Adobe Reader 9

Silent installer for Adobe Reader 9.1.3.

Download

At the time of writing Adobe Reader 9.1.3 is not available as a single downloadable installer.
You have to install 9.1 for your language and then apply the language-independent 9.1.2 patch and then the 9.1.3 patch. While the 9.1.2 patch can be applied either on 9.1 or 9.1.1 versions, the 9.1.3 can only be applied on a 9.1.2 version.

You can create your own 9.1.3 msi installer, by upgrading the 9.1.0 msi file with each 9.1.x msp file.
msiexec /p AdbeRdrUpd911_all_incr.msp /qb /a AdbeRdr910_fr_FR.msi
msiexec /p AdbeRdrUpd912_all_incr.msp /qb /a AdbeRdr910_fr_FR.msi
msiexec /p AdbeRdrUpd913_all_incr.msp /qb /a AdbeRdr910_fr_FR.msi

Update May 3 2010: Applying the 9.1.2 quarterly update to a 9.1.1 MSI is not supported by the vendor - Adobe.
Adobe maintains the authoritative - and supported - patch order for AIPs (administrative install points) here.

The vendor-supported method is to create a 9.1.3 installation point and update that:
msiexec /a AdbeRdr910_en_US.msi TARGETDIR=C:\AdbeRdr-9.1.3
msiexec /update AdbeRdrUpd912_all_incr.msp /a C:\AdbeRdr-9.1.3\AdbeRdr910_en_US.msi
msiexec /update AdbeRdrUpd913_all_incr.msp /a C:\AdbeRdr-9.1.3\AdbeRdr910_en_US.msi

Adobe Reader Download Matrix

	english	french	german	italian
msi-ftp	AdbeRdr910_en_US.msi	AdbeRdr910_fr_FR.msi	AdbeRdr910_de_DE.msi	AdbeRdr910_it_IT.msi
exe-ftp	AdbeRdr910_en_US.exe	AdbeRdr910_fr_FR.exe	AdbeRdr910_de_DE.exe	AdbeRdr910_it_IT.exe
exe-http	AdbeRdr910_en_US.exe	AdbeRdr910_fr_FR.exe	AdbeRdr910_de_DE.exe	AdbeRdr910_it_IT.exe

Other languages can be found on ftp.adobe.com!

Other Downloads Matrix

Name	FTP	HTTP
9.1.3 Patch	AdbeRdrUpd913_all_incr.msp	AdbeRdrUpd913_all_incr.msp
9.1.2 Patch	AdbeRdrUpd912_all_incr.msp	AdbeRdrUpd912_all_incr.msp
9.1.1 Patch	AdbeRdrUpd911_all_incr.msp	AdbeRdrUpd911_all_incr.msp
Spelling Dictionaries Support	AdbeRdrSD90_all.msi	AdbeRdrSD90_all.msi
English installer without AIR	AdbeRdr910_en_US_Std.exe	AdbeRdr910_en_US_Std.exe

MSI installer

Extraction from EXE

You should prefer the direct MSI download and scip to #Customization but the MSI could also be extracted from the EXE.

Extraction will produce in your user profile's "\Local Settings\Application Data\Adobe\Reader 9.1\Setup Files" directory the following files, which have to be copied to the %SOFTWARE% location:

abcpy.ini
AcroRead.msi
Data1.cab
Setup.exe
setup.ini

The actual path of the "Setup Files"-dir depends on the used language in Windows. You can always find the correct path at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders\Local AppData" in your registry!

reg query "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders" /v "Local AppData"

Customization

Then are encouraged to download and install the "Adobe Customization Wizard 9" which allows to create a Microsoft Transform File (.MST) with many customizable parameters (EULA, updates, online services, directories, etc.):

http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3993

Remember, the following is for the italian version; adapt names, packages, strings and uninstallation GUIDS to your language.

