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zinno01
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Remote install of PDF-xchange Pro

Post by zinno01 »

Hi all,

As you can see in the subject I am preparing for a domain wide roll-out of PDF-xchange Pro. So far everything has gone well except for the fact that pdfviewer refuses to register itself as default pdf application. This is kinda annoying as we run a rather strict domain policy which does not allow users to write to the registry (meaning they are not able to register pdfviewer as default themselves).

I am using following command: PDFX4_wV.exe /VERYSILENT /KEY:"XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX" /Username:"XXXXXXX" /Organization:"XXXXXXX" /PDFV=YES /L

If I'm not mistaken the /PDFV=YES switch is used to register the application as the default viewer but for some reason that seems to fail.
I have logged the installation but no errors are logged.

I'm using ZOHO Desktopcentral for remote deployment and use credentials with domain install rights.

Thanks for having a look at this.

Sven
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Stefan - PDF-XChange
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Re: Remote install of PDF-xchange Pro

Post by Stefan - PDF-XChange »

Hi Sven,

Have you seen the .msi installation packages? They are more convenient and should be easier to deploy over a range of machines.

Regards,
Stefan