New Post: Republishing Adobe Reader with customized settings

macxs wrote:

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.

[edit: a test does not work unfortunately]
[edit2: Upgrading does not work. Installing does work]

After some trying and searching i have found a complete and detailed procedure to create a adobe reader 11.0.06 package.

http://www.scconfigmgr.com/2013/09/10/deploy-adobe-reader-11-0-4-with-configmgr-2012-sp1/

Now i have this package and can see in Adobe Customization Wizard XI in the Direct Editor the Properties where Product Version is 11.0.06 ... hurray!

New problems:

• I cannot install the package in command shell as long as i am not the administrator

msiexec /i "[...]\AcroRead.msi" TRANSFORMS="AcroRead.mst" /qn

I have got the error ID 10005 at windows protocols (sry but i am german and do not know how it names in the english versions of windows) that i do not have the needed credentials.

• I cannot install the package in command shell as long as there is already a previous package with an older version installed
  
• If i try to publish it i become errors during windows updates installs (surelly because of the 1st and 2nd point)