Would you like to learn how to use a group policy to disable JavaScript on Adobe Reader DC? In this tutorial, we will show you step-by-step how to use a Group Policy Object (GPO) to disable JavaScript in Adobe Reader DC.
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Tutorial GPO – Disable JavaScript on Adobe Reader DC
On the domain controller, open the group policy management tool.
Create a new group policy.
Enter a name for the new group policy.
In our example, the new GPO was named: MY-GPO.
On the Group Policy Management screen, expand the folder named Group Policy Objects.
Right-click your new Group Policy Object and select the Edit option.
On the group policy editor screen, expand the Computer configuration folder and locate the following item.
Right-click on the Registry option and create a Registry entry.
On the registry screen, perform the following configuration.
Click on the OK button.
This will disable JavaScript in the 64 Bits version of Acrobat Reader only.
To disable JavaScript in the 32 Bits version of Adobe Reader DC, create another registry entry.
On the registry screen, perform the following configuration.
Click on the OK button.
To save the group policy configuration, you need to close the Group Policy editor.
Congratulations! You have finished the GPO creation.
Tutorial GPO – Disabling JavaScript on Adobe Reader DC
On the Group policy management screen, you need to right-click the Organizational Unit desired and select the option to link an existent GPO.
In our example, we are going to link the group policy named MY-GPO to the root of the domain.
After applying the GPO you need to wait for 10 or 20 minutes.
During this time the GPO will be replicated to other domain controllers.
On a remote computer, verify if JavaScript was blocked on Acrobat Reader.
In our example, we used a GPO to disable JavaScript on Adobe Reader DC.
