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Prevent UAC Pop-Ups During Foxit Enterprise Updates

Explains how enterprise administrators can update Foxit PDF Editor without triggering a Windows UAC prompt for end users.

Answer

1 Differentiating Updater Settings

Regarding File -> Preferences -> Updater settings:

Options Name
Automatically install updates Auto Upgrade
Automatically download updates, but let me choose when to install them (recommended) Semi-Auto Upgrade
Do not download or install updates automatically Manual Upgrade

 

2 The Update settings and UAC Pop-up
Update Setting Triggering UAC Pop-up or Not
Auto Upgrade Normal users won't trigger UAC pop-up during updates
Semi-Auto Upgrade Normal users will trigger UAC pop-up during updates
Manual Upgrade Normal users won't trigger UAC pop-up during updates

 

3 Scenarios of Enterprise User Updates Triggering UAC

The scenarios are as follows:

  • Scenario 1: Enterprise users deployed Foxit PDF Editor with MST via Intune; then logged in as a normal user, the upgrade will trigger a UAC pop-up
  • Scenario 2: In a Win11 system environment, installed 2023.3.msi release version in default mode using administrator account; then logged in as a normal user, the upgrade will trigger a UAC pop-up

All the above scenarios involve the default installation of the Editor, managed by the “Semi-Auto Upgrade” method.

4 Handling of UAC Pop-up in Enterprise Scenarios4.1 Solution 1 -- Modify MST using FCW tool:
  • Open Foxit PDF Editor using FCW tool, go to Preferences -> Updater.
  • Choose "Automatically install updates" or "Do not download or install updates automatically".
  • Click save to generate MST file.

4.2 Solution 2 -- Modify Foxit PDF Editor GPO Template using GPO

First, refer to

Here are the steps to change the setting:

  • Open GPO Editor
  • Go to Computer Configuration->Policies->Administrative Templates-> Foxit PDF Editor
  • Choose Preferences -> Update Settings
  • Double-click on Updater in the right panel, click on Enabled in the Updater pop-up, and choose the "Automatically install updates" or "Do not download or install updates automatically" option in Settings.
  • Click OK

After completing the GPO import on the server side, perform restart on the client machine.

4.3 Solution 3 -- Modify the Registry

Inject the following registry information into the client machine if you want to set to "Auto Upgrade"

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00   [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Foxit\PDFEditor\Preferences]  "DisableUpdate"=dword:00000002  [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Policies\Foxit\PDFEditor\Preferences]  "DisableUpdate"=dword:00000002

Note that for the value of "DisableUpdate":

  • 0: Manual Upgrade;
  • 1: Semi-Auto Upgrade;
  • 2: Auto Upgrade.

After completing the registry configuration modification, please restart Foxit PDF Editor or reboot the device.

How to use PowerShell to modify the registry info:

4.4 Individual users

In addition, if the customer is unable to modify the configurations on all client machines, individual users can adjust the update mode manually. Here's how to do it:

  • Click on "File", Go to "Preferences"
  • Click on "Updater", Select "Automatically install updates"
  • Click "OK"
  • Restart Foxit pdf Editor.
4.5 Applicable Scenarios for the Solutions
  • For the scenario of deploying Editor v13 or Editor 2023.x/2024.x via Intune, it is recommended for customers who have completed editor deployment to adopt Solution 2.
  • If users have not yet deployed in bulk, it is recommended for customers to use Solution 1.
  • If the editor deployment has been completed, but the customer does not want to use the GPO template, it is recommended for customers to use Solution 3.

4.6 Notes:
  • The core of the above solutions is to avoid the "semi-auto upgrade" triggering UAC pop-up.
  • When the command of msiexec /i "xxx.msi" /qn or msiexec /update "xxx.msp" /qn include "/qn", administrator permissions are required, and then will Pop-up UAC.