How do I block automatic Flash updates?

[MackM]

How do I block automatic Flash updates?  Is blocking the updates possible in the registry? If yes, then how? 

These questions are in reference to a work environment where Flash updates will be deployed through SCCM.

[chris.campbell · Accepted solution]

Please see the Chapter 4 "Administration" "Update" section in our admin guide - http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/articles/flash_player_admin_guide.html

[Carm01]

The easiest way to do this is to deploy a file called :

mms.cfg

in the directory: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash

or

C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash

Depending on your system architecture.

the contents are simply:

SilentAutoUpdateEnable=0

AutoUpdateDisable=1

That's the simplest way.

Also, there is additional tasks and services that Adobe takes it upon themselves to install and they are:

The tasks are:

Adobe Flash Player Updater

Adobe Flash Player PPAPI Notifier

(not sure about an activeX one as I am on Win10 atm)

The services are:

AdobeFlashPlayerUpdateSvc

Tasks:

Adobe Flash Player Updater

and Adobe Flash Player PPAPI Notifier if you don't install it silently once again not sure about the ActiveX one atm

If you need to and want to delete these as well the command is:

SchTasks /Delete /TN "Adobe Flash Player Updater" /f

SchTasks /Delete /TN "Adobe Flash Player PPAPI Notifier" /f

and

sc delete "AdobeFlashPlayerUpdateSvc" /f

That should be alot more helpful to you

Best Regards

[bradesmith]

chris.campbell  Carm01

Hate to resurrect this but it appears to play into my issue exactly and I'm coming up dry everywhere else

The "Adobe Flash Player Updater" task has been suppressed in our environment for a while by utilizing mms.cfg (C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash) with "AutoUpdateDisable=1" .

Since the release of "FLASHPLAYERPLUGINCHROMEv26.0.0.137", though, “Adobe Flash Player PPAPI Notifier” exists in Task Scheduler (Windows) and has been running [calls c:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil32_26_0_0_137_pepper.exe -check pepperplugin] and presenting our users with prompt to update.

We have created a batch to kill the task with "SchTasks /Delete /TN "Adobe Flash Player PPAPI Notifier" /f " but would rather utilize a method of suppression such as the mms.cfg file.