatureLockdown]
"bShowAdsAllow"=dword:00000000

To hide the Yahoo Internet Search Toolbar:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\7.0\AVGeneral\cToolbars\cWebSearchView\cPositions\cInternal]
"iDockPosition"=dword:00000000
"iFrameB"=dword:00000000
"iFrameL"=dword:00000000
"iFrameR"=dword:00000000
"iFrameT"=dword:00000000
"bHidden"=dword:00000001
"iLayout"=dword:00000000
"iOffset"=dword:00000000
"iOrder"=dword:00000032
"iStack"=dword:00000000
"bWindowHidden"=dword:00000000