Thanks a lot to Shark007 for release French & Japanese versions!

download URL's are in the 1st post


EDITTED by Shark007

That was the exact build i was taking about. I think it doesn't include AIR files or Acrobat.com support, which is great for Lite versions. However, i can confirm this because i don't ever install the full versions.

Hopefully, Adobe will release Spanish version soon. I use the spanish versions on many computers except my own.

Thanks again. Regards.

Noted. But i will stick with the lite version for now.
But for future lite versions you may pls consider including the FormFilling option too.

thanks
Gopal.

I didnt specificly remove it. I agree, it is an important function to have.
Could you please provide a pdf form for testing? PM the url to me, I'll see if I can fix it.


shark

Here you go - http://www.goeforms.com/services/papertopdf_samples.php - lots of sample forms available.

Thanks
Gopal

Thanks for the Lite-Versions.

Maybe it's a good idea for some to delete the "AcroRd32Info.exe"-file after installation, as it remains worthless in the RAM (consuming 21MB) after closing AdobeReader.
(see also: http://blog.kakkoi.net/windows/how-to-safe...-adobe-reader/)

That method described here doesn't work. The file must be deleted or renamed. Or use a msi editor to disable the service.

Does anyone know when other languages of the standard Adobe Reader will be available? I'm waiting for the italian version to come out...

Tried English AR 9.0 Lite... Works like a charm!
(Except that searching for updates doesn't work at all! )
Any chance for Hebrew AR 8.1.2 Lite, though?

My gut instinct wants to tell you to wait for a 9.0 release, but . . . i know adobe, obscure launguage support is often on the back burner.

working on 8.1.2 Hebrew ... available soon.

shark

Thanks... You're da man!

Thanks a lot ...

thanks


Adobe Reader 8.1.2 Lite - Hebrew


shark

CHS chinese version please bro =)

thx for Adobe Reader 8.1.2 Lite - Hebrew

any Lite versions I have released since this information was brought forward have AcroRd32Info.exe removed.
(hebrew and chinese chs)

The 4 version 9 releases I have made to date will be re-released with this file removed.
pending . . .


shark

For those who dunno ... shark is having heart attack in the past and only have 50% working heart...
Do donate some $ for giving him a better living... and hopefully he manage to keep up the work and health...

Chs version from his updated work...
http://rapidshare.com/files/129377233/ar81..._zh_CN.exe.html

Enjoy

I have uploaded REVISED 9.0 Editions for the 4 available languges.
The only change in the revised editions is the removal of AcroRd32Info.exe

thanks swgreed for bringing this information to my attention.


shark

Thank you shark! I updated Sereby and my server with the new german file.

Shark007,

Great work! The one thing I have noticed is that AcroRd32Info.exe attempts to load even though the file has not been included.

This creates an error message in the Event Viewer/System log as follows:

Unable to start a DCOM Server: {98D9A6F1-4696-4B5E-A2E8-36B3F9C1E12C}. The error:
"The system cannot find the file specified. "
Happened while starting this command:
"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\AcroRd32Info.exe" /PDFShell -Embedding

The message appears about 5 times for each PDF viewed.

Is there any easy way to prevent this error message?

Regards!

Autoupdate is removed, but can you still update? I need it to have those additional language support.

I'll look into this. No promises it'll change. Most users never read that log. (I don't). They doubleclick a PDF and if it opens, they read it.

ALL update features are removed. Having a software package call home occassionally just to 'check for an update' is not welcomed on any of the computers I maintain. You will have to do it manually or install the full version. The update features I removed are more than just a few files/plugins.


shark

Alright. Thanks for the info.

Shark,

This was just an observation. Like you I hate programs that "call home" and automatically update etc. I use The Event Viewer to make sure that all programs "play nice"

Regards!

Hi, can you please try to disable “Allow fast web view” & “Allow speculative downloading in the background” in preferences and post the results?

If this not resolve, can you try to create a dummy AcroRd32Info.exe and look at the events again?

I can too hate those pesk red alerts.

Thanks.

And special thanks to Shark007.

-peace and respect-

Thanks for the response!

I had tried disabling “Allow fast web view” & “Allow speculative downloading in the background” based on a search to not load AcroRd32Info.exe.

It does not solve the annoyance!

I then took a blank word file and renamed it and got the following error.

Unable to start a DCOM Server: {98D9A6F1-4696-4B5E-A2E8-36B3F9C1E12C}. The error:
""C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\AcroRd32Info.exe" /PDFShell -Embedding is not a valid Win32 application. "
Happened while starting this command:
"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\AcroRd32Info.exe" /PDFShell -Embedding

Where would I get a dummy executable?

Regards!

there is something i don't understand about 'AcroRd32Info.exe' maybe because of my english. I have installed the full version of Reader and I don't have AcroRd32Info.exe running on my system. it doesn't even launch itself when i start adobe reader. that's why i don't get it when you talk about this. Do you think it's because i'm on vista x64 bit ?
Also shark i did not test your release yet. so far on my tweaking on AcroRead.msi of reader I have removed the 'MoveFile' table with Orca and in result I go down to 98mo on my hdd instead of 198mo by default because the setup file are not copied.

