| Application Name | Adobe Acrobat Reader |
| Description | reader
for the Adobe PDF document format. the Portable Document Format (PDF) created by the Adobe Acrobat Writer/Editor is readable on most computing platforms, which makes it a fairly universal medium to distribute documentation in; especially as the Reader is Freeware. if the latest version has not yet been released with the ‘PDF search’ feature then an older version is included that has that feature |
| Subject Area | |
| Operating System(s) available for | Windows |
| Software Dependencies | |
| Hardware Dependencies | |
| Licensing Types | Freeware |
| Spoken languages supported | |
| Author and contact details | Adobe |
| Related Software | |
| Standards Supported | |
| Email addresses for support | |
| WWW Info/Download | http://www.adobe.com/acrobat/ |
| FTP Download | ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/acrobatreader/ |
| Email addresses for discussion | |
| Email addresses for announcements | |
| Usenet discussion / support | |
| IRC discussion / support | |
| Freely Distributable? | |
| installer used |
InstallShield (can create a response file but can't currently get the installer to use it) |
| Saves Icons to | |
| Files Copied to and Location | |
| Keeps Log of Changes Installer Made in | |
| Location of uninstaller(s) | |
| Keeps a log file in | |
| Registry areas used (HKLM/Software or HKCU/Software) | HKLM and HKEY_USERS |
| Cache characteristics | |
| Command-Line Switches | |
| Advice for when installing | install to \acrobat\reader\. this leaves a logical place for the acrobat writer if you ever install it |
| Preference location(s) [1] own profile [2] Windows profile directory / self definable [3] registry |
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| Means of pre-configuring for
multiple users [1] own automated means of pre-config [2] put in Default User (may have to point there too) [3] create .reg file or run application and set prefs for template user account, both of which are manual tasks |
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| Do preferences contain any user-specific data? | |
| Preferences worth making (using application) | Options -> Startup -> Display
Splash Screen - off HKCU\Software\Adobe\Acrobat
Reader\5.1\AdobeViewer
DisplayAboutDialog=REG_DWORD:00000000 Update -> Check for updates -> manually HKCU\Software\Adobe\Acrobat
Reader\5.1\AdobeViewer
UpdateFrequency=REG_DWORD:00000003 Web Buy -> Enable Web Buy - off HKCU\Software\Adobe\Acrobat
Reader\5.0\General
sEnabled=REG_BINARY:66,61,6c,73,65,00 ? EULA=REG_DWORD:00000001 |
| Preferences worth making (using preference file, if appropriate) and version number they apply to | |
| Preferences worth making (using registry file, if appropriate) and version number they apply to | |
| Notes | |