How To Allow Adobe To Install Updates

Updating the Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Version Installed with the Adobe Experience Director Server

Follow this procedure to manually update Adobe Acrobat Pro DC on the AEM server.

1. Outset comport out these checks:

a. Verify the MS Part support notes for the old and new versions of Acrobat on the Adobe spider web site.

b. The MS Office PDF Generator (PDFG) plugin is sensitive to the Adobe Acrobat Pro DC and MS Part version combination. Ensure that in that location are no known-problems with your configuration and the version you want to update to.

c. Follow these steps to verify that your exam and product AEM server environments are working correctly:

a. Launch Microsoft Word on the AEM server using the Windows account of the PDF Generator, and so open a Word document and confirm that the Acrobat ribbon is available.

b. Click Create PDF on the Acrobat ribbon to exercise the PDF conversion using the PDFG plugin.

c. Publish a document from AEM server's > to ensure that the service is not broken.

d. Perform the Adobe Acrobat Pro DC update in your AEM server test environment showtime and perform the to a higher place verification steps there, before deploying in production.

2. From Windows Task Managing director, under Services, select JBoss service and click Stop Service. Ensure that the java.exe procedure of JBoss goes away.

3. From the Windows Registry, change Acrobat Policy to Allow Product Updates:

a. Paste the following lines into a text editor, then salvage the file every bit AcrobatEnableUpdates.reg.

Windows Registry Editor Version five.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\2017\
FeatureLockDown] "bUpdater"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\2017\
FeatureLockDown\cServices] "bUpdater"=dword:00000000

b. Ensure that no version of Adobe Acrobat is running, and and then double-click the AcrobatEnableUpdates.reg registry file and add together the entries to the Windows Registry.

• Always practice extreme caution when making modifications in the registry.

• It is recommended to brand a copy of the registry key and so the original settings tin be restored if needed.

• The registry should only be edited by a qualified system administrator.

• PTC is not responsible for system malfunction caused by the application of this solution.

4. Open Windows Explorer and navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat 2022\Acrobat\ to launch Acrobat.exe

5. Change the Update preference to not update Acrobat automatically:

a. Click > , and under Categories select Updater.

b. Clear Automatically install updates.

c. Click OK, to relieve.

half-dozen. Prepare the Organisation environment variable Acrobat_PATH to point to Acrobat.exe, for example, C:\Programme Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat 2022\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe.

vii. From Acrobat'south Help, initiate > to install and update the Acrobat Pro DC with latest version.

8. The Update successful box appears. Click Shut.

• Dismiss all Acrobat dialog boxes that are displayed after the Acrobat installation is completed.

• Disable the automated updates for Acrobat.

ix. After the Adobe Acrobat update, perform these steps:

a. Ensure that the Acrobat_PATH SYSTEM surround variable is gear up, for example, Acrobat_PATH=C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat 2022\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe.

b. Launch a Command Prompt in elevated mode, for instance, Run as administrator.

c. Navigate to the C:\Adobe\Adobe_Experience_Manager_Forms\pdfg_config and execute Acrobat_for_PDFG_Configuration.bat.

d. Restart the JBoss server.

x. Perform the following checks:

a. Launch Microsoft Word and open a document.

b. Check that the Acrobat ribbon is activated.

c. Click Create PDF, and confirm that the PDF is generated.

d. Publish a document from the AEM server's adminui using Create PDF to ensure that the service is not broken.

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