Manage Update Settings in Adobe Reader
Article by George Norman
On 21 Dec 2009
Adobe Reader lets you customize the way the software updates itself. Below is a detailed, step-by-step tutorial that will show you how to manage these update options.

Step 1. First of all you need to fire up Adobe Reader. So double click the Adobe icon on the desktop, the Adobe icon from the Start Menu, or whatever other means you employ to launch the application.

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Step 2. Look to the top left corner of the Adobe Reader window and you will see a list of menus. You need to click the Edit menu.

Step 3. From the dropdown menu that appears click Preferences.

Step 4. The Preferences window will appear. From the left hand side, under Categories, click Updater (the last item in the list).

Step 5. Now switch over to the right hand side of the window. There you will see three options:
Automatically install updates – Adobe Reader will download and install updates all on its own.
Automatically download updates, but let me choose when to install them – Adobe Reader will download updates on its own, then prompt you to install them.
Do not download or install updates automatically – Adobe Reader will not do anything by itself. You will have download and install updates on your own.

Select the option that suits your needs. Then press OK and you’re done.

Tips and warnings
  • By pressing Ctrl + K you can do away with steps 2 and 3 from the tutorial presented above.
  • Here is what you have to do to manually check for updates: click Help -> click Check for updates -> if Adobe Reader finds any available updates, you will be asked to download and install them.
  • If you did not know this, Adobe releases updates for its products on the second Tuesday of the month – just like Microsoft does for its products as part of the Patch Tuesday program.




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