Silent Install of Adobe Acrobat Reader (Command Line)

If you install software more often than once every few years, an automatic, or “silent”, installation saves a lot of time.

To install Adobe Acrobat Reader quickly and without any questions (tested on versions 7.x, 8.x and 9.x):

Old versions (Reader 7–9)

1. Unpack the installer .exe to get a set of files including AcroRead.msi:

AdbeRdr910_ru_RU.exe -nos_nd -nos_ne -nos_o"D:\Acrobat Reader 9.1\setup"

2. In D:\Acrobat Reader 9.1 create a file, e.g. setup.cmd, with this line:

start /wait .\setup\setup.exe /sAll

Done — run setup.cmd and Reader installs silently.

Current Acrobat Reader

Modern Acrobat Reader installers support silent install directly:

AcroRdrDC_xxxx_en_US.exe /sAll /rs /msi EULA_ACCEPT=YES

• /sAll — silent mode;
• /rs — suppress reboot;
• EULA_ACCEPT=YES — accept the license so users aren’t asked on first launch.

On Windows 10/11 you can also use winget:

winget install -e --id Adobe.Acrobat.Reader.64-bit --silent