How to create a slipstreamed Adobe

Acrobat Reader MSI for GPO

Deployment
ACTIVE DIRECTORY & GPO
ADOBE
WINDOWS

by OverDrive on May 16, 2013 at 3:00pm

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Introduction
Download the Base Version (x.0.0) MUI Installer and the MSP MUI Update from

http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Win
dows

1. Extract the zip file of the Base installer if zipped so that you have the MSI.
2. Run an admin install of the Base installer extracted MSI. Give it a new path name
for the end resulting patch version.
3. Run an admin install with a patch option specifying the MSP on the Admin install
you created in step 2.

Example of Steps

2. O:\Adobe\Reader\11>msiexec /a AdbeRdr11000_mui_Std\AcroRead.msi (Give

path of .\Adobe Reader 11.0.3)

3. O:\Adobe\Reader\11>msiexec /a "Adobe Reader 11.0.03\AcroRead.msi" /p

AdbeRdrUpd11003.msp

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19 Comments

Datil

IRJ May 16, 2013 at 3:10pm

Great info, that will save some time. Thanks for sharing!


Ghost Chili

ErikN May 17, 2013 at 3:25pm

Quick and easy description. I don't know why Adobe needs pages and pages of info
to tell you the same thing.

Ghost Chili

OverDrive May 17, 2013 at 3:30pm

Tell me about it. I had to look through so many websites and documents to get that
info

Pimi ento

Cyprus7487 May 21, 2013 at 8:29pm

This didn't work for me. Since other people haven't had problems I'm assuming I
did something wrong. In step 2 you say "Give path of .\Adobe Reader 11.0.3", I can't
give it a path of .\Adobe Reader 11.0.3 so I created another folder on the C drive
called Adobe Reader 11.0.3 and pointed the admin install to there. I then copied the
AdbeRdrUpd11003.msp file into that directory. I then ran the msiexec /a
AcroRead.msi /p AdbeRdrUpd11003.msp command I get "The Upgrade Patch
cannot be installed by the Windows Installer Service because the program blah blah
blah".

I did not have any problems with version 11.0.1 or 11.0.2, but I can't seem to get
this patch to install. I've also tried a different computer.
One thing I don't quite understand too is when you say download "base version
0.0x", I downloaded the AdbeRdr11000_mui_Std.zip which I believe is what you
intended, just wanted to verify.

Ghost Chili

OverDrive May 21, 2013 at 8:55pm

Do it all from the same base path.
Create a folder - for example c:\adobe

Save your AdbeRdr11000_mui_Std.zip in there. Extract it.

Download and save the AdbeRdrUpd11003.msp there too

From a cmd prompt

C:
CD \adobe
msiexec /a AdbeRdr11000_mui_Std\AcroRead.msi
Tell it to save it in a new folder - in your case - c:\adobe\Adobe Reader 11.0.3
Let it install.
msiexec /a "Adobe Reader 11.0.03\AcroRead.msi" /p AdbeRdrUpd11003.msp

Done.

Poblano

Vince5760 Jun 25, 2013 at 9:40pm

I dont know if this helps anyone

ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/
that is where you can download the exe file for a total offline installation. might
save one or 2 steps.

Ghost Chili

OverDrive Jun 25, 2013 at 9:50pm

Yes, but we don't want the EXE, we want the MSI, and the link provided gives the
msi in a zip file.

Tab asco

Adam Sharif Sep 9, 2013 at 12:49pm

If anyone is having issues applying the 11.0.03 MSP file to the 11.0.0 MSI files, you
need to ensure that you have downloaded the MUI version of the patch, i.e.
AdbeRdrUpd11003_MUI.msp

Just found this out myself!

Datil

Robert.P Oct 30, 2013 at 7:10pm

Very nice - thanks!
In case anyone wants a reference, the MS Technet article is very good (there were
some extra things I wanted to check).
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc759262(v=ws.10).aspx


Poblano

epltech-jake Feb 20, 2014 at 12:00am

Thanks for this overdrive, worked very well. No problems at all.

Cay enn e

BrandonH75 Jun 19, 2014 at 7:57pm

Thank you! I have been trying to figure this out for months. Your instructions make
it easy.

Ghost Chili

OverDrive Jun 19, 2014 at 8:14pm

You're welcome. I'm glad that this guide helps people.

Ghost Chili

Mike400 Sep 8, 2014 at 6:07pm

Thanks. One addition - when chaining patches just keep adding them to the same
target directory.


Ghost Chili

OverDrive Sep 8, 2014 at 6:28pm

Unless it is the Security updates like Version 11.0.08 and Version 11.0.05, the rest of
them (MUI Installers) are all cumulative. I always start with a new admin install of
the First version (11.0.0 for example), and then patch it with the Cumulative update
from the MUI Installer. The only time I had to add a 3rd step was for the Security
updates - that's when I take a copy of the previous version, and copy it to a new
folder and then just apply the security patch. (EG copy 11.0.07 to a new folder
called 11.0.08, and then apply the 11.0.08 patch to that.

Serrano

Stefan X Oct 22, 2014 at 7:14pm

hang on a second.
Slipstreaming would mean that you include the new files (MSP) into the original MSI
(!?)
I think you describe just the way an MSP is being installed the usual way in a
startup-script.
Really handy would be to really merge those two files and getting a new MSI.
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