Note: Aaron has posted that Adobe has released the customisation wizard for Acrobat Reader 9 and has updated his excellent post on deploying Acrobat Reader 9 with this new information.

Instructions

To perform a silent install of Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.0, follow these steps:

1. Download the install file from Adobe here .

2. Run the installer, and wait until the setup dialog appears asking you for a destination folder to install to.

3. Leave that dialog open, and in Windows Explorer navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\usernamel\Local Settings\Application Data\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Setup Files\READER9 .  This contains the extracted setup files you will need for silent installs.

4. Copy the files to another location, and cancel the open dialog box.

5. Now to perform a silent install using whatever deployment tool you wish (eg GPO, SMS, SCCM, SCE) you simply execute the MSI with the usual "quiet" switches, eg…

msiexec /qb /i AcroRead.msi

ADM Template for Acrobat Reader 9

If you’re performing a deployment to a business network you might find this ADM handy.  It lets you control three behaviours of Reader 9 for which I find the default settings annoying:

• automatic updates
• EULA on first run
• browser integration

Download it here: Adobe Acrobat Reader 9 ADM Template (930 downloads)

Note: Aaron has created a much more comprehensive ADM that you can download over at his site.