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What is causing a "Orhpaned" entry in my list of Open With programs for PDF on a Windows 2019 Server?

Problem: I manage some Windows 2019 servers that deploy an application to end-users. The application they run has a feature that does a Shell Execute command to open the User's Windows default PDF ...
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GPO MSI Install - Error 1305.Error reading from file

Windows Server 2016 Adobe Reader DC msi Hi I'm trying to install Adobe Reader remotely and silently to a set of PCs in a Windows Domain. I have setup a network share, ABC-Deploy$, containing the ...
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Can GPO grey out (not disable) "Enable Javascript" option?

I understand GPO can be used to disable or enable "Enable Javascript" option in Acrobat Reader. However, is there a way we can grey it out so that user cannot fiddle with it? Thanks in advance.
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Adobe Reader - How to disable automatic updates on a computer that is offline?

I have a computer at a location that is currently without internet service. I just did a fresh install of XP SP3 and am in the process of loading basic software that will be required later. Among ...
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How do I force SCCM to reinstall an application I've already deployed?

I recently used the Adobe Customization Wizard to create a custom transforms (.mst) file for the latest version of Acrobat Reader DC and deployed it to our network. Today I discovered that the ...
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Server 2012 - Computer GPO, scoped to user group?

I'm having an issue with server 2012 and setting default file type for a subset of users. I currently have a file type association XML file placed into my Domain Controller's sysvol, and it's called ...
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Why doesn't Reader DC send a printjob to a shared printer in a terminal server environment?

I'm experiencing a very odd issue. We work in a terminal environment using Adobe Acrobat Reader DC and printers that are shared on a print server and pushed to users in the Terminal Servers using a ...
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Adobe Reader XI Default PDF Handler Process

We currently use Adobe Reader XI in a Windows 7 environment and have been rolling out Nuance PowerPDF recently. Adobe Reader XI always remains the default however some websites have had issues- we've ...
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Acrobat Reader XI addon gets disabled periodically in Internet Explorer within Windows domain

We have a followig problem that happens on new workstations with Windows 7 x64 and Acrobat Reader XI only. Every few days the following key is automatically added to registry: HKCU\Software\...
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Trying to find some really old versions of software [closed]

I am currently trying to track down some old versions of Adobe Flash, Adobe Acrobat 9, Adobe Reader XI and Java Runtime Environment so that a Windows 2012R2 server can run a piece of [redacted] ...
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Trying to deploy Adobe Reader XI via GPO on Server 2012 R2 and Windows 7

this is what I did: Downloaded .exe from Adobe-ftp successfully extracted with "AdbeRdr11010_de_DE.exe" -nos_ne 'slipstreamed' the .msp into the .msi with klaus-hartnegg's tool made a .mst with Adobe ...
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Network Deploying Adobe Reader DC, is it supported by Adobe Customization Wizard?

I see that Adobe Reader DC was released yesterday. I'd like to get started on a deployment plan, but I can't find any information from Adobe on whether the Adobe Customization Wizard supports it at ...
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Adobe PDF networking error

I have several users on a 2012 RDS server that access a PDF from a Server 2012 windows file server. This PDF has many fillable fields like Name: with an empty text box next to it. Sometimes when the ...
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Issues with setting "Make Reader the default PDF viewer" with Adobe Reader XI

I do a silent deployment of Adobe Reader XI and the setup doesn't set Adobe Reader as default PDF Reader. I can set the default Reader manually but it has to be done automatically. I tried: ...
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Domain User cannot print some PDF files

I have a strange issue where a domain user cannot print some PDF files on a terminal server. The Xerox printer reports an "incorrect tray" error. The same PDF files can be printed ok from the ...
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Windows 7 Permissions for installing Adobe Reader and Flash Updates?

Is it possible to give users the permissions in a Windows Server 2008 R2 domain to install Adobe Reader and Flash Updates on their Windows 7 machines? Or are they just stuck with calling on the ...
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Is there a way of disabled byte-range requests in Apache?

I have a web page with a link to a PDF file (target="_blank"). If I click the link, the PDF reader just shows a grey screen within the Firefox browser. If I copy that link and manually open it in a ...
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Remotely update Adobe Reader on Mac OS X from terminal

I want to update Adobe Reader remotely on a Mac through the terminal. Flash Player had a .pkg file in the .dmg, so installing that wasn't difficult. There is no .pkg file in Adobe Reader updates. ...
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Adobe Reader 10.1.4 msi for Group Policy Deployment

I need a self contained msi file to put in the SYSVOL folder so I can roll it out via Group Policy. I have seen various instructions of how to do this (e.g. http://www.itninja.com/blog/view/reader-x-...
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Adobe Acrobat Sqlite errors with Mac OS X network accounts

We have set up network accounts for our Snow Leopard Users on several Macs, which work great except for applications that use a local Sqlite database for their preferences/cache. The biggest problem ...
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Adobe Reader won't launch when logged into network user accounts (Open Directory)

I have Adobe Reader 9 installed onto the local hard drives of my workstations. The application launches from local user accounts and functions as expected. When users are logged in with a network ...
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Force software rendering in Adobe Reader 10.1.3

In Adobe Reader 10.x there is an option under Edit>Preferences...>3D & Multimedia to set the renderer to use the software renderer instead of Directx. I've read that using the software setting ...
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Enterprise Version Inventory for Adobe Reader 7,8,9,10

Is there a tool or method to build an inventory of the version of Adobe Reader installed on computers in a domain? This would allow specific targeting of Adobe Reader updates to the computers who ...
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'IE cannot display the webpage' when opening PDFs

A number of my users are complaining ever since an upgrade to IE9 that when they click a PDF link, IE gives the error 'Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage' (ie doesn't even call Acrobat ...
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Can't Print Oracle Reports Using OraRRP and Adobe Reader

We've just upgraded to the latest version of Adobe Reader on our workstations, and now our Oracle reports will no longer print using OraRRP. We get the following error message: Unable to Print. Check ...
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Adobe Reader hangs on Citrix

Symptoms: The user cannot open new PDF's. When we look on the TS process list, we can see multiple acrord32.exe's, one for each attempt to open a PDF after the hang occurs. The user/Citrix Control ...
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Adobe Reader keep uninstalling when deployed via Group Policy

I've configured a Group Policy Object to install Adobe Reader X, but one machine keeps uninstalling the package on start-up - even if it is installed manually. This one machine also doesn't show ...
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Recommended PDF Reader for Windows Terminal Server Environment

Right now, I have Adobe Reader 9.0.0 installed on my Win 2003 Terminal Server. Before I just go ahead and update it to version 9.4, does anyone have an experience with a better PDF Reader for a ...