Tuesday, February 23, 2010

disabling adobe updater from running

Extract from: http://blog.stealthpuppy.com/deployment/deploying-adobe-reader-9-for-windows

To disable Updater from running automatically you can run the following command line as an administrator (or an elevated command prompt in Windows Vista /2008):

REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\9.0\FeatureLockdown" /v bUpdater /d 0 /t REG_DWORD /f

Alternatively, to completely remove Adobe Updater, after installation, delete this folder:

  • C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Updater6 (32-bit Windows)

  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Updater6 (64-bit Windows)


If Adobe Reader is running as a standard (or limited) user account, Adobe Updater won’t run at all, so it shouldn’t be an issue if you don’t give users administrative access to their workstations.

If you are virtualising Adobe Reader, then disabling or removing Updater is a must.