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Foxit Reader

242 bytes removed, 10:48, 3 November 2011
It looks like with FR MSI now avail. we need to be more careful to distinguish between Foxit Reader / Foxit Enterprise Reader (i.e. FoxitReader510.1021_enu.msi / EnterpriseFoxitReader503.0726_enu.msi)
Foxit Reader is a free PDF viewer, available from http://www.foxitsoftware.com/Secure_PDF_Reader/, distinguished from Adobe Reader by being smaller, more secure and easier to update. It is available in either a .exe installer or an MSI installer. This MSI installer was reinstated as-of November 2011 and is a choice you are given only when downloading via http://www.foxitsoftware.com/downloads/. Foxit Reader is aimed at end users, licensed for personal use only and includes addons like the ask.com toolbar, which you generally don't want to roll out in your organisation.
Foxit Enterprise Reader, http://www.foxitsoftware.com/Secure_PDF_Reader/enterprise.php, is a similar version of the same Foxit Reader but with some alterations for enterprise deployments, such as lacking the Ask toolbar. It is only available as an MSI installer.
These WPKG packages assume that Windows is localised in English. For Windows localised in other languages you will need to make changes accordingly.
=Downloading Foxit Enterprise Reader MSI installer=
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 If you are deploying Foxit Reader, you '''must''' sign up for the free enterprise version that comes as an MSI, known as Foxit Enterprise Reader, at http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/enterprise_reg.php. Foxit Enterprise Reader remains free, you're registering with the Foxit Corporation sales team, who will then notify you each time a new version is released with a URL to download it from. Recently it has become possible to select the MSI version of the installer from http://www.foxitsoftware.com/downloads/.
Alternatively you may be able to download Foxit Enterprise Reader from a direct URL such as:
* MSI installer for 5.0.2.718: http://cdn01.foxitsoftware.com/pub/foxit/reader/desktop/win/5.x/5.0/enu/FoxitReader502.0718_enu.msi
* MSI installer for 5.0.3.726: http://cdn01.foxitsoftware.com/pub/foxit/reader/desktop/win/5.x/5.0/enu/EnterpriseFoxitReader503.0726_enu.msi (this version hasn't been announced on their web site, but it is the version Foxit Software give you when you sign up)
* MSI installer for 5.1.0.1021: http://cdn01.foxitsoftware.com/pub/foxit/reader/desktop/win/5.x/5.1/enu/FoxitReader510.1021_enu.msi (not announced via their Enterprise system, but available from
etc...
Alternatively, if you have access to an old version of the MSI installer:
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