Command Switches for Adobe Reader, to aid deployment

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It’s always great to have command line parameters which can give us lot of great features like silent installation, etc. In this is article I will list out some command line parameters that would help us in doing great thing while installing Adobe Reader.

adobe logo Command Switches for Adobe Reader, to aid deployment

Command Line Parameter

/n Start a separate instance of Acrobat or Adobe Reader, even if one is currently open. /s Suppress the splash screen /o Suppress the open file dialog box.
/h Start Acrobat or Adobe Reader in a minimized window /sAll Silent Mode for product /sPB Silent Mode with Progress Bar for product /rs Reboot Suppress /rps Reboot Prompt Suppress /ini "PATH" Alternative initialization file /sl "LANG_ID" Set Language; LANG_ID - Code in decimal digits /l Enable Error Logging /msi[Command line] Parameters for MSIEXEC
AcroRd32.exe /p pathname — Start Adobe Reader and display the Print dialog box. AcroRd32.exe /t path "printername" "drivername" "portname" — Start Adobe Reader and print a file while suppressing the Print dialog box. The path must be fully specified.

The four parameters of the /t option evaluate to path, printername, drivername, and portname (all strings).

printername — The name of your printer. drivername — Your printer driver’s name, as it appears in your printer’s properties. portname — The printer’s port. portname cannot contain any "/" characters; if it does, output is routed to the default port for that printer. 

Using these parameter you can perform large scale deployment of Adobe Reader X.

You can also download this PDF for more information on Deploying Adobe Reader. Although it speaks about v9, you will find it useful for v10 too.

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Shyam aka “Captain Jack” is a Microsoft MVP and a Windows Enthusiast whose area of expertise is Crash Dump Analysis and Advanced Windows troubleshooting. He has developed Windows based Tools like SF IE Restorator for troubleshooting Internet Explorer issues and SF Diagnostic Tool for collecting Crash dump files for troubleshooting purpose. He blogs at captaindbg.com.