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2 total messages Started by Troy F. Mon, 04 Apr 2005 13:11

Acrobat Read 7 - unicows.dll missing after install.

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Author: Troy F.
Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 13:11

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I have been trying to roll out Adobe Acrobat 7 through Windows 2000
group policy.  I extracted the files from the AdbeRdr70_enu_full.exe to
get access to the .MSI file, and then used group policy to push out the
software.  All of this is going fine, except when attempt to open a
.PDF file I recieve an error about a missing unicows.dll.  Sure enough
the file is no where to be found on the computer.  I used Wininstall LE
2003 to look at the Adobe .MSI package, and I located the unicows.dll
file so it is there.  For some reason it's just not being copied during
the install.  If I manually take a copy of the file and place it in the
Windows system directory Reader 7.0 works as it should.  Anyone have
any insight as to why a file that is present in the .MSI package is NOT
being copied over?

I also applied the 7.01 Reader Update to see if this would fix the
problem, but to no avail.

Re: Acrobat Read 7 - unicows.dll missing after install.

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Author: Troy F.
Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2005 13:03

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I managed to get some help from the Windows Installer group and I
solved my own problem.  Within the .MSI package the unicows.dll has a
condition associated with it which prevents it from being installed on
non Windows 9X machines.  Since the installer is for  Windows 2000/XP
machines, this condition is never true and hence the file is not
installed.  Removing the condition and recreating the package solves
the problem.  Hope this helps anyone else who may be having issues.

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