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Flash Installation Per System

May 11, 2012 9:16 AM

Tags: #install #flash_player #64bit #flashplayer #flash_player_11

We're trying to understand our options with installing Flash onto our Windows 7 systems. We normally take the .msi installer and import that into our software deployment server (Microsoft SCCM). We've been deploying Flash with SCCM and using the Per-system unattended option using this command

 

msiexec.exe /q ALLUSERS=2 /m MSIXJSCK /i "install_flash_player_11_active_x_64bit.msi"

 

I recently read an article that said you shouldn't install Flash for ALLUSERs or per system. It should be installed per user instead. This seems to make sense from what we're now seeing. Users are calling us saying they need to install Flash when they hit a web site that needs it. We look and see that Flash was already installed with the above command line.

 

Should we only deploy Flash per user and not per system?

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  • Pat Willener
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    1. Pat Willener,
    May 11, 2012 8:54 PM   in reply to Sandy_ocda
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    I don't know about that; where did you read it?

     

    See the Flash Player Admin Guide at http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/articles/flash_player_admin_gu ide.html

     
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  • Sandy_ocda
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    2. Sandy_ocda,
    May 14, 2012 7:26 AM   in reply to Pat Willener
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    I can't find the link I had looked at, sorry. I have been digging into the admin guide, thanks for the link.

     

    I did install Flash on a set of systems, and did it by system. Each time a new user logs in, They still need to install Flash for their profile. Have you seen this behavior before?

     
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  • Pat Willener
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    3. Pat Willener,
    May 14, 2012 7:29 PM   in reply to Sandy_ocda
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    I am not an expert on Flash Player deployment; hopefully someone from the Adobe team can step in here.

     

    Meanwhile can you list what files you have in

    • C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash ?
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\Macromed\Flash ?
    • the contents of the FlashInstall.log files from both above folders.

     

    What browser(s) do your users use?

     
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  • Sandy_ocda
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    4. Sandy_ocda,
    May 15, 2012 8:07 AM   in reply to Pat Willener
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    I hope someone can chime in tool.

     

    Here's what we have in C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash

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    -Flash64_11_2_202_235.ocx

    -FlashInstall.log

    -FlashUtil64_11_2_202_235_ActiveX.dll

    -FlashUtil64_11_2_202_235_ActiveX.exe

     

    The Flashinstall.log from above contains

    =============================

    =O====== M/11.2.202.235 2012-05-10+16-26-51.698 ========

    0000 [W] 00001113 C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash\\* 3

    0001 [I] 00000010 "C:\Users\techman\AppData\Local\Temp\install_flash_player_ax_64bit.ex e" -iv 8 -install -au 2

    0002 [W] 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayer\SafeVersions/11.0 2

    0003 [W] 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayerActiveX/PlayerPath 2

    0004 [W] 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayerActiveX/PlayerPath 2

    0005 [I] 00000020 C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl

    0006 [W] 00001037 SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adobe Flash Player ActiveX/ 2

    0007 [I] 00000013 C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash\Flash64_11_2_202_235.ocx

    0008 [I] 00000015 C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil64_11_2_202_235_ActiveX.e xe

    0009 [I] 00000016 C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil64_11_2_202_235_ActiveX.d ll

    0010 [I] 00000019 C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl

    0011 [I] 00000011 1

    0012 [I] 00000012

    =X====== M/11.2.202.235 2012-05-10+16-27-11.683 ========

     

    Here's what we have in C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash

    ================================================

    -Flash32_11_2_202_235.ocx

    -FlashInstall.log

    -flashplayer.xpt

    -FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe

    -FlashUtil32_11_2_202_228_Plugin.exe

    -FlashUtil32_11_2_202_228_ActiveX.dll

    -FlashUtil32_11_2_202_228_ActiveX.exe

    -mms.cfg

    -NPSWF32_11_2_202_228.dll

     

    The FlashInstall.log from above contains

    =============================

     

    =O====== M/10.1.102.64 2011-01-19+18-13-56.000 ========

    0000 [I] 00000010 install_flash_player.exe -install

    0001 [W] 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayerPlugin/Version 2

