Guys, could someone please refresh my memory on the workaround (if still possible) for having separate installs for Adobe Reader and Writer/Pro on the same image (vs the modern Universal installer), cheers

It’s a royal pain man. I avoid it if possible. It used to be doable and last time I tried it was difficult. I can send you some information on it and give it a shot. Maybe you will have better luck. Last time I did this it was all about FTA with program ID for users. Reader gets the FTA set for a group and then the same for pro. Now it’s been some time and I’m not certain here if that will still work. Also for pro it was about the licensing. Named user licensing then a roaming key set for users and then prompts were a pain.

Thanks, Ray. I recall having mad issues a while back and got it working with FSLogix appmasking. I have managed to install the 32bit reader and 64 bit Writer... no complaints so far but I've yet to seal and properly test 🙃

Nice man. I would be interested in seeing those rules if you are able to share them. It’s such a pain in the rear

I cant find my notes but still have the client. I'll have a squint and share what I done if I can fish it out 🙂

i have used this method with app masking before with success https://amirsayes.co.uk/2020/05/01/adobe-acrobat-dc-on-citrix-non-persistent-rdsh-vdi-with-fslogix-app-masking-a-walk-through/

Yeah use FSLogix

This was my adobe appmasking file until I switched to the unified app installer

unified installer works great for us.

Thanks, all. @Balint Oberrauch using the modern unified installer, does this mean ALL users need to sign in to Adobe to use it? There's literally a handful of folks have an Acrobat Pro license and Id rather avoid logins and auths for the masses that just need Reader, cheers

behaviour is here @John Gallacher Adobe pro users would have to sign in Adobe reader users dont have to sign in https://arnaudpain.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Adobe-Validation-1.mp4

Nice one, John. That looks great 🙂

Those using the unified Adobe installer in prod enviroments how you found it with Pro features things like the Adobe PDF printer / Chrome Extension / Outlook PDF maker add-in ? do they get enabled / work only when users with a Adobe pro licence sign in ? i only used the universal installer in a lab and never got round to testing it fully so always used the other method of installing both Reader/pro and appmasking the pro features out

I mask the Adobe PDF Printer as it's visible for everyone but users without a license can't use it.

So finally got round to testing the unified Adobe installer. Got all the reg keys set and When I don't sign in I get reader by default and if I try to edit or create a pdf I get the you do not have access to that feature message. When I do sign into abobe (I am licensed for pro on the portal) I am able to edit and create pdfs fine. So far so good but when I try to print to Adobe pdf printer or use the outlook pdf maker add in I get this error which is strange as I am signed in so should be able to use the pro features ??(pdf printer /outlook pdf maker) any ideas?

is adobe running when you try to print to pdf?

Yeah I open it and sign in using my Adobe account which is licensed for pro and I can then edit pdfs. I go into outlook and try to print a email to Adobe pdf printer or use the Adobe pdf maker plugin and that's when I get the error

gotcha, a requirement before was needing to have adobe open in order to print. Ive been telling users to use microsoft print to pdf so not sure how to resolve this one

@c4rm0 last time I set this up it worked out the box. The printer has been appmasked only for non licensed users.

I am wondering if it's because of the Adobe creative cloud licenses they have ? Normally companies have the Enterprise license agreement with adobe but they got creative cloud licenses here. Using the unified installer I can log in and use my Adobe account and use the pro features to edit and create pdfs but I can't get the pdf printer and pdf maker to work

Are you using named licenses? If yes, you should have all possible features.