What is the Bootstrapper?¶
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I am currently using Adobe Reader 9.5.4. What version of Adobe Reader can I run on my Windows XP 2002 Service Pack 3 Computer?
Microsoft Windows XP Home, Professional, or Tablet PC Edition with Service Pack 2 or 3 (32 bit and 64 bit). Or Windows Server 2003 (with Service Pack 2 for 64 bit). Or Windows Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with or without Service Pack 1 (32 bit and 64 bit). Internet Explorer 6 or greater is required. Intel 1.3-GHz processor or equivalent; Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4; Windows Server 2003, 2008, or 2008 R2; Windows XP Professional, Home Edition, or Tablet PC Edition with Service Pack 2 or 3 (32 bit and 64 bit); Windows Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1 or 2 (32 bit and 64 bit); Windows 7 Starter, Home Premium, Professional.
Any setup.exe or any other executable that installs updates and launches the MSI installer is a bootstrapper. The Acrobat-Reader bootstrapper is provided as part of the Reader bundle on the CD and the web download. It is also provided for some releases on the download site. It provides a streamlined way to chain installs without the need for administrative install points. The bootstrapper provides the following benefits:
Detects whether the required Windows Installer (MSI) is available and installs it if it isn't.
Detects whether the product is already installed and only proceeds if it does not exist on the target machine.
Provides binary installations where the entire installer is supplied and run by each machine.
Provides a simple way to chain updates in the required order by simply adding the msp to the installer folder and modifying Setup.ini to apply that patch.
It is not subject to the patch constraint that limits an AIP from installing a quarterly update over a out of cycle patch. Thus, installs can always have the latest update without starting over.
Tutorials¶
Usage across releases is relatively the same. For an example, see this video
Best practices¶
Back up your original download. Do not modify the original download.
Use the Customization Wizard to create an MST for customizations and Setup.ini file. Save the MST.
Check Setup.ini prior to running Setup.exe. Make additional modifications as needed.
Do not use the bootstrapper if you are already using administrative install points.
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Bootstrapper usage¶
Common bootstrapper workflows can include any of the following:
Manually configuring Setup.ini and running and the bootstrapper.
Modifying the installer and/or installed product via Setup.ini or the command line.
Using the Customization Wizard to modify product features set by the UI, registry, and files.
Note
Using Setup.ini and batch files allows you to keep a record of modifications for future troubleshooting. Always archive your original download and modify a copy rather than the original.
Modifying the installer with the Customization Wizard
Create a folder to store the original installation files and the MSP update files to apply. For pre 9.3.3 versions, download the needed base install and requisite patches from https://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=1&platform=Windows.
Open the Customization Wizard.
Modify the product install and other options.
Generate a new Transform file (.mst).
After the Wizard has created a new MST file and modified the Setup.ini file, open Setup.ini and verify it has all the options you need.
Make any additional modifications to Setup.ini and/or to the command line in a batch file. Command line parameters can be sent to msiexec from the Setup.ini using /msi.
Run setup.exe to start the installation.
Bootstrapper config: setup.ini¶
The bootstrapper uses Setup.ini as a configuration file. Administrators typically modify this file via the Customization Wizard, manually, or both as needed.
Version notes:
Setup.ini: Default for mui Acrobat
Section | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|---|
Startup | ||
RequireMSI | 3.1 | |
RequireIE | The minimum supported version of Internet Explorer. Refer to the release notes. | |
RequireOS | A semicolon-separated list of operation systems. You need only specify the minimum required OS(s). Each OS name from the list must have corresponding INI section with OS specification. While there is no restriction on the string name, these names are used in any error messages. Therefore, real names are more user friendly. | |
Require64BitVC10RT | 11.0 and later and Acrobat 64-bit machines only: Specifies whether to install the Visual C++ x64 2010 SP1 Runtime is required when the following functionality IS needed: 1) Acrobat PDF Creation add-on (PDFMaker plugin) for Microsoft Office 64-bit applications (viz. Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook) and 2) sending emails or resolving addresses via 64-bit Microsoft Outlook. Values include:
| |
[OS name] | A list of required OS names which matches those in | |
PlatformID | Identifies the OS. | |
MajorVersion | Identifies the OS. | |
MinorVersion | Identifies the OS. | |
The keys below identify the service pack. Use | ||
CSDVersion | Use | |
ServicePackMajor | Identifies the major service pack. See also CSDVersion. | |
ServicePackMinor | Identifies the minor service pack. See also CSDVersion. | |
Architecture | If specified, the value must match:
| |
[Product] | Product Section | |
msi | Name of the msi file to sub-launch. | |
CmdLine | Any msiexec command. Note if | |
Languages | For multilingual installers only, a semicolon-separated list of languages in LANG_ID format. | |
PATCH | Full or relative path to the msp file to apply with MSI sub-launch. Do not use quotes. | |
LANG_ID | Language Description key, one for each language. | |
[MSI Updater] | The bootstrapper can download and install the required MSI version if needed. Adobe provides the default data. See | |
Path | The absolute or relative path to the required MSI updater file starting with starting from https:// or ftp://. When a fully-qualified URL path os specified, the bootstrapper downloads the new Microsoft Installer first. | |
Timeout | The time in minutes after which if downloading is not complete it will be aborted. The default is 15 minutes. |
Command line switches¶
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You can pass MSI switches to Setup.exe to control its operation. The general form of the command is:
Note the following:
All parameters are case insensitive.
There is no parameter merging; if any parameter is passed as a command line argument then any parameters in the INI file are ignored.
Refer to the list of supported switches
Language based behaviors¶
During installation, both the bootstrapper and the Select Language dialog behavior is determined by two items: the specified Lang_ID key in the setup.ini file and the existence of the language package in the file to be installed. There are three possible scenarios:
When the OS user default locale matches one of the package languages:
The language dialog is invoked with strings in the OS locale language.
Language descriptions in the drop-down list are populated with OS locale strings from system registry. If this fails, then the drop-down list populates with the string from the INI Language Description keys.
The OS locale Language is pre-selected in the drop-down list.
When the OS user default locale is one of the 15 supported languages but doesn't match any of the package languages:
The dialog labels appear in OS locale language.
Language descriptions in the drop-down list are populated with OS locale strings from the system registry. If this fails, then the drop-down list populates with the string from the INI Language Description keys.
The Package Default Language value of ‘ProductLanguage' from the installer Property table is pre-selected in the drop-down list.
- When the OS user default locale doesn't match any of the 15 supported languages:
The dialog labels appear in the Package Default Language locale.
The drop-down list populates with string from INI Language Description Keys.
The Package Default Language is pre-selected in the drop-down list.
Setup.ini examples¶
To install the base installer with the latest update:
Create a folder to store the original installation files and the MSP update files to apply.
Download the needed base install and requisite patches.
Add the following line to setup.ini file, under the [Product] section:
[Product]PATCH=AcrobatUpd(version).msp
Note
It is not necessary to use path statements or quotes.
Make any additional modifications to Setup.ini and/or to the command line in a batch file. Command line parameters can be sent to msiexec from the Setup.ini using /msi.
Run setup.exe to start the installation.
Except for the PATCH= line and the addition of the ADDLOCAL=ALL property, setup.ini file changes are written to the file by the Adobe Customization Wizard.
