
2 How can I update my Adobe Flash Player?.1 How do I update my Adobe Flash Player on Windows 10?.Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they help. Reply back with the results would be happy to help. Use the following command to remove Flash Player: DISM /Online /Remove-Package /PackagePath:"C:\Windows\servicing\Packages\Adobe-Flash-For-Windows-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~.16384.mum"Īnd I also recommend that you communicate with Nessus, to find out if there is a better solution for the situation you are experiencing.Press Windows + R and enter CMD in the run.If you think that the method of disabling the desktop experience is not suitable for your current situation, I also noticed that Flash Player can be uninstalled using Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM). %WinDir%\%SysDir%\Macromed\Flash directory. To see if that removes the files from the On Server 2012, Flash Player for IE is enabled when Desktop Experience is enabled, as such you could try disabling Desktop Experience. Due to this, it's considered a component of IE and therefore, it doesn't appear in the list of installed programs, and there isn't a separate uninstaller for it. Microsoft embeds Flash Player in IE in Windows Server 2012. This is why I am preferring to totally install it fully at this juncture then apply the mitigating remedy.

In some instances, disablingĭesktop Experience corrects the problem but because my enclave was incorrectly managed on this matter, all the servers are not baseline. Thus, I am need of a method to fully install Adobe independently on Server 2012r2, then properly disable such that the patching will work or have a method to properly uninstall it such that no artifacts remain.


If you're having difficulties installing a Microsoft Update, please contact Microsoft for assistance." Adobe provides Microsoft with the files and Microsoft integrate them with their product (IE/Edge) and their update mechanism.Īdobe has nothing to do with Microsoft's update mechanism, how it works, how it detects which updates to install, etc.

"Adobe has had this relationship with Microsoft since Windows 8 was released. " Microsoft embeds Flash Player for IE/Edge in Server 2012 and ALL Flash Player updates for IE/Edge are distributed by Microsoft via Windows Updates, thus you would to need to run Windows Updates to update Flash Player for IE/Edge on Server With that, Nessus vulnerabilities keeps popping becauseġ) it thinks Adobe is installed and 2) KB4480979 and other Adobe patches have not been installed. Apparently, for Server 2012r2 there is not a independent install/uninstall module. KB4480979 will not install due to Flash Player not being fully uninstalled leaving artifacts of a previous install.
