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User-friendly Adobe Acrobat Add-in Removal

  • November 7, 2022
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Provide users with detailed feedback with this automated script to remove Acrobat's Add-in from Microsoft Office via Jamf Pro Self Service

Background

When we implemented Microsoft’s recommended macro security in Office for Mac settings via a Configuration Profile some time ago, we also started offering users @pbowden's Office-Reset packages via Jamf Pro’s Self Service, which have been working like a champ.

However, each time Adobe Acrobat Pro is installed or updated, the Acrobat Add-in silently finds its way back into the user’s Microsoft Office-related User Content folders, and since the Add-in relies on external dynamic libraries — which we purposely disable by setting DisableVisualBasicExternalDylibs to true — users observe error messages in the following applications:

  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft PowerPoint

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