Acrobat Reader 8.1.2 is installed on my laptop with Vista Home OS.
As you point out 'AcroRd32Info.exe' does not appear to load as a "Process" or a "Service" with Vista.

Interestingly I copied version 8.1.2 of 'AcroRd32Info.exe' from my laptop and placed it in the appropriate directory on my XP computer running Shark's version of Abobe Reader 9.0 and the error messages in Event Viewer stopped.

'AcroRd32Info.exe' loads as a Process (20,336k) but unloads in about 30 seconds. It does in fact load when I open an Explorer folder containing a PDF file.

Regards!

IJM,

You made one "dummy" when you create the fake exe. My hope was the error was just logged on decom logs and out of event viewer. For what I had learned, this "process" is some sort of prefetcher and the people who really care about this sort of behavior hate this thing.

Any way its better some red marks on the ev than that application starting on our back. Less one, I hope...

Thanks.

I used universal extractor to decompress the exe and then deployed this through Group Policy without any problems. Thanks.

can u plz tel how to make nlite addon from this !! ..
but thanx anyway .. awesome post !!!

Finnish version would be cool as well

Good Job!Thanks.
I edit some appearance and something in the lite version.
I only edit English Version...~
7-zip:
Rapid Share
Live Share

Exe(Extra...):
Rapid Share
Live Share


EDITTED by Shark007 - to give notice, there is no need to post the same information twice, i deleted your other post.

also, your edits may have gotten better 'attention' if you had discuss it with me 1st and hopefully I would have agreed to use them in my releases. I do not have the time to install/compare whatever it is you changed.
If it is cosmetic only, I would not have used them anyway.

Thanks Mr. Shark007.

I'm from Spain. If you wanted to make a Spanish installer, please...

THNX again...

*poof* there you go, i magically created brand new unreleased version of adobe reader.
cross your fingers, spin 3 times in an anti-clockise direction while saying... there's no place like home .. 3 times

now take these mythical versions and enjoy them...


shark

Filling out forms doesn't work with this Lite version. It's missing AcroForm.api from C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\plug_ins

Could you please release a version that includes AcroForm.api otherwise we cannot work with fillable PDFs.

thanks for the excellent work!

Update: you can try it on this test pdf file:

http://www.thewebjockeys.com/TheWebJockeys...Jockeys_vC5.pdf

I've always used /sAll as the silent switch for Adobe Reader (v8 and earlier). Now I'm trying to use ar9lite_eng.exe and /sAll doesn't work. It comes up with the msiexec.exe help window. Is there a new silent install switch? I see that the installer is, in fact, unattended. But I was just wondering if it was possible to make it invisible.

Thanks for your great work, Shark. It's much appreciated!

This has previously been brought to my attention. the plugin AcroForm.api does not control this.
I have not had time to look into it. pending . . .



ar9lite_eng.exe /qn

but you will still see the files being extracted from the 7zip installer
if completely invisible is your goal it will have to be repackaged using a different 7z module.


shark

It sure does. I copied AcroForm.api from a full install of v9 to the lite install folder and fillable forms now work.

thanks for testing this, and providing the information.
The user whom initially brought form filling to my attention also tested that api and stated it didnt work.

bottom line ....

if adding that api corrects the issue as you state, I will re-release all 9.0 versions with the fix intact.
I have not had time to test any of this . . . pending


shark

One more suggestion: rather than deleting the plugins completely, move them to the Optional folder (peer with plug_ins). Yes, the installer will be bigger, but at least the plugins are there for users that need some of them, they can just be moved back into plug_ins, as needed. Or release an Optional.7z file with just the extra plugins. It's a pain to install the full v9 somewhere else just to copy 1-2 plugins that a user may need.

This is why it is an Lite version. If you need additional plugins, install the original full version. And if you just want these 1 or 2 files, make an sfx archive to extract them in your UA-DVD.

Hi Shark,

I have Adobe Acrobat 8 (not the reader) installed, and don't like it as a PDF viewer. I wonder if your lite version (specifically 9.0) could coexist with it, and don't mess things up if it's uninstalled someday?

Thanks for your great work!

yes you can install it AFTER the Pro installation to have it handle reading PDF documents.
The installer is still Adobe's, I only modified it to reduce the unwanted bloat it installa.


shark

any idea what can cause this error:
http://german-nlite.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=194

Little translation:
"While trying to read from the file '...\AcroRead.msi' a network error occured"

The error is caused by having previously installed the FULL version.

Please keep in mind the purpose of these installers. UNATTENDED MEDIA. They are not designed for desktop use.
They are not designed to deal with previous installations (even though it was uninstalled)
The error only occurs if you had previously installed the full version.

If you wish to avoid the error, you could try repackaging and renaming the contained msi from ar.msi to AcroRead.msi but this is not tested.


shark

You can also try to delete all registry entries / program folders associated with acrobat prior to installing the lite version. This will certainly work.

Hi Shark,

I have a small suggestion. Would you consider removing the registration (and unregistration, of course) of AcroRd32Info.exe in future releases? The 9.0 version leaves a lot of DCOM errors in my event viewer. Yes they are safe, but still unpleasant to the eyes.

Thanks again for your nice work!

PS. I deleted the registration info under HKCR and HKLM (with backup), and no errors are issued now.

How to make the adobe reader 9.0 lite?

Thanks a lot mate