I can't find any new information on Adobe's site about any changes in the use of this program. In addition to defining multiple actions Enterprise Mode allows you to schedule your deployments, utilize DFS, configure bandwidth throttling, receive e-mail notifications of your deployments and more. The script leverages the uninstall tool that adobe provides here and also removes the app data folders for each. I will provide an example below of Uninstalling Flash Player while also making sure to close any web browsers before the uninstall begins.
See my post here to learn how to create and run a script in SCCM. Here is a script that you can use to uninstall flash and remove all leftover folders. (This is also from Adobe's documentation.) This new version won't accept that switch either. Well, Flash is finally dead and you probably want to get it off all your systems. So, anybody know how to run this uninstaller without interaction?īTW, this uninstall_flash_player.exe also used to accept another command line switch of /clean, which told it to be more aggressive in trying to remove old traces. It won't take /s or -s or -silent either. It complains: "Invalid argument or invalid use of argument 'silent'". This is documented not only here at AppDeploy, but also in Adobe's official documenatation.īut the new uninstall_flash_player.exe posted yesterday won't take that command line switch. I tried the above command, which wrote that the uninstallation finished successfully, but everything remained the. After the installation itself t he flash player is located in the control panel -> Flash Player (32-bits).
Previous releases of that uninstaller supported the use of a /silent command line switch, so you could use it in a batch file. Hi, I need to completely remove / uninstall the adobe flash player, which is part of the installation Windows 2019 ISO file. # Get all entries that match our criteria.With the release of Flash Player 10.1 yesterday, comes a new version of the uninstall_flash_player.exe. # Default behavior uses -match which is essentially "DisplayName contains VLC" This is what you see in Add/Remove Programs. # Look at a machine with the application installed unless you're sure the formatting of the name/version
$uninstReg = Define the App Name to look for Deployment guide with silent install command lines (2.0 SP1 and 2.0 SP2). waithidden Download\uninstallflashplayer.exe -uninstall Success Criteria This action will be considered successful when the applicability relevance evaluates to false. A: To launch games, Flashpoint must be able to access the Command Prompt. #Define Registry Location for the 64-bit and 32-bit Uninstall keys Cant I just use a standalone player like the Flash Player projector to play. # to access the 64-bit registry on 64-bit Windows. # The ScriptBlock method used here is to allow a 32-bit agent process Requirement - Download the uninstall_flash_player.exe from the link above, and upload it into your Worklet. It is disabled by default in most of these browsers, and can be managed with policies). Managing that integration is not in scope for this Worklet (as that topic would better be covered on how to manage Flash per browser. Another peculiarity is that it only works for the integrated Flash component.
To uninstall normal Shockwave executable files, locate the uninstallers at the following location: 64-bit machine. The update removes the Flash player from Windows but cannot be uninstalled itself. “Most” modern browsers have built-in Flash support. To uninstall MSI Shockwave installers, run the command: Wmic ‘Adobe Shockwave Player’ call uninstall /nointeractive. Please visit the Flash Player Help page for instructions on enabling (or disabling) Flash Player in various browsers.
These instructions are NOT applicable to Flash Player included with Microsoft Edge or Internet Explorer on Windows 8 and later or with Google Chrome on all supported operating systems. Please note the information in RED at the top of the uninstall directions: Īdobe has provided an uninstaller that works fairly well to remove stand-alone installations of Flash Player. As you probably have already heard endlessly, Adobe Flash Player will reach end of life on December 31 2020.