terrible package

Disabling (Adobe's) Office Add-ins

I don't think outlook should be making PDFs.. You can disable the add-ins with group policy

Download Office ADMX files
2013: https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/download/details.aspx?id=35554

2016: https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/download/details.aspx?id=49030

Copy the files under ADMX to your policy central store

Now create a group policy, browse to

User Configuration > Administrative Template > Microsoft Outlook 2016 > Miscellaneous > List Of Manage add-ins

Edit the policy setting, click show

Then specify the add-ins you want to disable with a value 0

To block other add-ins you need to find the progID for the addin, they can be found in the registry for each app in the suite:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins or HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins

To block Adobe out of Office altogether:

Admin Templates - For each List of manage Add-ins

Microsoft Excel 2016:
PDFMaker.OfficeAddin 0

Microsoft Excel 2013:
PDFMaker.OfficeAddin 0

Microsoft Word 2016:
PDFMaker.OfficeAddin 0

Microsoft Word 2013:
PDFMaker.OfficeAddin 0

Microsoft Powerpoint 2016:
PDFMaker.OfficeAddin 0

Microsoft Powerpoint 2013:
PDFMaker.OfficeAddin 0

Microsoft Outlook 2016:
AdobeAcroOutlook.SendAsLink 0
PDFMOutlook.PDFMOutlook 0

Microsoft Outlook 2013:
AdobeAcroOutlook.SendAsLink 0
PDFMOutlook.PDFMOutlook 0

 

 

Another option (less harsh) is to change the load behaviour to 2 via registry after install or possibly a preference. This makes the plugin not loaded by default but allows the user to load it manually.

Example Reg https://1drv.ms/t/s!Apq2Xflj18I1wGkFeyX_T3lbtM5G

 

Fix for customized Adobe CC Acrobat in base image not activated

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If you put Adobe Acrobat in the base image using the steps from http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/packager/deploying-acrobat.html

Install Customization Wizard XI msi + mst then Install CC package msi and mst you may find it not activated.

To fix this during the OS Deployment add a run command line step to reinstall the CC package mst and mst.

 

acrobat step

A normal install program step fails....