I suggest using this as a cleanup, preinstall######################################## #Flash Player Preinstall Cleanup Script# # Creation Date: 01/15/2017 # # Version: 24 # # Author: Stephe… Read More

It's pretty easy to script an uninstall of Flash.Firstly go to the Adobe website and download their uninstaller tool.https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-windows.html#… Read More

Our Organization was having very high failure rates for the deployment Adobe Flash, both the ActiveX and Plugin. The event viewer error entry details that it cant find the source of the previou… Read More

i went with the .mst creation option and this is my command line for deployment.msiexec /i "install_flash_player_17_active_x.msi" TRANSFORMS=myfile.mst /qChanges i made in the MST file are (In … Read More

SummaryAdobe Flash Player is relatively easy and straight forward to package and deploy with automatic updates disabled. As per Administrative Guide by Adobe, we will be creating a mms.cfg file… Read More

If you are having trouble installing install_flash_player_14_active_x on Windows 8 and get an error message to the effect of "adobe flash player 14 activex error 1722" in Event Viewer the fix i… Read More

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" switch… Read More

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 transf… Read More

Thanks for the idea packageologist! To elaborate for those like myself still learning, 1. Open the Flash msi file using an editor like orca. 2. Inside Orca, Select CustomAction from Tables on… Read More

Here are 2 vbs scripts for install and uninstall Adobe Flash Player 12:  - both scripts are running in silent mode. - the install script is set the Auto Update - Disabled (-au 2) install.vbs… Read More

Rather than faff about with adding files via a transform, just ammend the custom action that does the install (NewCustomAction1) to add -au 2 to the end of the command line. This generates the… Read More

If you want to do the installation with the updates feature turned off, do this: install Flash player by running a batch file that includes the following:md %WINDIR%\System32\Macromed\Flash … Read More

this is what i use when deploying with SCCM 2012. for Active X: msiexec /i flash_player_12_active_x.msi /quiet /norestart /log "C:\WIndows\Temp\flashActivX12.log" For Plugin: msiexec /i fla… Read More

Here's how I deployed Flash Player through SCCM 2012 with the MSI package and disabled auto-updating during the install. http://www.bluemunkey.com/?p=376 Read More

Required Pskill.exe from Sysinternals '<<<<< Created By Junuzzz >>>>>>>>>>>>Option Explicit'On Error Resume nextDim strComputer, objWMIService, colOperatingSystems, objOperatingSystem, strCa… Read More

Silent install that also disables updates: I found that the msi's simply extract an exe, and then use that exe to install. Instead of doing the config file after the installation, you can use … Read More

I wrote this script to check the version of Adobe Flash you are using, if it's out of date, then update your version of Flash based on if you are using 32 bit or 64 bit version of Windows 7 and… Read More

download the msi's from adobe and use them to do a silent install using /qn /i switches http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/distribution3.html Read More

You can use my installation script if you like. It uninstalls all previous versions of flash first and then installs the current version. It also knows the relative path it is running from so i… Read More

new version installation activate Adobe Flash Player Update Service, which run every hour even if you disable updates. It won't do anything, but still it run every hour. One way to remove this … Read More

One other thing to note is that the mms.cfg file needs to be UTF-8 encoding. Read More

For a silent uninstall you can use the software located from http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html (or you can use either C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil11e_ActiveX.exe or C:\… Read More

Sometimes Flash Player does not remove old or prior versions of the dlls, ocx and exe files. Current flash player (11.1.102.55) has an issue if you download the 64 bit MSI files for both the … Read More

Windows 7 x64: 1. Register license and download software 2. Create a file called mms.cfg with notepad 3. Copy this command to the cgf-file: AutoUpdateDisable=1 4. Create a file called insta… Read More

First i uninstall the old version with the uninstall_flash_player_32bit.exe and the -uninstall switch. Than install the new version with "msiexec /i "installfile" /quiet /passive /norestart /l*… Read More