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Flash Player ActiveX

20.0.0.228

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This package was approved as a trusted package on 12/8/2015.

The Adobe Flash Player is freeware software for viewing multimedia, executing Rich Internet Applications, and streaming video and audio, content created on the Adobe Flash platform.

Note

This package is only for Windows XP to Windows 7, because Windows ≥ 8 already contains an integrated Flash Player for Internet Explorer.

Warning

The installation of Flash Player ActiveX fails with a 1603 error when Internet Explorer is open.

To install Flash Player ActiveX, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

C:\> choco install flashplayeractivex --version 20.0.0.228

To upgrade Flash Player ActiveX, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

C:\> choco upgrade flashplayeractivex --version 20.0.0.228

Files

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  • tools\chocolateyInstall.ps1 Show 
    $packageName = 'flashplayeractivex'
$version = '20.0.0.228'
$installArgs = '/quiet /norestart REMOVE_PREVIOUS=YES'
$url = 'http://download.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/licensing/win/install_flash_player_20_active_x.msi'

$majorVersion = ([version] $version).Major

$alreadyInstalled = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product | Where-Object {
  $_.Name -eq "Adobe Flash Player $majorVersion ActiveX" -and
  $_.Version -eq $version
}

try {

  $allRight = $true


  if ([System.Environment]::OSVersion.Version -ge '6.2') {
    $allRight = $false
    Write-ChocolateyFailure $packageName $('Your Windows version is not ' +
      'suitable for this package. This package is only for Windows XP to Windows 7')
  }

  if (Get-Process iexplore -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) {
    $allRight = $false
    Write-ChocolateyFailure $packageName 'Internet Explorer is running. ' +
      'The installation will fail an 1603 error. ' +
      'Close Internet Explorer and reinstall this package.'
  }

  if ($alreadyInstalled) {
    $allRight = $false
    Write-Output "Adobe Flash Player ActiveX for IE $version is already installed."
  }

  if ($allRight) {
    Install-ChocolateyPackage $packageName 'msi' $installArgs $url
  }

} catch {
  Write-ChocolateyFailure $packageName $($_.Exception.Message)
  throw
}

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Dependencies

This package has no dependencies.

Package Maintainer(s)

Software Author(s)

  • Adobe Systems Incorporated

Tags

Version History

Version Downloads Last updated Status
Flash Player ActiveX 29.0.0.140 141691 Tuesday, April 10, 2018 approved
Flash Player ActiveX 29.0.0.113 343357 Tuesday, March 13, 2018 approved
Flash Player ActiveX 28.0.0.161 524725 Tuesday, February 6, 2018 approved
Flash Player ActiveX 28.0.0.137 354121 Tuesday, January 9, 2018 approved
Flash Player ActiveX 28.0.0.126 245462 Tuesday, December 12, 2017 approved
Flash Player ActiveX 27.0.0.187 243985 Tuesday, November 14, 2017 approved
Flash Player ActiveX 27.0.0.183 165875 Wednesday, October 25, 2017 approved
Flash Player ActiveX 27.0.0.170 72422 Monday, October 16, 2017 approved
Flash Player ActiveX 27.0.0.159 52899 Tuesday, October 10, 2017 approved
Flash Player ActiveX 27.0.0.130 146440 Tuesday, September 12, 2017 approved
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