The version of 'Adobe Flash Player' on your system does not include the latest flash update and has been blocked. To continue using 'Adobe Flash Player', download an updated version. Click the menu item 'Automatic Web update'. If there is no check mark next to this item, the Automatic Updates feature is now disabled. Solution 2: Follow the steps below to disable the Automatic Update feature from the Windows Registry: IMPORTANT: This article contains information about editing the registry. Before editing the registry, make.
By default Adobe Flash Player periodically checks for new versions and gives users option to update. This may be not a desirable behaviour if flash player is deployed centrally. This also may cause a problem if users do not have local administrator rights. Installation not only fails but often breaks existing installation.
To disable auto update you need to create file mms.cfg and place it in C:WINDOWSsystem32MacromedFlash on every client computer (32bit).
On 64bit machines location is C:WindowsSysWOW64MacromedFlash
On 64bit machines location is C:WindowsSysWOW64MacromedFlash
The file should have only one line of text
AutoUpdateDisable=1
It must be saved in UTF-8 encoding. You can choose encoding in a notepad after pressing 'Save As...'
AutoUpdateDisable=1
It must be saved in UTF-8 encoding. You can choose encoding in a notepad after pressing 'Save As...'
mms.cfg file can be distributed using Group Policy.
In Windows Server 2008 environment the easiest way to achieve this is to use native Group Policy tool to copy the file from shared network location. This policy is located in Computer Configuration > Preferences > Windows Settings > Files
This option does not exist in Windows Server 2003 Group Policy. In this case you can use a start-up vbscript:
Place mms.cfg on a network location accessible by all clients.
Create and deploy following .vbs start-up script (via Group Policy):
Create and deploy following .vbs start-up script (via Group Policy):
Set oFSO = CreateObject('Scripting.FileSystemObject')
sNetworkFlashPath = 'serverSharedAdobe Flashmms.cfg'
sLocalFlashPath = 'C:WINDOWSSystem32MacromedFlashmms.cfg'
If oFSO.FolderExists ('C:WINDOWSSystem32MacromedFlash') Then
oFSO.CopyFile sNetworkFlashPath, sLocalFlashPath, True
End If
Set oFSO = Nothing
This script checks if path C:WINDOWSSystem32MacromedFlash exists (it will exist if flash player is installed) and copies mms.cfg file from a network location.
Replace serverSharedAdobe Flashmms.cfg with your network path to mms.cfg
If you have 64bit clients, you will need to modify the script to include C:WindowsSysWOW64MacromedFlash location
sNetworkFlashPath = 'serverSharedAdobe Flashmms.cfg'
sLocalFlashPath = 'C:WINDOWSSystem32MacromedFlashmms.cfg'
If oFSO.FolderExists ('C:WINDOWSSystem32MacromedFlash') Then
oFSO.CopyFile sNetworkFlashPath, sLocalFlashPath, True
End If
Set oFSO = Nothing
This script checks if path C:WINDOWSSystem32MacromedFlash exists (it will exist if flash player is installed) and copies mms.cfg file from a network location.
Replace serverSharedAdobe Flashmms.cfg with your network path to mms.cfg
If you have 64bit clients, you will need to modify the script to include C:WindowsSysWOW64MacromedFlash location
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