I'm trying to create a deployment via SCCM of the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader DC for our organization, and I'm having some difficulty getting it to work properly. Here are the steps I've taken:
- Downloaded the executable for version 2017.012.20093 from Adobe's enterprise webpage and the patch for the latest release (2017.012.20098).
- Extracted the executable to a new folder.
- Opened the "AcroRead.msi" in Adobe Customization Wizard DC, customized the installer to my desired settings, and generated a transforms file named "AcroRead.mst" to the extracted folder.
- Removed the "AcroRdrDCUpd1701220093.msp" from the extracted folder and replaced it with "AcroRdrDCUpd1701220098.msp".
- Modified "setup.ini" as follows:
- Copied the files to my SCCM application deployment share, which contains the following files:
- Created a device collection and application in SCCM, distributed the content to my distribution points and deployed it.
- The command line is as follows:
- msiexec /i "AcroRead.msi" TRANSFORMS="AcroRead.mst" PATCH="\\<Deployment Share File Path>\AcroRdrDCUpd1701220098.msp" /q
- Installation via SCCM is successful, but only on workstations that have a previously installed version of Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. Deployments to workstations that do not currently have an Adobe Reader program installed fail with the following error message:
- Which translates to:
- This tells me that my application is only installing the patch (AcroRdrDCUpd1701220098.msp) instead of the .msi followed by the .msp. As such, the installed application does not include the custom settings which I configured for it in the AcroRead.mst.
- I also tried running "setup.exe" from an administrative command prompt on my local machine, but it produced this error message:
I'd really appreciate any help or advice.