How to install Adobe Reader using a MST file ?

In order to deploy Adobe Reader X using an MST file, you wil need to first extract the installation source and then use the Adobe Customization Wizard to generate an MST file.

To do this open a command prompt and run the following on your Adobe X executable.

> AdbeRdrX_en_US.exe -nos_oFOLDERNAME -nos_ne

By running that command you’ll be able to select a folder to place the installation source at. Once the source has been extracted launch the Customization Wizard for Adobe Reader/Acrobat X. Go to File, Open Package, and open the AcroRead.msi for Adobe Reader X. You can then go through and make your customizations to the application. Once you’ve finish customizing the deployment, click Transform at the top and then Generate Transform. Save the MST file in the same folder as the installation source.

Now open up the folder in which your installation source is located at, and open the Setup.ini file in Notepad. Under the [Product] section, add without quotes ” CmdLine=TRANSFORMS=”unattend.mst” ” under “msi=AcroRead.msi”.

You can now run the setup.exe and it will automatically pickup all your customizations from the MST you’ve created.