Unified Acrobat for enterprise users

The unified version of Acrobat is now available for enterprises to deploy. This article provides details on Adobe’s Unified app installer and some important procedures to customize the Adobe installations.

Why deploy unified Acrobat on enterprises?

To streamline installs and simplify app management for large enterprises, Adobe now delivers a unified Acrobat and Reader all-language (MUI) installer. Adobe’s single-app initiative provides both Acrobat and Reader functionality via a single installer, a common default install location, and a common executable and configuration mechanism.

Note the following benefits:

• A single default install path that simplifies product deployment and management:
  Windows C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC
  macOS /Applications/Adobe Acrobat DC

• Unified Acrobat supports the easy-to-manage Shared Device Licensing method.
• Available features are determined by the licensing or activation credential rather than installing two different products. Users with Acrobat rights get those features on sign-in and other users get Reader functionality.
• Two app installs are no longer required.
• Automatic and managed updates workflows continue unchanged.

How to use unified Acrobat in read-only mode in Windows?

If you need to run Acrobat in reader mode without users being required to log in, make the following registry changes:

How to use unified Acrobat in read-only mode in macOS?

How to stop the automatic upgrade of Acrobat Reader 32-bit to Acrobat Reader 64-bit?

If you have deployed the 32-bit version of Acrobat Reader, use the following procedure to stop the Acrobat Reader 32-bit application from automatically upgrading to the 64-bit version. Create the following registry key before the first launch of the application:

Important:

Even though the above registry changes will stop the automatic upgrade to Acrobat 64-bit, the upgrade can still be done if Acrobat is installed on the computer via:

• The Creative Cloud desktop app.
• A package containing Acrobat.

Can I download and install Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader 32-bit version to a 64-bit Windows machine?

To download and install Acrobat

You cannot use the package workflow in the Adobe Admin Console to deploy the 32-bit version of Acrobat to a 64-bit machine. However, if you have a reason to install the 32-bit version of Acrobat on a 64-bit machine, download the 32-bit installer. And then follow the installation steps in this article.

To download and install Adobe Reader

If you have the need to install Adobe Reader 32-bit on a Windows 64-bit, machine: