We have been installing and updating Flash Player ActiveX plug-in for Internet Explorer through Group Policy successfully for quite some time, I believe since Flash Player 10.
Since Flash Player 14 however, the installation is no longer recognized by IE.
It appears to install without issue (It is listed correctly in Programs and Features), but it does not appear in Toolbars and Extensions under Manage Add-Ons and the Check Flash Player Version website does not see it as installed.
The FlashInstall.log files appear to only contain entries from the subsequent successful manual installation via the Flash Player website, nothing from the GPO install:
=O====== M/14.0.0.176 2014-08-13+19-17-32.828 ========
0000 00000010 "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil32_14_0_0_176_ActiveX.exe" -refreshIEElevationPolicies
=X====== M/14.0.0.176 2014-08-13+19-17-35.204 ========
=O====== M/14.0.0.176 2014-08-13+19-17-25.716 ========
0000 00000010 "C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Adobe\install_flash_player_ax.exe" -install -iv 8 -au 1
0001 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayer\SafeVersions/14.0 2
0002 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayerActiveX/PlayerPath 2
0003 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayerActiveX/PlayerPath 2
0004 00000011 1
0005 00000020 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl
0006 00001037 SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adobe Flash Player ActiveX/ 2
0007 00000013
0008 00000015 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil32_14_0_0_176_ActiveX.exe
0009 00000016 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil32_14_0_0_176_ActiveX.dll
0010 00000023 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\activex.vch
0011 00000019 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl
0012 00000021 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe
0013 00000012
=X====== M/14.0.0.176 2014-08-13+19-17-36.221 ========
and:
=O====== M/14.0.0.176 2014-08-13+19-17-29.890 ========
0000 00000010 "C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil64_14_0_0_176_ActiveX.exe" -refreshIEElevationPolicies
=X====== M/14.0.0.176 2014-08-13+19-17-29.934 ========
=O====== M/14.0.0.176 2014-08-13+19-17-27.350 ========
0000 00000010 "C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Temp\{D98EE835-AD3C-44CE-89C8-831E915036A2}\InstallFlashPlayer.exe" -install -skipARPEntry -iv 8 -au 1
0001 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayer\SafeVersions/14.0 2
0002 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayerActiveX/PlayerPath 2
0003 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayerActiveX/PlayerPath 2
0004 00000020 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl
0005 00001037 SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adobe Flash Player ActiveX/ 2
0006 00000013
0007 00000015 C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil64_14_0_0_176_ActiveX.exe
0008 00000016 C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil64_14_0_0_176_ActiveX.dll
0009 00000023 C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\activex.vch
0010 00000019 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl
0011 00000012
=X====== M/14.0.0.176 2014-08-13+19-17-30.506 ========
I am using the .msi from the Flash Player Distribution Downloads site, as I have always done.
The clients are Windows 7 Pro, mostly running IE 10, some are IE 9 or IE 11.
For the GPO I am Assigning it under Computer Configuration.
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