Adobe Flash Player 9
Apr 2010 - SILENT uninstall Flash Player 10 ActiveX: First, downloaded uninstaller from http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html Then, launch with silent switch: uninstall_flash_player.exe… Read More
Command-line flags for FlashUtil.exe: The utility file FlashUtil.exe is installed with Flash Player 9.0.28.0 and later in the C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash directory. FlashUtil.exe includ… Read More
For Explorer and Firefox version: install_flash_player.exe /S (silent installation) Read More
@echo off @TITLE Install / Uninstall / Upgrade :: Adobe FLASH Player :: Version 9,0,124,0 :: Remark: Language Independant :: :: Author : DaMAN :: Company: ComputerGenie :: :: * Request Adobe F… Read More
Had an issue installing Adobe's msi of Flash Player for Firefox 9.0.124 via GPO, it appeared to deploy/install ok but would still be prompted in Firefox that I did not have the correct version … Read More
Notes about testing auto-update and how to make sure it is disabled (using MMS.CFG as posted above by Axel): I Started a VM session and installed Flash 9.0.47 (latest is 9.0.115). Added MMS.C… Read More
Managing Flash Player auto-update Flash Player supports auto-updating itself by periodically checking for new versions of the player on the macromedia.com site. IT administrators can customize… Read More
Installing the latest Flash Player will not necessarily remove all previous versions. Even running the latest Flash Player Uninstaller (http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/current/u… Read More
For a non-admin user these key and sub keys need change permissions. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000} HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D27CDB70-AE6D-11cf-96B8-44455354000… Read More
http://www.adobe.com/go/6b3af6c9 Flash Player support on 64-bit operating systems Issue Flash Player is not supported for playback in a 64-bit browser. However, you can run Flash Player in a … Read More
Note that for a 64 bit server these keys are under HKCR\Wow6432Node\CLSID Read More
If you only need the Internet Explorer plugin of Flash player you have to download the MSI file. I cannot find it on Adobe's homepage so I've tried Google and found it (install_flash_player_act… Read More
Without a doubt most of you, if not all, are technically more adept than I am but I wanted to note about the comments that 9.0.x will not update via Group Policy correctly. I too have seen thi… Read More
Just a 'helper' for people suffering with the InstallShield error touched on above: <quote>I dug around for a while and it seemed like most of the information regarding the error led back to t… Read More
Also had problems upgrading 9.0.16 and 9.0.28 to 9.0.47 Found that the 9.x versions set some strange deny permissions in the registry, so you must uninstall previous version before installing n… Read More
One issue that I've found is a Windows Update for a Flash 6 vulnerability. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923789 Installing this update may cause the later versions of Flash to fail. Read More
Attempted to install the new 9.0.45 version this morning as an upgrade to 9.0.28. Regardless of switches used (/qn, /qb-, /qb!, with and without msiexec /i) the install would hang with a remot… Read More
This article finally got us up and running. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=4a8d52ae#msi_zap Adobe had links to this utility that finally allowed us to deploy 9 and re… Read More
To successfully deploy using Zenworks 7, use the Distribution Options/distribution scripts tab, and do something like: if not exist %windir%\version, md %windir%\version if not exist %windir%\… Read More
This is of possible relevance to those of us fighting with flash 9 that don't have a repackager: I got this working installing the msi manually, then "borrowing" the .ocx file installed in the… Read More
Here's a vbscript that runs the Flash Uninstaller, then installs the ActiveX version of Flash for everyone, then checks for a Mozilla or Netscape product, and if one is found, installs the plug… Read More
