Acrobat Reader 6 File Association Problem

[FDaveH]

I am trying to automate an installation of Acrobat Reader 6, simoultaneously, with a an uninstall of Reader 5 via Active Directory GPO, onto 900 Win 2k PCs.

At the moment, this is what I have:
Firstly, on boot up, Reader 6 installs via an .msi file.
Then, a startup script which successfully uninstalls Reader 5 (below)

C:\WINNT\ISUNINST.EXE -f"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\NT\Uninst.isu" -c"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\NT\Uninst.dll" /A


My problem is that the file association disappears, and if you go to my computer>tools>folder options>file types, the .pdf extension has disappeared.

I need the file association to exist such that there is no need for any user intervention.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated - Thanks in advance.

 

[Philly44]

Have you tried to do the update in the opposite order, ie: remove acrobet reader 5 and then install 6?

 

[FDaveH]

Thanks philly44 - have done in that order as it is the order in which AD applies the policies, by default. Have discovered that you can force specific order of GPOs with 2003 GPMC, so am trying that now.

Thanks,
Dave