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This guide describes how to deploy Reader DC via App-V so that the application is delivered on demand but runs as if installed locally. A step-by-step example is available online.
For a useful 3rd party blog, see http://www.tmurgent.com/TmBlog/?p=2332.
Tune the installer prior to imaging and deployment.
Tuning helps mitigate performance issues, simplifies the end user experience, and allows you to disable features and behaviors that should not be accessible to end users in an IT-managed environment.
Install the latest product.
Disable the updater.
Accept the EULA on behalf of all users by setting the appropriate registry key.
Use SUPPRESSLANGSELECTION on the command line at install time to disable user’s ability to change the language.
If the product language should be different than the OS languages, set the language.
Supress registration (there are multiple ways: Wizard, cmd line property, PRTK tool).
Disable push notifications: Set bToggleNotifications to 0.
Disable the Help > Repair Acrobat Installation menu by setting:
- 32 bit machines:
[HKLMSOFTWAREAdobe(productname)(version)Installer]'Disable_Repair'
- 64 bit machines:
[HKLMSOFTWAREWow6432NodeAdobe(productname)(version)Installer]'Disable_Repair'
Scrolling performance
If scrolling performance is poor in graphic intensive documents, try the following:
Distiller performance
ApplicationDataAdobeAcrobatDistiller<version>messages.log
.Folder permissions
Protected Mode will only work when the USERS group has the following permissions on the product installation folder: Read and execute, List folder contents, Read. For a default installation, the path might be C:ProgramFiles(x86)AdobeAcrobatReaderDC
.
Other settings
There are over 500 other registry preferences documented in the Preference Reference . Use the Wizard or manual/scripted methods to customer the product.
Prepare the sequencing machine per Microsoft’s guidelines.
Note
Failure to adhere to the best practices and the following guidelines can cause errors in functionality. You may find it worthwhile to follow the MS example in Microsoft’s Sequencing Guide.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftAppVSequencerCompatibility]EnablePVADControl=1
Templates allow you to control what files become part of the package, and you should exclude unnecessary files. You may wish to create the template after sequencing as described below.
To create a template, start with the provided template, OR perform the following steps:
There are two ways to approach sequencing:
Manual steps
Start the Microsoft Sequencer.
Choose Go to File > Load Template… and select your saved template (.appvt).
Select Create a new Virtual Application Package > Create Package.
Choose Next.
If there are any warnings on the Prepare Computer screen, correct them.
Choose Next.
On the Type of Application screen, select Standard Application.
Choose Next.
On the Select Installer screen, enter the path to your product installation files (Setup.exe).
Choose Next.
In the Package Name screen, enter an application name (such as Acrobat Reader DC).
In the PVAD screen, enter the Reader installation path. Install to this location only.
During installation, do the following:
- Install to the location that has been entered as PVAD in previous step. This can be done by clicking “Change Destination Folder” Button in the Acrobat Reader DC Installer.
- Follow the on-screen instructions and install the application.
- Close the Installer to go back to the Sequencer.
In the Package Editor Window, open the Advanced Tab and check the following checkboxes:
- Allow COM Objects to interact with Local System.
- Allow all named objects to interact with Local System.
Verify the files and folders excluded above do not appear in the package:
<Packageroot>VFSProfile
<Packageroot>VFSLocalAppDataLow
<Packageroot>VFSAppData
PassThroughPaths
for correct functioning.PassThroughPaths
registry at the time of publishing are not removed since those keys also impact the functioning of virtual Acrobat if present on the client machine.The DeploymentConfig.xml
file resides in the same folder as the .appv
file. Modify it as described below.
Optional: Enable FeatureLockdown on Clients. To suppress or lock certain features on the client, do one of the following:
- Manually create the FeatureLockDown keys on the client machine either by pushing policies from the server or by using publish time script for the Reader package.
- Add the keys inside the package itself from the package editor window using the Registry tab. This requires removing the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPolicies
registry entry from the list of pass-through registry keys atHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftAppVSubsystemVirtualRegistry
on the client machine. Since, the change is machine specific this will impact other virtual applications as well, hence, care must be taken while choosing this step.
Publish the package globally: Extension points for the Reader App-V Package require machine-level installation. With App-V 5.0 SP2 or later, publishing globally automatically creates these extensions and Reader behaves like a native application.
To help assure package functionality, verify the changes below appear on the client machine.
The following entries should be present in [HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftAppVSubsystemVirtualRegistry]PassThroughPaths
. If they are not present in the registry, add them:
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREAdobeAcrobatReader
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREAdobeAdobeAcrobat{2015|DC}DiskCabs
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREAdobeAdobeSynchronizer
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREAdobeCommonFiles
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREMicrosoftSpeech
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWARELotusNotes
Verify that the [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesAdobeAcrobatReader2015FeatureLockDown]bUpdater
registry entry is present with a value set to 0.
Since, pass-through keys only work when their parent hives are locally available on the machine, HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREAdobeAdobeAcrobat{2015|DC}
must be present on the client system. Runtime.bat performs this work for all domain users on the first launch of Reader.
Note
The Runtime.bat method does not work for local users. When such support is needed, do not to put Runtime.bat under <StartVirtualEnvironment> tag in DeploymentConfig.xml; otherwise, local users would would encounter error 534 when Reader opens.
Since the package creates extension points on system, it is necessary to stop the package before unpublishing and removing it from the client machine. The package should be unpublished globally as follows:
The pre-sequencing steps are identical to those for creating an App-V Package.
Use the template that was created during the Acrobat Reader Package creation guidelines above.
<PackageRoot>VFS
.Go to the Advanced Tab and check:
- Allow COM Objects to interact with Local System
- Allow all named objects to interact with Local System
The scripts and other files added while creating the package from scratch are lost during patching. Re-add them as described in Sequence Acrobat Reader above.
Choose Menu > File > Save.
Close the Editor.
Modify DeploymentConfig.xml
as described above.
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