<packages>
 <package id="adobereader91ita" name="Adobe Reader 9.1.3 ita customized" revision="1" priority="50">
  <check type="uninstall" condition="exists" path="Adobe Reader 9.1.3 - Italiano" />
  <install cmd='msiexec /qn /i "%SOFTWARE%\AdobeReader91ita\AcroRead.msi" allusers=1 TRANSFORMS=%SOFTWARE%\AdobeReader91ita\AcroRead.mst'>
   <exit code="0" />
   <exit code="3010" reboot="false" />
  </install>
  <install cmd='msiexec.exe /qn /update "%SOFTWARE%\AdobeReader91ita\AdbeRdrUpd912_all_incr.msp"' />
  <install cmd='msiexec.exe /qn /update "%SOFTWARE%\AdobeReader91ita\AdbeRdrUpd913_all_incr.msp"' />
  <upgrade cmd='msiexec /qn /i "%SOFTWARE%\AdobeReader91ita\AcroRead.msi" allusers=1 TRANSFORMS=%SOFTWARE%\AdobeReader91ita\AcroRead.mst' />
  <upgrade cmd='msiexec.exe /qn /update "%SOFTWARE%\AdobeReader91ita\AdbeRdrUpd912_all_incr.msp"' />
  <upgrade cmd='msiexec.exe /qn /update "%SOFTWARE%\AdobeReader91ita\AdbeRdrUpd913_all_incr.msp"' />
  <remove  cmd='MsiExec.exe /qn /x {AC76BA86-7AD7-1040-7B44-A91000000001}'>
   <exit code="0" />
   <exit code="3010" reboot="false" />
  </remove>
 </package>
</packages>

EXE installer

Registry

On appdeploy they write about some registry settings which stop all the EULA and other dialogue boxes so we could apply these through a logon script. One line is for the machine key and the others are user specific.

Can be in HKLM or in HKCU: EULA Launched bCheckForUpdatesAtStartup
Needs to be in HKCU: bBrowserIntegration bDisplayedSplash OptIn

hklm_adobe_reader_defaults.reg:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\9.0\AdobeViewer]
"EULA"=dword:00000001
"Launched"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\9.0\AVGeneral]
"bCheckForUpdatesAtStartup"=dword:00000000

hkcu_adobe_reader_defaults.reg:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\9.0\AdobeViewer]
"EULA"=dword:00000001
"Launched"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\9.0\AVGeneral]
"bCheckForUpdatesAtStartup"=dword:00000000
 
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\9.0\Originals]
"bBrowserIntegration"=dword:00000000
"bDisplayedSplash"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\CommonFiles\Usage\Reader 9]
"OptIn"=dword:00000000

WPKG

The first install command is to remove the previous 8.1.2 version so remove that if you don't need it (or just let the installer remove the older 8.1.2 version for you, as it does automatically and silently).

<package id="acrobatreader9"
    name="Adobe Acrobat Reader 9"
    revision="1"
    priority="2">
    <check type="uninstall" condition="exists" path="Adobe Reader 9" />
    <install cmd='MsiExec.exe /qn /x"{AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-A80000000002}"' >
    <exit code="1605" />
     </install>
    <install cmd='%SOFTWARE%\reader9\adberdr90_en_us.exe /sPB /rs /l /msi"/qb-! EULA_ACCEPT=YES SUPPRESS_APP_LAUNCH=YES AgreeToLicense=Yes ENABLE_CACHE_FILES=No allusers=2"' />
    <remove cmd='MsiExec.exe /x"{AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-A90000000001}"' />
</package>

Update

You can deploy the updates for Adobe Reader 9 too:

• First install Adobe Reader 9.
• Then open the software, go to : Help > Check for Updates.
• Download the update.
• Copy it from <Local Appdata>\Adobe\Updater6\Install\reader9rdr-*_*\AdbeRdrUpd911_all_incr.msp to your wpkg software drive

Add these lines:

<install cmd='MsiExec.exe /qn /update "%SOFTWARE%\adobereader\AdbeRdrUpd911_all_incr.msp"' />
<upgrade cmd='MsiExec.exe /qn /update "%SOFTWARE%\adobereader\AdbeRdrUpd911_all_incr.msp"' />

Update 2

1. copy AdbeRdrUpd912_all_incr.msp to install maschine
2. install patch

  <install cmd='msiexec /qn /i "%SOFTWARE%\11_Acrobat_Reader\AcroRead.msi" allusers=1 TRANSFORMS=%SOFTWARE%\11_Acrobat_Reader\AcroRead.mst'>
   <exit code="0" />
   <exit code="3010" />
 </install>
 <install cmd='%comspec% /c copy "%SOFTWARE%\11_Acrobat_Reader\AdbeRdrUpd912_all_incr.msp" %temp%' />
 <install cmd='msiexec.exe /qn /update "%SOFTWARE%\Acrobat_Reader\AdbeRdrUpd912_all_incr.msp"' />

Seems that this patch only runs localy or You get error 1635.