IT Pro Tips for Adobe Flash Player 13

Adobe Flash Player

Version: 13

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Deployment Tips (2)

Most Common Setup Type

Windows Installer (MSI)

Average Package Difficulty Rating

Rated 1 / 5 (Very Easy) based on 2 ratings

Most Commonly Reported Deployment Method

Windows Installer with Custom Transform (MST)

Note

You can use the .msi installers with standard switches to install both versions of Flash Player (ActiveX and Plugin).

If you want to prevent Flash from doing automatic updates, create a transform file from the .msi using InstEdIt or Orca, and change the following items:

CustomAction - change the action named "NewCustomAction1" target from "-install -msi" to "-install -msi -au 2"

Property - Set AgreeToLicense to Yes, ISCHECKFORPRODUCTUPDATES to 0, and RebootYesNo to No.

Save your .mst file (e.g. flash.mst) and include it with your base .msi installer. Your command line for a silent install of the ActiveX version is:

msiexec.exe /qn /i install_flash_player_13_active_x.msi TRANSFORMS=flash.mst

This method avoids having to use a seperate mms.cfg file to turn off the auto updates.

Setup Information:

Setup Type: Windows Installer (MSI)

Deployment Method Used: Windows Installer with Custom Transform (MST)

Deployment Difficulty: Very Easy

Platform(s): Windows

dabernathy
04/10/2014
Show Comments ( 7 )

Didn't work. I got the following error in Event Reader:
Product: Adobe Flash Player 13 ActiveX -- Error 1722.There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Action NewCustomAction1, location: C:\Windows\TEMP\InstallAX_13_0_0_182.exe, command: -install -msi -au2

I downloaded today so i believe i'm using the same version.

EDIT: Figured it out. There should be a space between -au and 2.
So it should be:
CustomAction - change the action named "NewCustomAction1" target from "-install -msi" to "-install -msi -au 2" - adaml 10 years ago
You're correct, I apologize for the typo and I've edited the original post to be correct. - dabernathy 10 years ago
Perfect. Thanks - rbrdly 10 years ago
Thanks for the post. Very helpful. - Carlos4382 10 years ago
I managed to install using this method. However for testing I uninstalled and tried to reinstall version 12.0.0.70. This failed to install the error:
MSI (s) (1C:7C) [09:29:15:719]: Product: Adobe Flash Player 12 ActiveX -- Error 1722.There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Action NewCustomAction1, location: C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Temp\InstallAX_12_0_0_70.exe, command: -install -msi.

While the latest version installs fine I don't want to store up an issue for future that will affect all our PCs. Any idea why the old version is no longer installing? - mcconns 10 years ago
Thanks for the post - VERY Helpful - RaquelS 10 years ago
is it just me or is there no msi code for flash in the registry using this method? The product code should be {1BBE4C53-634B-44B3-8693-314ED6260557} which is in the MSI, but when installing with the transform file that entry is not made. Without this entry my typical uninstall method is also broken. - traviswt 10 years ago

Note

Just noticed the Flash autoupdate service now do major versions too. A change from not to long ago. I install both the active-x and plugin version from the .exe with the "-install -au 0" switches using Intune. Seems like a hands off solution from now on even doing major updates, i.e. even going from 12 -> 13 was autoupdated without user notification or interference.

Setup Information:

Setup Type: Windows Installer (Delivered as an EXE)

Deployment Method Used: Vendor Provided Command Line (switch driven)

Deployment Difficulty: unspecified

Platform(s): Windows