How To Disable Auto Update In Adobe Acrobat Pro Dc Mac
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Adobe has updated his free "Acrobat Reader" for viewing, printing and annotating PDF's to "Adobe Reader DC", where "DC" means "Document Cloud". The Acrobat Reader DC gives you the ability to work with PDF documents in any desktop or mobile device
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The methods indicate above, (the task manager and the services) work for about a week, and then the tasks are re-established again automatically.
Please re-visit the methods indicated above and verify that the updates are still disabled after a week or two.
I tried it using Services more than once, but it always comes back, to me too. It has stolen almost all my data to last 5/20 to 6/20! Checked just now, and instead of "disabled" it said "started." Now will try the registry method, but want to back up the registry first. I have Reader DC and Windows 7.
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One annoying thing, installing a MSP file (update) will re-enable the service and also recreate the Task Schedule.
Not sure if it will set the Mode to 3 again though. Just found this, and have to test that.
I am an IT Manager for my company and we use a software called DeepFreeze to put the workstations into stasis mode after they are setup. No updates are permanent unless we unlock the software first. So we have always disabled automatic updates to keep the computers from wasting time and computer resources. I exported the registry key with the AU off and can quickly "turn off" AU in the future. But it's a bit presumptuous of Adobe to remove the controls from the preferences. At least they didn't remove "Check For Updates" under the Help menu.
I too work in a public environment and use Deep Freeze. I also get tired of having to figure out certain registry entries in order to disable automatic updates for various programs and I refuse to use crappy customization tools.
forced automatic updates for Reader DC is much like the upcoming Windows 10 operating system. Win10 will have automatic updates always on.and only Pro & Enterprise users of Win10 (not Core/Home users) can defer/delay automatic updates.
That can be done even with "Windows Firewall with Advanced Security" (or any other firewall you might be using), by creating an outbound rule for "C:\program files\adobe\acrobat reader dc\reader\acrord32.exe" (or whatever your path/program name is (it is different e.g. for a 64-bit system))
nope, St_Ranger. Adding the "bUpdater" registry entry and setting it to 0 not only disables automatic updates, it also removes the "Check for Updates" option from the Help menu of Acrobat Reader DC. Proof is in the picture - I took an image of this on my family's Win7 computer with Acrobat Reader DC installed.
A couple of years ago, I couldn't do this, but now enough websites have jumped on board that I finally got rid of it. If you go to youtube and you are still using Flash, it will display your video in Flash whether you like it or not. If you uninstalled Flash, then youtube will default to using HTML. More and more websites are doing this using an auto-detect system.
A possible deterrent is that it is maintained by Google, - so there might be privacy issues (I haven't looked at that at all, - it's just a guess based on the overall desire of Google to collect information).
I wholeheartedly agree with many on this post. As a software developer that has many PDFs open at many times, and can't just rebppt my PC when an app decides it wants me to, I need to be able to control when things update... I never let Flash update on it's own. But with Acrobat, frequently there are rebooting requirements, since you are forcing a reboot, we must be give control.
Hey guys, thank you all for the directions. Done all that's been listed and will pull the plug on installing/running Adobe Reader DC in my family's computers and those of my company upon software maintenance.
Adobe does not seem to understand their reader is already one of the heaviest on resources, and annoying users with cumbersome procedures (it is, for regular users) will just enforce the stampede towards competitors.
In regard to accepting license agreements, noone even reads them, home users or system administrators. There is no negotiation of clauses or any sort of customization for anything the user does not agree with. For paid software it's even more dull, since the "contract" is presented AFTER purchase. That is why software agreements will never have any value to users. Though their acceptance may exempt Adobe and other developers from any legal claims, they just worsen user irritation upon mention. People want and have the right to easily manage what software is unnecessarily spending resources and devouring their 3G/4G data limits. Softwares that do not comply with that are subject to abandonment. In fact, the plain refusal of developers to attend to user basic needs (not to have this hassle, for example) is what starts the search for alternative applications. Should they just maintain things running smoothly for the user (you need updates for that, we get it, but we need to update only when it is convenient), the natural inertia would keep them using the software forever.
It may be free software, and Adobe can do as they wish with their software, and we have choices. They are in a sense taking over the consumer computer, invading the personal space, with out of control software. Automatic updates open the door for spyware and possible virus attacks. If they put out an update that has an unexpected error, we will all be paying a possible price. I would see them opening themselves up for a possible class action lawsuit which they will probably deny with their overblown user agreement. The time has come for these software companies to hire better lawyers and reduce their user agreements to no more than 500 English words. The choice is to use another of the many free options out there, my option will be to completely uninstall the Adobe software and label the company a purveyor of spyware, what else is in the software that is automatic.
Your desire to help others is commendable, but you need to learn the proper ways for the results to be useful and helpful. Those proper ways include thoughtful approach and appropriate technical tools.
@JCF-MCC, Or, even individual customers. Adobe, are you listening? I don't want to be prompted to "upgrade" my functional copy of Acrobat Pro to a monthly paid upgrade to Acrobat DC each and every time I boot up my computer. Give us a way to stop this nagging.
A lot of great ideas here, I see people mention Deep Freeze. I installed that for a bit but when the trial ran out I didn't quite have the money at the time for a license so I went with a free alternative, reboot restore rx. I use it to eliminate updates I don't want so you might want to consider it as there may be some updates that you'll want to install. I think if you turn it off entirely you might miss out on some really critical updates. Some food for thought
We've got some legacy software that is hard coded to run with the 32bit version of Reader DC. We're finding that our software is automatically upgrading itself to the 64bit version, which causes our legacy software to fail.
Why we had to have the last 3 weeks of pain, it would have been nice that all the RDS are going to auto break adobe. Without warning and then keep doing that unless the system has all updates turned off.
@Hall Computer5FB0 I am not sure what's the exact workflow which you have tried. It might be possible that there are some stale registries on your machine causing the issue. I would suggest you use first uninstall the existing application. Then run the AcroCleaner tool ( or you could simply delete the entire registry hive for [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat] and [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Acrobat Reader] ). Then please install the 32 bit reader and before the first launch, run the above registry. This should fix your issue. If not, we can connect to debug the issue on your machine.
I have to ask... what's the point of going out of my way to purposefully download the 32-bit reader when Adobe is just going to F me and update to the all in one 64-bit? I CAN'T USE THE 64 BIT. This is Infuriating!
How is this such a huge problem in 2023? I work in a medical setting and one of our critical pieces of software is not compatible with 64 bit. I've had to reinstall multiple times today, as I have every week for months, and I try every single thing that pops up in these threads. What kind of garbage management decision is driving these forced updates? It would be one thing if your registry hacks work, but they very clearly don't or we wouldn't have people digging these posts back up constantly. Just make the 32 bit only update to 32 bit and never upgrade. If we wanted 64 bit, we'd download it. It's pure incompetence that costs us literally hours a week. We're not going to renew our licences and move to another platform if we can't get a good resolution in the next month or two.
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