Adobe Flash Player
When you created mms.cfg with disabled update, flash settings still show you that Auto-Update is turned on ( http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager… Read More
For Flash Player 10 Plugin 10.0.22.87 I used the following... Run Parameters: /i Full Command Line: msiexec.exe /qn /norestart /i install_flash_player_10_plugin.msi 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
For ZENworks deployment with elevated rights to non-Admin users, edit the MSI to delete the entry in the LaunchConditions table that requires Adminstrative rights. Read More
If you are experiencing problems with uninstalling 9 or earlier versions and for people who are getting the -214... error on deployment the following commandline solves it (at least for our cus… Read More
For its MSI implementation Adobe have opted for a 'MSI Wrapper' type of install this time around (for the one I found, ver 10.0.12.36). The guts of the install is handled by a custom action (… Read More
Downloaded 10 from Archives: http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_14266 Batch File: echo Install Flash 10.12.36 IF EXIST "C:\WINDOWS\System32\Macromed\Flash\Flash10a.o… Read More
First, we create mms.cfg, with the following contents: AutoUpdateDisable=1 We then created a transform to copy mms.cfg to %windir%\system32\Macromed\Flash Finally, we install with: msiexec … 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
I had mixed results deploying the plug-in using this command line: msiexec /I flashplayer9.msi /qb- Reboot=ReallySuppress I tried different switches for the reduced UI level- /qb!, /qn, /qr, … Read More
Adobe now has an uninstall utility that will cleanly remove old versions of Flash Player. ------------------------------------------- Run the uninstall utility prior to your Flash Player V9 in… Read More
Adobe confirmed that this is a problem with upgrading 8.0.24 - There exists a newer version of 8.0.40.0 which differs in size and does not contain this error when upgrading to 9. For Adobe had… Read More
