Command to extract the Adobe Reader’s .MSI file

By | May 30, 2013
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Here is the argument I came across to extract the .msi from an Adobe install .EXE file. Once extracted you can use the Customization Wizard to set desired options, such as disabling auto-updates.

AdbeRdrXXXX.exe -nos_o”C:\SomeFolder” -nos_ne

Here is where you can grab the Customization Wizard:

ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/

FYI. an .MSP update file will also extract, that must also be installed separately using a MSIEXEC.exe /P command, see example .bat below:

start /w "" c:\windows\System32\msiexec.exe /i "%~dp0AcroRead.msi" /qn /norestart
start /w "" c:\windows\System32\msiexec.exe /p "%~dp0AdbeRdrUpd11003.msp" /qn /norestart

/Brian G

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