Enterprise Toolkit | Windows Registry Reference

FTEDialog (First Time Experience (onboarding))


This preference category contains the following subfeature(s):

Onboarding Dialogs

The July 2022 release initiated a phased rollout of a new, modern user interace for Acrobat and Reader. Users can switch between the old and new UI by choosing View > Enable|Disable New Acrobat (Mac) or Hamburger menu > Enable|Disable New Acrobat (Windows). Preferences for onboarding coachmark control reside in both FTEDialog and AVGeneral.

The first time a user sees the new UI, an onboarding coachmark appears with an offer to start a tour. Admins may disable the onboarding UI.

New menu item on the old viewer

Modern viewer UI menu item

Mac configuration: Mac plist structure should appear as follows:

Summary table
bShownHomeOnboarding Specifies whether to invoke the home onboarding tour when the modern viewer is invoked the first time.
bShownViewerOnboarding Specifies whether to invoke the new viewer onboarding tour when a PDF opens in the modern viewer the first time.
Supported on WindowsSupported on MacSupported by AcrobatSupported by Adobe Reader
Data type boolean: DWORD value > REG_DWORD
Default 0
Version # July 2022, Continuous track
HKCU Path FTEDialog
HKLM Path Not lockable
Summary Specifies whether to invoke the new viewer onboarding tour when a PDF opens in the modern viewer the first time.
Details Once the viewer onboarding tour displays, the app automatically resets this value to 0. This preference has no effect if AVGeneral/bEnableAv2 is 0. Note: These values are transposed with the July 2022 release (0 = don't show the modern viewer), and the default is now "enabled".
  • 0: Show the onboarding tour.
  • 1: Don't show the onboarding tour.
Supported on WindowsSupported on MacSupported by AcrobatSupported by Adobe Reader
Data type boolean: DWORD value > REG_DWORD
Default 0
Version # July 2022, Continuous track
HKCU Path FTEDialog
HKLM Path Not lockable
Summary Specifies whether to invoke the home onboarding tour when the modern viewer is invoked the first time.
Details Once the home onboarding tour displays, the app automatically resets this value to 0. This preference has no effect if AVGeneral/bEnableAv2 is 0. Note: These values are transposed with the July 2022 release (0 = don't show the modern viewer), and the default is now "enabled".
  • 0: Show the onboarding tour.
  • 1: Don't show the onboarding tour.