The exception would be when you find it easier to install and configure the product first, then extract the registry settings. Similarly, you might not need to do anything on the Registry page. There are some vc runtime files that will be installed if not present on the system, but App-V will have those covered so they won’t appear in the package. The Files and Folders is one where you probably don’t have to do anything.
You will find both an msi, the installer for the major version, and a msp patch installer. Open the file and extract the contents out into a folder on the desktop. I downloaded a copy of 7zip and installed that on the sequencer (you could also use any other tool that can crack open an exe installer). The instructions didn’t work for me (possibly outdated for the DC version) so here is what I did. The documentation explains that you should start by unpacking the exe based installer they supply to get at the MSI files inside. It is built with a ton of documentation on the process, so you might not need this guide, but if you want a simple step-by-step without having to think, read on here… Install the CustomizationWizard installer. We’ll revert the machine before sequencing so it is OK to dirty it. I prefer to start the process on a clean sequencer – but only because I know that it is a clean machine. Just be sure to get the copy for the version of Reader that you intend to sequence. This tool makes it easy to customize the Reader installer before you get to the sequencer.
Just go to the Adobe site and search for it. Get the Customization Wizard for Adobe Reader DC
But in addition to making you legal, the email also gets you access to the full downloadable installers. You fill in a web form and a short while later you get an email back. If you want to distribute Reader, or a handful of other Adobe products, inside your company you are supposed to apply for a distribution agreement. But how about some steps of what to do? Get a Distribution Agreement And they have been doing a great job of working with the App-V team at Microsoft, so there aren’t any big issues in sequencing it. But most of you are still interested in getting apps on all of those Windows 7 machines, so here it goes.Īdobe has gotten pretty good at deployment options lately. Especially in the Edge browser where you don’t get plug-ins anyway.
While I hated Microsoft’s embedded pdf reader on Windows 8.1, the Windows 10 version is pretty good for most purposes. Second, I will mention that I think you would be nuts to think about putting it on Windows 10.
And my buddy Nicke Kallen wrote about the full Adobe Acrobat XI version recently here, so maybe he’ll tackle the DC Pro version next. OK, so I’ll take a shot at writing about it because old posts make it sound so hard.įirst off, let’s be clear that I am talking about the free product, not the Pro version. At times it has been hard to sequence Adobe Reader, but these days you can almost do it while sleeping. Just where the heck is StealthPuppy when you need him? Somebody has to talk about Adobe Acrobat Reader DC and App-V.