Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Acrobat Reader DC Silent Install



Download Acrobat DC from Adobe FTP site (both executable and MSI available here), ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/AcrobatDC/  


Download Acrobat Customization Wizard, ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/acrobat/win/AcrobatDC/misc/


You will need an msi file to use the Customization Wizard to be able to generate the transform ( .mst ) file.  The mst file will work with either the msi or exe installer.  You can extract an msi from the exe using 7-ZIP if necessary,



Install the MSI with your transforms.  Use standard msi switches.
msiexec /qb /i \\SERVER\SHARE\LatestReaderDC.msi TRANSFORMS=\\SERVER\SHARE\ReaderDC.mst


Install the EXE with your transforms.
AcroRdrDCXXXXXXXXXXXX.exe /sPB /rs /msi TRANSFORMS=\\SERVER\SHARE\ReaderDC.mst

Parameters for the exe installer
PARAMETER     EXPLANATION
/sAll                     Silent Mode for product
/sPB                     Silent Mode with Progress Bar for product
/sLS                     Display Language Selection Dialog
/rs                         Reboot Suppress
/rps                       Reboot Prompt Suppress
/ini “PATH”        Alternative initialization file
/sl “LANG_ID”   Set Language; LANG_ID – Code in decimal digits
/l                           Enable Error Logging
/re                         Register Errors
/extUI                   Attach external UI Handler
/msi[Command line]     Parameters for MSIEXEC