Comments on: Howto: Uninstall Adobe Flash Player from the command line

By: flash problems - Digital World

flash problems - Digital World — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 23:27:38 +0000

[...] sorry…… —————————————– 1. Download flash uninstaller from here: Howto: Uninstall Adobe Flash Player from the command line the back room tech (read instructions) 2. Close all browsers and applications that may use Flash Player. 3. Run the [...]

By: chris

chris — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 05:19:06 +0000

Here’s a script that I use in a GPO Startup Script. I copied it from here: http://www.appdeploy.com/messageboards/tm.asp?m=27228

I don’t know if the checks for Flash1, Flash2, etc are needed but I included them in the script anyway. My updated script checks everything from Flash to Flash9f.

I just noticed that I’m never calling the uninstall_activeX.exe program. I’m also not doing anything with the GUIDs like Rob D. is in the previous post. Research into these might be beneficial. In any case, I want to post my script in case it’s helpful to someone.

The benefit of checking for each version is so no old version is left installed. If, at any point during the script, an old version is detected, all versions are uninstalled and then the new version is (re)installed.

—————–[ START HERE
:CHECKFLASHLEGACY
if exist “%windir%\system32\Macromed\Flash\flash.ocx” (goto DELETEFLASH) ELSE (goto CHECKFLASH1)

:CHECKFLASH1
if exist “%windir%\system32\Macromed\Flash\flash1.ocx” (goto DELETEFLASH) ELSE (goto CHECKFLASH2)

— This goes on all the way to Flash8, 8a, 8b, 9, 9a – 9e —

:CHECKFLASH9f
if exist “%windir%\system32\Macromed\Flash\flash9f.ocx” (goto EOF) ELSE (goto INSTALLFLASH)

ELETEFLASH
REM This will remove ALL versions of Adobe Flash
echo Removing all versions of Adobe Flash
“\\SERVER\SHARE\Applications\Adobe\Adobe Flash\uninstall_flash_player.exe” /s

:INSTALLFLASH
REM this installs the latest version of Flash.
echo Installing the latest Adobe Flash Player, please wait…
msiexec /i “\\SERVER\SHARE\Applications\Adobe\Adobe Flash\install_flash_player_active_x.msi” /qn

:EOF
—————–[ STOP HERE

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:30:12 +0000

Thanks for the tip, time to do some housecleaning!

By: Rob D.

Rob D. — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:38:16 +0000

I also cleanup the few versions of Flash 8 we used around here, using the GUID in a batch script (some lines wrap):

:: Macromedia Flash Player 8 8.0.22.0
MsiExec.exe /X {6815FCDD-401D-481E-BA88-31B4754C2B46} /qn /le+* c:\Flash8Removal.log
reg.exe DELETE HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{6815FCDD-401D-481E-BA88-31B4754C2B46} /f
:: Macromedia Flash Player 8 8.0.24.0
MsiExec.exe /X {5E8A1B08-0FBD-4543-9646-F2C2D0D05750} /qn /le+* c:\Flash8Removal.log
reg.exe DELETE HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{5E8A1B08-0FBD-4543-9646-F2C2D0D05750} /f

BTW, I like your blog. Keep up the good work.

-Rob