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

MsiExec.exe /i install_flash_player_plugin.msi /q REBOOT=ReallySuppress 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

If you are using Zenworks to distribute in a locked-down environment, it will not install, even using "Run as System User" (secured or unsecured). To fix this, edit the .msi file and remove A… Read More

I tried the following command to install 9.x silently with no UI over previous version 8.0.24.0: msiexec /i install_flash_player_9.msi /qn But, in the middle of installation, it given a dialo… Read More

The above command line cause the computer to reboot. If you want a silent install without rebooting, use this command instead: msiexec /I flashplayer9.msi /qb- Reboot=ReallySuppress Read More

Remember to put msiexec /i in the beginning of the command line... I used: msiexec /i \\network drive\flashplayer9.msi ...and it worked. Read More

There are two MSIs, one is for Mozilla: http://download.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/licensing/win/install_flash_player_plugin.msi and one for IE: http://download.macromedia.com/ge… Read More