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Hi,

I have had the same problem with nearly exact the same symptoms. I found out why there is only the Adobe 11.0.0 version installed:
When you extract the archive with 7Zip, only 5 files are extracted. Looking inside the MSI package there is alway version 11.0. I wondered why the version is 11.0 when installing from MSI or from extracted setup.exe, and the version is 11.0.06 when installing from downloaded and packaged AdbeRdr11006_en_EN.exe.

As stated here
http://blogs.adobe.com/dmcmahon/2010/06/16/how-to-extract-an-msi-file-from-the-exe-for-adobe-reader/
you can extract the exe with an option

AdbeRdr11006_en_US.exe" -nos_ne

This will extract also a 11.0.06 MSP file.

Problem: you want to update, so you must use the 11.0.06 MSP file. With that, it won't be possible to make new settings.

So you have to make an administrative installation with the 11.0 MSI file

msiexec /a AcroRead.msi

use a local directory to put the administrative installation, e.g. admin\
Then slipstream the MSP into that administrative installation - to admin\

msiexec /a AcroRead.msi /p AdbeRdrUpd11006.msp

Now you have a 11.0.06 package. Copy the setup.ini from first extraction to that directory or you won't be able to save the package in Adobe Customization Wizard.


My problem now is that the version check in WPP does not work.
The rule that lets the client determine if the update is installed:

<msiar:MsiProductInstalled ProductCode="{ac76ba86-7ad7-1031-7b44-ab0000000001}" VersionMin="11.0.6.0"/>

This does not work, maybe because the version is 11.0.06 instead of 11.0.6.

Does anyone know how the installer compares the version in registry? That would help me a lot.