Windows Tutorials

How to Install Adobe Reader with PowerShell

In this tutorial you will learn how to install Adobe Reader with PowerShell. By the end of this tutorial, you would have successfully deployed Adobe Reader onto a Windows computer.

Install Adobe Reader With PowerShell

$CheckADCReg = Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\* | where {$_.DisplayName -like "Adobe Acrobat Reader DC*"}
If ($CheckADCReg -eq $null) {
$Installdir = "c:\temp\install_adobe"
New-Item -Path $Installdir  -ItemType directory

$source = "ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/AcrobatDC/2001320064/AcroRdrDC2001320064_en_US.exe"
$destination = "$Installdir\AcroRdrDC2001320064_en_US.exe"
Invoke-WebRequest $source -OutFile $destination


Start-Process -FilePath "$Installdir\AcroRdrDC2001320064_en_US.exe" -ArgumentList "/sAll /rs /rps /msi /norestart /quiet EULA_ACCEPT=YES"

Start-Sleep -s 240


rm -Force $Installdir\AcroRdrDC*
}

The PowerShell Script will do the following.

  1. Call to Adobe Reader FTP URL.
  2. Download the Adobe Reader package. 
  3. Finally, it will install the Adobe Reader onto the Windows Computer.

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