All about deploying Adobe Flash Player for an Enterprise

Scriptable authentic Flash source location from Adobe:

IE: http://fpdownload.adobe.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_ax.exe
non IE: http://fpdownload.adobe.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player.exe

reference: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/191/tn_19166.html#main_ManualInstaller

these are the locations that many enterprize deployment and patch management software solutions depend internally.

Installation Behavior Analysis: Refer to

1. Adobe Flash Updates Install Behavior When Installed Manually
2. Adobe Flash Updates Install Behavior When Installed via LANDesk

Testing and Verification:

1. Find Flash Player Version
2. Archived Flash Player Versions
3. Version Test for Adobe Flash Player
4. FLASH-POWERED CONTENT – Site of the Day
5. Flash Player Download Center OR http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
6. How to uninstall the Adobe Flash Player plug-in and ActiveX control
7. Troubleshoot Flash Player installation for Windows

Flash Installed Files:

ON XP

C:>filever \XPTEST1c$WINNTsystem32MacromedFlashFlashUtil10h_*.exe | grep -i "^-"

–a– W32i DLL ENU 10.1.53.64 shp 231,888 06-17-2010 flashutil10h_activex.exe

–a– W32i DLL ENU 10.1.53.64 shp 231,888 06-17-2010 flashutil10h_plugin.exe

C:>

ON WIN7

C:>filever \WIN7TEST2c$WindowsSysWOW64MacromedFlashFlashUtil10h_*.exe | grep -i "^-"

–a– W32i DLL ENU 10.1.53.64 shp 231,888 06-17-2010 flashutil10h_activex.exe

–a– W32i DLL ENU 10.1.53.64 shp 231,888 06-17-2010 flashutil10h_plugin.exe

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