That did the trick. Thanks.
I just noticed that the patch pattern for Acrobat is different than it is for Reader. * Acrobat (Formula = Base release + latest quarterly + latest out of cycle patch) * Reader (Formula = last MSI + latest quarterly + latest out of cycle patch) I guess consistency would be considered a hindrance to creativity. In my opinion Adobe makes this way more difficult than it needs to be. Some things they could do to help are 1) Reduce the number of versions of the installers. Between the mui, the various languages and the tiers, there are a lot of options. 2) Publish an MSI and an MSP for all versions (including out of cycle patches). That way people can quickly get what they need without having to know all the patch pattern details. 3) Use the same patch patterns for all products! 4) Finding MSIs and MSPs can be challenging. Downloads for various incantations of 10.1.2 can be found at ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/10.x/10.1.2/misc/, ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/10.x/10.1.2/en_US/, and http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?platform=windows&prod uct=10. One well publicized place where ALL versions could be found would be beneficial. It would be nice if, on the front page of www.adobe.com where it says "Download" - you could actually download the product. What those links do is install the product without a download capability. 5) Put a pointer to http://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/wp-content/uploads/group-documents/14 /1317760928-Acrobat_Enterprise_Administration.pdf in all the places where you can download the files - or, just store the document alongside the MSIs and MSPs. End of rant. Curt From: Carl Houseman [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 6:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Admin install for Adobe Reader Having said that, I just tried it, and the 1012.msp won't update an AIP that's been previously updated with 1011.msp. Seems to me this is Adobe's screw-up that they likely won't fix. So make a new 1010.msi AIP and apply the 1012.msp to it. Carl From: Carl Houseman [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 7:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Admin install for Adobe Reader You need to create a new admin install point with the 1010 msi and then update it using 1011 and 1012 msp's. Carl From: Jim Dandy [mailto:[email protected]] <mailto:[mailto:[email protected]]> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 7:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Admin install for Adobe Reader Rod, I thought you saved me. I was trying to apply 10.1.2 to 10.1.0 which according to the doc is illegal. So, I downloaded AdbeRdr1000_en_us.msi from ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/10.x/10.0.0/en_US/ and AdbeRdrUpd1012.msp from ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/10.x/10.1.2/misc/. I then executed the following command from a command prompt in the c:\somefolder directory msiexec /a c:\somefolder\AdbeRdr1000_en_us.msi /p AdbeRdrUpd1012.msp I got The upgrade patch cannot be installed by the Windows Installer service because the program to be upgraded may be missing, or the upgrade patch may update a different version of the program. Verify that the program to be upgraded exists on your computer and that you have the correct upgrade patch. It seems like that should have worked ... What am I missing? Curt From: Rod Trent [mailto:[email protected]] <mailto:[mailto:[email protected]]> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 2:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Admin install for Adobe Reader Enterprise Admin guide has most of that... http://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/wp-content/uploads/group-documents/14/1 317760928-Acrobat_Enterprise_Administration.pdf From: Jim Dandy [mailto:[email protected]] <mailto:[mailto:[email protected]]> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 4:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Admin install for Adobe Reader I'm trying to create an administrative install for Adobe Reader 10.1.2. I've tried (seriously) about 10 different ways of doing it from various different downloads and orders of applying .msp files but none have resulted in a functional install point. I've done it many times in the past so I know this isn't all that difficult. Can someone tell me which files to download from where and how to set up the admin install. I've basically been trying msiexec /a c:\somefolder\Acroread.msi /p AdbeRdrUpd1012.msp with various msi's and msps (downloaded from different adobe sites or extracted from .exe files which were downloaded from adobe). Either the msiexec fails with an error or it generates a package that won't install. It would be really handy if I could download a v 10.1.2 msi but I haven't found that yet. Then I'd just do msiexec /a acroread.msi Thanks for your help. 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