Regsvr32 Error Code Registering Adobe Reader IE plugin

johnleeloucks--Be aware Reader is now up to version 9.1.

johnleeloucks--Sorry, I meant to add more.  
I may be all wrong, but when you install Adobe Reader, I think you get all the Adobe plugins.  So there is no need to register them.  There are third party plugins, such as those offered here http://www.adobe.com/products/reader/  .
I do not know if those require registering.
If you want to restore an Adobe plug in which has been disabled, updating to the latest version of Reader, as mentioned in the earlier post, should do it.

I am aware of that- I did a GPO administraive install with the .msi file for Reader (version 9.1 to address their latest security issue) and it broke adobe reader plugin for Internet Explorer and Firefox. When I click on a PDF document in IE, instead of opening it with the plugin it erros:
"The Adobe Acrobat/Reader that is running can not be used to view PDF files in a Web Browser. Adobe Acrobat/Reader version 8 or 9 is required. Please exit and try again"
I am pretty new to Group Policy Installs for software distribution, but I have rolled out 8.12 and 9.0 successfully. I downloaded the only msi installer on Adobe's ftp server- and just did an almost plain vanilla transform using Adobe's Customization Wizard version 9.
So my 500 computers are much more secure (version 9.1) but much less functional (no web pdf documents)- I have tried un-installing and re-installing Reader, and it does not resolve the issue, I am about to roll back to version 8.12 to address this issue, but I don't want to.
Any suggestions?

johnleeloucks--Perhaps one of these will help:
A
1)  Open Reader
2)  Select Help on main Toolbar
3) Select "Repair Adobe Reader Installation"
B
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb405461

Hi jcimarron,
I tried that, no luck...
John

johnleeloucks--A shotgun approach
http://www.google.com/search?q=adobe+reader+failed+Error+code+0x8007005&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7ADBF
I understand you also tried http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb405461

The link from Adobe gives me a short term (work around) solution- I did do the google shotgun approach, regarding the specific Regsvr32 error message. I still need to restore the plugin functionality- un-installing and re-installing do not work.I verified that the dll file is in the IE plugins directory.
John

johnleeloucks--"The link from Adobe gives me a short term (work around) solution"  What happens after the short term?   Is some function of Reader not working?  If, yes, what?

You can see I am still not clear why you are trying to register the .dll.  Is it an Adobe plugin .dll ?  Or third party?  Are you getting an error message to register it?  Is the situation the same as in the E-E link you put in your first post--where a Reader .dll was not installed with the original installation of Reader?
Some .dll files are not meant to be registered.  Windows' mshtml.dll is a famous example.
P.S.  I do not think there are too many Adobe Reader plugin .dll's.  nppdf32.dll is the Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape and apparently for Adobe Air.

Hi Jcimarron,
Basically, the web integration piece of Reader 9.1 is messed up. The short term solution I found in the Adobe link, is to turn off Internet "Display PDF in browser" option in Reader. This lets my users view online PDF files in Reader itself, rather than have the web browser rendor or display them. This solution is "short term" in that is a work-around, so they can function, not a fix. It also doesn't fix my Firefox users. The whole reason I deployed the update via Group Policy was to avoid having to go and touch 400 computers<grin>, and this is what, the thrid major security issue with Reader in the last 6 months?
Again, thank you for the help- I may just have to go and clean all adobe products off, and re-install, bleh!

johnleeloucks--Yes, unfortunately I agree with uninstall and reinstall.  It sort of is what I suggested earlier when I mentioned installing the latest version of Reader.  But that did not seem to help?
P.S.  Someday tell me why you think/thought you had to register the Adobe plug-in.  

Hi Jcimarron,
I came to this site to fix my group policy install/update on (400) computers- please see:
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/23590484/How-to-register-Adobe-Reader-plugin-in-Internet-Explorer.html
That subject was closed, but when I ran the provided script to re-enable internet integration,  it failed with the Regsvr32 error code, that I started this thread with.
Basically I am looking to repair the hundred or so computers that the install failed on WITHOUT having to go touch each one- some kind of log-on script or registry hack. The previous thread is about scripting a re-register of the adobe ocx files, for a mass fix.
right now I can direct my users to disable the internet (view in browser) as a work around, but long term I need to repair the broken installs.
Thanks!
Jloucks

My guess is the NTFS permissions on the file are blocking access to execute the script. Can you test on one PC, remove all permissions from the file, inherit the permissions from the folder and run the registration again manually?

I forgot to mention that Error code: 0x8007005 = "Access denied"

johnleeloucks--" when I ran the provided script to re-enable internet integration,  it failed "
I understand you did disable that plugin earlier (EXACTLY as in the other E-E thread), and now wish to re-enable using the solution in the other thread.  
My question is only to determine if the problem you have is one that registering is likely to fix.
What is the disabled plug-in file?  Is it nppdf32.dll ?  If not, then you may not have the same problem as in the earlier thread and may not be fixing the problem.  On my PC trying to register nppdf32.dll  does not succeed, just like mshtml.dll.  And I have nppdf32.dll  on my HD.

I am the original requester, and author of that script. What this script fails to mention is that you need to have the following files on the source share from a working installation of Acrobat Reader where embedded features do work:

AcroIEHelper.dll
AcroIEHelperShim.dll
AcroPDF.dll
nppdf32.dll

I hope you have all the files.

To jcimarron: nppdf32.dll is a Netscape stype plugin, does not need to be registered. I think the requester is having problem registering either AcroIEHelperShim.dll or AcroPDF.dll if the line error reported is correct (#41)

Rename adobe-reader9-plugin-exe.pdf to adobe-reader9-plugin.exe It is a self extracting archive made with and opened by WinRAR and should work.

adobe-reader9-plugin-exe.pdf

johnleeloucks--Brainstormer has said it so much better than I did.  You do not have to (and cannot )register nppdf32.dll .    It is still a mystery to me why you thought you had to.

Brainstormer--I agree with you about using that earlier script to register nppdf32.dll , which cannot be registered.  I tried to tell johnleeloucks but you have provided the detailed explanation.

The script from the previous article does not actually register the netscape plugin, only AcroIEHelperShim.dll and AcroPDF.dll

It failes in some cases because Adobe Reader installation mucks up the "%PROGRAMFILES%\\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat" folder permissions, it sets custom ones instead of inheriting them from the parent folder.

The updated script uses setacl.exe from http://setacl.sourceforge.net/ to repari the inheritance. I have tested the new script and it works with over 200 PCs including 64 bit XP.

Thank YOU! the SetACL was the fix needed- I can use this to fix my 400 computers!
John

johnleeloucks--Is Reader now working?  Is it performing differently than it was before running Brainstormer's script?