Print Notes and Popups on by default

[rma2001]

I was wondering if there was a registry setting that we could enable to have the "Print Notes and Popups" enabled for all users by default. Ideally we could push this by group policy, but I'm not sure if it is possible or not.

[Patrick-Tracker Supp]

Hello rma2001,

Thank you for the post. You should be able to push the attached registry key. I have attached it as a text file, you will need to change the file extension to .reg for deployment.
I hope this helps!

[rma2001]

Thanks for the quick response. Does this just work with Editor? We currently have the Viewer software installed. v2.5 Build 212.0

Edit: I was also just asked if there was a way to set the Opacity to 100%. That isn't as big of a deal though.

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Hello rma2001,

Yes the key for the Viewer is:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Tracker Software\PDFViewer\Print\NotesAndPopups = "1"

Both the Viewer and Editor will store in the registry only values that differ from their defaults, so if you make a change on one machine and check the registry parths you should be able to see the values you need to push.

Also if pushing more than several settings - it might be easier if you push the whole profile:
How do I script importing settings to the Viewer for users on multiple machines?.

Regards,
Stefan

[rma2001]

That key worked great.

Is there one for the Popups Opacity too? I changed the value and looked in the registry but I didn't see anything that stood out for that value.

[Will - Tracker Supp]

Hi rma2001,

If you are looking to push multiple settings, then I would strongly recommend that you make these changes on one computer, then push the settings file out to multiple people, as per Stefan's post:
https://www.pdf-xchange.com/knowledgebase/318

HTH!

[rma2001]

Thanks. Turns out you have to close out of the program for the keys to show up. If someone happens by on google, the reg key for Opacity is PopupsAlpha.

The key I exported was

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Tracker Software\PDFViewer\Print]
"NotesAndPopups"=dword:00000001
"PopupsAlpha"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,f0,3f

That got the check box for "Print Notes and Popups" selected and the "Popups opacity" set to 100%

[Patrick-Tracker Supp]

Hello rma2001,

Glad to hear that that has worked!

Cheers!