![]() ![]() If the above steps did not help, then it seems your Mac is infected. This will bring up Quit Applications window > select the app from the list > Force Quit. Also, you can press the Command Option Esc keys.Search for the app, choose process related to the target app (Adobe Acrobat Reader DC), click the X > Quit button.If this doesn’t help, open Activity Monitor.Look for the app icon (Adobe Acrobat Reader DC) in the Dock.To force quit an active or frozen app from macOS, follow the steps below: If the program is in use or any PDF file will be opened, you cannot delete it. > Adobe Acrobat Reader DC still appear when trying to open a PDF fileīefore we start explaining the ways to delete Adobe Acrobat DC, remember to quit Adobe Acrobat Reader. > Adobe Acrobat Reader DC cannot be moved to the trash as it is open at location \RaftLogs\AdbeArCleaner.> Adobe Acrobat Reader DC leftovers scatter around and are hard to locate Logs are created at system temp folder i.e. ![]() InstallPath It is a string that specifies installation path on the machine.ĭefault installation path is assumed if this parameter isĮxample: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 10.0"Įxample Command: AdbeArCleaner.exe /silent /product=0 /cleanlevel=0 /installpath=xyz (Note that there are no spaces around "="). =1 (Clean all found/detected instances of the product) =0 (Only clean the installation directory specified by InstallPath entered on command line only. ScanForOthers If this parameter is set to 0, AdbeArCleaner would clean =1 (clean both distinct and shared components)ĭefault value is 0 in case this parameter is not passed. components shared between Acrobat and Reader should be cleaned or not. CleanLevel It specifies the level of cleanup i.e. If this parameter is not passed, UI mode is invoked. Silent Execute tool in silent (Non UI) mode. This tool removes Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader including any preferencesĪnd settings that may be preserved during a standard program uninstall.ĪdbeArCleaner.exe It is very easy to use and you can run it in silent mode. Here's a little bonus I found in my notes, a quick way to check for what OS version the machine running the script is using, nice if you need to do something different between 32bit and 64bit installs and you don't want to make two scripts. REG QUERY HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ (Or whatever the uninstall code is) When it asks me what to run in the distribution I tell it Install.bat, not to prepend MSIEXEC and it's all good. So! I normally compile all the files I need into a working folder, add an install.bat, then zip it up and upload it into KACE. Though I normally tweak it a bit when you see MSIEXEC /I and the product code, I change it to MSIEXEC /qn /X and the product code. I actually made a little workflow diagram to explain it: īefore I give you the code for that workflow, let me also mention that if you go into your K1000 -> Inventory -> Software, You can search for the particular acrobat install it will report how many computers it's installed on so you know you grabbed the right one, click on it, and often times you'll get to see the Product Un-Install Command right there on the software page. So it will first check for the old version, uninstall it if it finds it, and then installs the new software. I personally prefer to script the uninstall in with the install of the new version. ![]() bat file with the uninstall command in it as run it like a managed installation. The K1000's robust Scripting engine could help push out a script to uninstall it. ![]()
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