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Acrobat XI disable default app check

  • December 14, 2013
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Does anyone know how to get Acrobat to stop prompting the user to become the default app for opening PDF files? I do not want it as the default, and I want it to stop bugging people.

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  • December 15, 2013

Hi

You should be able to set Preview as the default using duti.

Here is a discussion to set Acrobat Pro, you just need to change bits to reflect for Preview

https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/discussion.html?id=8349

Not sure if that will stop the prompts but you can give it a go eh?


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  • December 15, 2013

We use a MCX fro that (Casper v8.xx);

Domain: com.adobe.Reader Key Name: 11 Key Type: Enter Manually (Array or Dictionary)
Value:

<dict>
        <key>EULAAccepted</key>
        <true/>

                <key>AVAlert</key>
        <dict>
            <key>Checkbox</key>
            <array>
                <integer>8</integer>
                <dict>
                    <key>OptionToOwn</key>
                    <array>
                        <integer>1</integer>
                        <integer>1</integer>
                    </array>
                </dict>
            </array>
        </dict>
    </dict>

Or you can push the com.adobe.Reader file.


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  • December 16, 2013

cool thanks


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  • December 16, 2013

One thing to note with managing Reader/Acrobat preferences using MCX: because Adobe nests the entire application's preferences under a single top-level key ('11' in this case), if you choose to manage this preference "Often", you will be discarding the user's preferences every time they log in, beause all of the user's preferences are being saved to keys nested within this key.


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  • December 16, 2013

I'm home sick today so I can't try it, but Preview is already the default app, but nothing is explicitly declared. @tkimpton If I set Preview as default via MCX, you're saying Acrobat will stop asking?


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