    0002 [W] 00001037 SOFTWARE\MozillaPlugins\@adobe.com/FlashPlayer/ 2

    0003 [W] 00001037 SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adobe Flash Player Plugin/ 2

    0004 [W] 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Last CommandLine 2

    0005 [W] 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Last CommandLine 2

    0006 [W] 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Plugin Path 2

    0007 [W] 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Plugin Path 2

    0008 [I] 00000014 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\NPSWF32.dll

    0009 [I] 00000015 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil10l_Plugin.exe

    0010 [I] 00000017 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash

    =X====== M/10.1.102.64 2011-01-19+18-13-56.609 ========

    =O====== M/11.2.202.228 2012-03-30+23-30-03.105 ========

    0000 [I] 00000010 "C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\InstallPlugin.exe" -install -msi

    0001 [I] 00000020 C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl

    0002 [W] 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Last CommandLine 2

    0003 [W] 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Last CommandLine 2

    0004 [W] 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Plugin Path 2

    0005 [W] 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Plugin Path 2

    0006 [I] 00000014 C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\NPSWF32_11_2_202_228.dll

    0007 [I] 00000015 C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil32_11_2_202_228_Plugin.ex e

    0008 [I] 00000017 C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash

    0009 [I] 00000019 C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl

    0010 [I] 00000021 C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe

    0011 [W] 00001102

    0012 [W] 00001106

    =X====== M/11.2.202.228 2012-03-30+23-30-06.334 ========

    2012-4-2+21-17-0.246 [error] 1223 1056

    =O====== M/11.2.202.235 2012-05-10+16-27-07.975 ========

    0000 [I] 00000010 "C:\Users\techman\AppData\Local\Temp\{F7C6AF06-B0FC-4C33-9016-952617F 70BFB}\InstallFlashPlayer.exe" -install -skipARPEntry -iv 8 -au 2

    0001 [W] 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayer\SafeVersions/11.0 2

    0002 [W] 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayerActiveX/PlayerPath 2

    0003 [W] 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayerActiveX/PlayerPath 2

    0004 [I] 00000020 C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl

    0005 [W] 00001037 SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adobe Flash Player ActiveX/ 2

    0006 [I] 00000013 C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\Flash32_11_2_202_235.ocx

    0007 [I] 00000015 C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil32_11_2_202_235_ActiveX.e xe

    0008 [I] 00000016 C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil32_11_2_202_235_ActiveX.d ll

    0009 [I] 00000019 C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl

    0010 [W] 00001024 C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl 183

    0011 [W] 00001024 C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerApp.exe 183

    0012 [I] 00000021 C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe

    0013 [W] 00001106

    0014 [W] 00001106

    0015 [W] 00001024 C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe 183

    0016 [I] 00000012

    =X====== M/11.2.202.235 2012-05-10+16-27-11.615 ========

     

     

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  • Chris Campbell
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    5. Chris Campbell,
    May 15, 2012 6:40 PM   in reply to Sandy_ocda
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    I've forwarded this to the installer team for their review

     
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  • Sandy_ocda
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    May 16, 2012 7:15 AM   in reply to Chris Campbell
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    Thanks Chris. Appreciate the help!

     
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  • Chris Campbell
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    7. Chris Campbell,
    May 18, 2012 3:14 PM   in reply to Sandy_ocda
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    Here's what I heard back:

    While running the MSI installer as a per-user install should work, it would require that the user (or process) that launches the MSI have Admin privileges (or enter Admin creds at install time).

     

    Also, despite how the Flash Player installer is launched, it will only actually be installed on a per-system basis (we only install to the system directory as opposed to a user-specific location).

     

    Let me know if this doesn't help.

     
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  • Sandy_ocda
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    May 18, 2012 3:17 PM   in reply to Chris Campbell
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    OK, so installing per system should be all we need to do to cover every one who would log into that machine, right? What we were seeing was after we did a silent install, per system, each time a user logged on and first needed to use Flash, they had to install it. It seemed that the per system installation didn't work as expected.

     

    If that the expected outcome then our per system installation was flawed apparently. Thanks for the clarification.

     
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