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Flash Player 10.x
Company: Adobe
Setup Type: Native Windows Installer setup (MSI)
Package Difficulty Rating: Somewhat Easy (2) [ Rate It or View Ratings ]
Most Commonly Reported Method: Windows Installer Command Line (No MST)
Record Created On: 10/15/2008
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Full Name: Adobe Flash Player 10 ActiveX

Version: 10.1.51.45

Publisher: Adobe Systems Incorporated

Help: http://www.adobe.com/go/flashplayer_support/

Uninstall String: C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil10e.exe -uninstall broker+activex

More Info URL: http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer

Categories: Unknown

Threat: Unknown

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Command Lines: Command line details for installation and removal of this software. Details may include available command line arguments and/or public properties.

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 /i flashplayer.msi TRANSFORMS=flashplayer.mst /qn

Above Entry Provided on 10/15/2008 by nzdude 		Rate It
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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.ocx" goto :FLASHINSTALLED
echo Old Flash uninstalled. Installing Flash 10....
\\server\installs\adobe\flash\flashplayer10r12_36_winax.exe /s
IF EXIST "C:\WINDOWS\System32\Macromed\Flash\mms.cfg" goto :UPDATE_DISABLED
copy "\\server\installs\adobe\flash\mms.cfg" "C:\WINDOWS\System32\Macromed\Flash\mms.cfg"
echo Flash 10 Installed
:UPDATE_DISABLED
:FLASHINSTALLED

Above Entry Provided on 10/16/2008 by hyperlite1215 		Rate It
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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 customers. )

In administrative aspect :
Flash_Player_ 10_0_12_36.exe /silent

Deployment success rating 100%

Above Entry Provided on 10/20/2008 by NOxxie 		Rate It
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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

Above Entry Provided on 4/18/2009 by KBOX User 		Rate It
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For version 10.0.42.34:

- Internet Explorer:
> install_flash_player_ax.exe /S

- Other browsers (such as Firefox, Opera...)
> install_flash_player.exe /S

Both packages uninstall previous versions during installation.

Above Entry Provided on 1/5/2010 by migus 		Rate It
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Notes: Shared "notes from the field" covering how to handle the automated installation of this software.

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 (rather poorly named "NewCustomAction1") that runs the Nullsoft installer "FP_AX_MSI_INSTALLER.exe" deferred.

There's bound to be some discussion around the merits of that. As usual we are but servants to our vendor-masters. ;-)

Above Entry Provided on 10/17/2008 by aPacker 		Rate It
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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_manager05.html ). But accordance to Adobe guidelines, incoming trafic for updates will be disabled (it won't tell you about updates anymore).
However, if you want to remove check mark as well, you need to take settings.sol file from APPDATAFOLDER\Macromedia\Flash Player\macromedia.com\support\flashplayer\sys and spread it to each user in the same folder (with Active Setup for example). Now, not only technicaly, but also visualy update is turned off!

Above Entry Provided on 8/4/2009 by patashnik 		Rate It
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We have a mixed environment where some of our XP machines are native installs while others are upgrades from w2k. This means our system directory can be either c:\windows or c:\winnt

Instead of putting a transform together, we just run the MSI's (we install both the active_x and the plugin) then simply copy the mms.cfg file using:

copy \\installserver\directory\mms.cfg to %windir%\system32\Macromed\Flash

This puts the mms.cfg file in that systems appropriate system directory.

Above Entry Provided on 9/22/2009 by pgarrett 		Rate It
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Copying the mms.cfg file on a Win7/64-bit system to disable the auto update.
Follow the prodecure in the first and second posts above, but the MMS.CFG file path on Win7/64bit OS is different:

On 64-bit operating systems, the correct path for 32-bit plugins is "%WINDIR%\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\".

Above Entry Provided on 1/26/2010 by grimam 		Rate It
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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.

Above Entry Provided on 12/11/2008 by hnewman 		Rate It
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