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# _generals
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Josh Farlow
11/06/2023, 6:36 PMI was just working on this last night
Josh Farlow
11/06/2023, 6:36 PMJosh Farlow
11/06/2023, 6:36 PMHow to use Acrobat 64-bit in read-only mode.
If you need to run Acrobat in reader mode without users being required to log in, make the following registry changes:
1. Open the Windows registry.
2. Navigate to the following location:
3. Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\FeatureLockDown
4. Add the following string value:
a. “bIsSCReducedModeEnforcedEx”=dword:00000001
5. Create the following key:
6. cIPM
7. Then add the following string value under this key:
a. “bDontShowMsgWhenViewingDoc”=dword:00000000
The above registry entries ensure that Acrobat will run on a Windows 64-bit machine as Adobe Reader. Also, Adobe Reader will run without advertisements.
Josh Farlow
11/06/2023, 6:36 PMafter installing acrobat, add these reg keys, which will allow users that do no have a license, to use acrobat in "read Only" mode
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Mike Streetz (O_P)
11/06/2023, 6:37 PMthe issue we had was it doesn’t seem to install the full version machine wide, it wants to pull it down on sign in, so I guess it’s not the enterprise installer
Mike Streetz (O_P)
11/06/2023, 6:38 PMor we’re not using the right install options
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Josh Farlow
11/06/2023, 6:38 PMok so you do you have an active acrobat subscription?
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Mike Streetz (O_P)
11/06/2023, 6:39 PMthe client does, I don’t know that the test user they gave me does
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Josh Farlow
11/06/2023, 6:39 PMok no prob. so you have to login to the customers adobe admin console and create an acrobat package
Josh Farlow
11/06/2023, 6:39 PMonce you install that, it will install the full version of Acrobat, but requires you to login
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Mike Streetz (O_P)
11/06/2023, 6:39 PMah, I thought we might have to do a custom package
Mike Streetz (O_P)
11/06/2023, 6:40 PMok, thanks
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Josh Farlow
11/06/2023, 6:42 PMyep, then after you install that package you can add these reg keys.
Josh Farlow
11/06/2023, 6:42 PMthe package isnt anything special, just asks for locale, and update preferences
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Mike Streetz (O_P)
11/06/2023, 6:42 PMnice, this seems to be exactly what I need, thank you!
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Josh Farlow
11/06/2023, 6:43 PMyou bet
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Eric
11/06/2023, 6:44 PMNo need to log into the portal, just download via Evergreen. He's the proper way with MST
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Eric
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Mike Streetz (O_P)
11/06/2023, 6:45 PMI tried neverred and it didn’t load the full thing, it wants to pull it down every login
Mike Streetz (O_P)
11/06/2023, 6:45 PMI’ll look at that one
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Morten Jacobsen
11/06/2023, 9:37 PMI'm fighting that battle too - seems a few of our users had gotten so used to Adobe Pro (which we had running in an ancient version that didn't check for Adobe ID until recently) that Acrobat - or how about you edit your master document in Word and save as PDF like a normal person? - isn't good enough.
Will give the suggestions here a good look, thanks.