Scripting

Since I'm on a roll, I'll answer this as well.

If you’re looking to uninstall before you update I've (stolen and then) put together a small PowerShell script that uninstalls anything based on the name of the program, but regardless of version.

Then I do a clean install, and for flash the .exe works like a charm for us. (That said, I've haven't tested the uninstall for Flash since we've included that in K2 deployments, but we've done it with Java and VMware viewer, so this should be a breeze...)

PowerShell uninstall.ps1:

Get-WmiObject -Class win32_product | ? {$_.Name -like "*Adobe*Flash*"} | % {msiexec /x "$($_.IdentifyingNumber)" /qn /noreboot | Out-Null}

Bat-file install.bat:  (I use auto update, if you don't want that do "-au 0" instead)

start /wait powershell -nologo -executionpolicy bypass -noprofile -file ".\Uninstall_Java.ps1"

install_flash_player_12_active_x.exe -install -au 2 

Zip everything and deploy as an online script. Works like magic... :-)

I deploy the .msi via Managed Installation and use the /qn /i run parameter

There are some resources here that should be helpful:

http://www.itninja.com/software/adobe/flash-player-3/12-1004

I deploy Flash Player with a distribution not a script. If you apply to distribute Flash Player the MSI files you get work very well with KACE.

I'm still using the .exe installter with the /install switch with no issues. Are you using the offline installers?

http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/distribution3.html

FYI you are supposed to have a current distribution license with Adobe to use those installers...

Here is what I use from a managed install perspective - msiexec.exe /i install_flash_player_12_active_x.msi /quiet /norestart /log "C:\Temp\flashActivX12.log"

I was able to install this by just using msiexec.exe /i install_flash_player_12_active_x.msi /quiet /norestart.