Acrobat Reader DC

For silent enterprise deployment of Acrobat Reader DC, customize the extracted Reader MSI with Adobe Customization Wizard/Enterprise Toolkit settings and deploy it with a transform, for example msiexec /i Acrobat.msi /qn TRANSFORMS=AcroRead.mst /l*v install.log. Use the transform for Reader-specific defaults such as EULA suppression, update behavior, and first-run settings instead of relying on interactive setup choices.

If a deployment intentionally leaves Adobe auto-update enabled, set the Reader/Acrobat update mode deliberately in the command line or transform, such as UPDATE_MODE=0, UPDATE_MODE=1, UPDATE_MODE=2, or UPDATE_MODE=3, and document which mode is expected for each deployment ring.

Reader deployments should also exclude devices with Acrobat Pro already installed, or use an Intune requirement rule / ConfigMgr collection to keep Reader off those machines, because Reader installs can fail when Pro is already present.

For required ConfigMgr deployments or task sequences that fail even though Software Center installs succeed, test the deployment-type option to run the install and uninstall program as 32-bit processes on 64-bit clients. If Acrobat/Reader updates fail with MSI source errors such as 1612 or 0x8024002D, treat that as a possible missing or corrupt Acrobat source-cache issue rather than only a version-detection problem.

Prerequisite note: For Acrobat Reader DC EXE/MSP x86 packages, pre-stage the Microsoft Visual C++ v14 Redistributable (x86) before the Reader install or update runs. Model the redistributable as an Intune/ConfigMgr dependency instead of assuming the Reader package will satisfy it.

If Acrobat or Reader updates fail with 1612 or 0x8024002D, check for a missing Windows Installer source/cache condition before rebuilding the package. Adobe documents System Error 1612 as an update-source problem, so remediation may require repairing the original install source or reinstalling with a known-good enterprise package. Source: Adobe Acrobat/Reader update error guidance.