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Adobe Standard 8.0 Installation with an mst file Options

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2008-01-22 10:15:19
jessemandi
Registered: Jan 22 2008
Posts: 3

All,

I have ran into a couple of issues with this. I have installed Adobe
Standard 8.0 on a workstation with an mst file and I had some
incorrect settings that I needed to change. So I ran the msiexec
uninstall command for Adobe Standard and uninstalled the product. I
then rebooted the computer. I changed the mst file to the correct
settings and now when I run the install the new settings and reboot,
the old settings come back. Is there anything that I need to do to
resolve this issue?

Where does it store the settings in the registry or on the computer (cache)?

Thanks for your help.

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2008-01-23 11:57:44
#1
dthanna
ExpertTeam
Registered: Sep 28 2005
Posts: 248
Most of the product settings are on the HKCU hive in the registry. I would try to uninstall - Regedit - goto HKCU\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat and start cleaning things out*.

You will still need to do the reboot after the flush.

I would guess that the problem is that the reinstallation is being perfomed as a repair rather than a fresh install. Repairs only write the necessary files - rarely is the registry touched, except when an entry does not exist.

* I, Adobe Systems, Acrobat Users, etc., etc., ad nausium are not responsible if an errant keystroke, cat on keyboard, dog attacking you to go outside, spilt coffee, tea, soda/pop, etc. causes your computer to no longer boot and leaves you with a large paperweight. In otherwords, swim at your own risk.

Douglas Hanna is a member of the Production Print Technology team at Aon.
www.aonhewitt.com

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2008-01-23 15:50:15
#2
jessemandi
Registered: Jan 22 2008
Posts: 3
Would the directory "C:\windows\installer" hold on any cached settings? I ran across this as a possiblity. Because I noticed that the msi and the mst get copied here.

I have verified that I am doing a complete removal of Adobe Acrobat because after I run the msiexec command to uninstall Adobe( msiexec /x {AC76BA86-1033-0000-BA7E-000000000003} /qn ), I reboot the computer and verify that it isn't in Add/Remove Programs, verify that there are no registry entries that contain data, and also verify that it has been removed from Program Files.

The install that I am running is using the command:
msiexec /i C:\Adobe\Acrobat8\AcroStan.msi TRANSFORMS="C:\Adobe\Acrobat8\AcroStan.mst" /qn

Please provide any help that you can.

Thanks
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