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Foxit Reader / Foxit Enterprise Reader is a free PDF viewer distinguished from Adobe Reader by being smaller, more secure and easier to update.
The installer here assumes you're using the MSI version of the installer rather than the regular .exe installer. It is strongly encouraged to use the MSI and not the .exe installer, because the latter is aimed at end users and includes addons like the ask.com toolbar, which you generally don't want to roll out in your organisation. The EXE version is licensed for personal use only, if you are deploying Foxit Reader, you '''must''' sign up for the free enterprise version that comes as an MSI.
=Downloading MSI installer=
Foxit is trying to push end-users to use into using the Foxit Reader EXE installer, so the MSI version may not be that is easily found on their web site. You can request For the MSI installer from , Foxit want you to register with them to get the Foxit Enterprise Reader MSI installer, so you either have to register at http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/enterprise_reg.php. You to get that, or you may be able to download the MSI installer it via a direct URLsuch as:
* MSI installer for 3.3.1: http://cdn01.foxitsoftware.com/pub/foxit/reader/desktop/win/3.x/3.3/enu/FoxitReader331_enu.msi
* MSI instalelr for 4.0: http://cdn01.foxitsoftware.com/pub/foxit/reader/desktop/win/4.x/4.0/enu/FoxitReader40_enu.msi
==Turn Off Automatic Updates==
===Foxit Enterprise Reader 5.0===
GUI: Possibly Foxit Enterprise Reader doesn't include Help rarr; Update and the associated Preferences, but it might still include the auto updater feature.
Automated configuration: ?
===Foxit Reader 5.0===
Per-user automated configuration: ?
GUI: ?
===Foxit Reader 4.3===
Per-user automated configuration: HKCU\Software\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader\AutoUpdate Info\IsAutoUpdate = 0
GUI: Help → Check for updates now → Preferences → Updater → Automatically check for Foxit updates []
===Foxit Reader 3.1===
System-wide automated configuration: IsAutoUpdate=0 in %PROGRAMFILES%\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader\FoxitReader_Preferences.ini. I don't know the purpose of this file in version 3.1 as each user has their own configuration setting.
Per-user automated configuration: HKCU\Software\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader\AutoUpdate Info\IsAutoUpdate = 0
GUI: Help → Check for updates now → Preferences → Updater → Automatically check for Foxit updates []
===Foxit Reader 3.0===
System-wide automated configuration: IsAutoUpdate=0 in %PROGRAMFILES%\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader\FoxitReader_Preferences.ini. This setting isn't present unless the menu option has been run to turn it off. If you add an additional 'IsAutoUpdate' line to this file then only the first instance of it is adhered to.
GUI: Help → Check for updates now → Preferences → Updater → Automatically check for Foxit updates []
=Configuration Scripts=
== Foxit Reader 4.3 ==
Post-Install scripts: