Flash Player Updater leaves the NPSWF32_11_7_700_170.dll file

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Hello Adobe Team,I see today that the Flash Player Updater updates from .170 to .178 but leaves the NPSWF32_11_7_700_170.dll file in the SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash folder (Win7 Ultimate x64 SP1).Is it a bug with the updater ?2013-4-9+19-36-17.276 [error] 1226 1062﻿=O====== M/11.7.700.178 2013-04-09+19-36-10.665 ========0000  00000010 FlashPlayerInstaller.exe -install -iv 110001  00000011 10002  00000020 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl0003  00001036 Software\Mozilla\Aurora\extensions/Plugins 20004  00001036 Software\Mozilla\Firefox\extensions/Plugins 20005  00001036 Software\Mozilla\Mozilla Firefox\extensions/Plugins 20006  00001036 Software\Mozilla\Nightly\extensions/Plugins 20007  00001036 Software\Mozilla\Thunderbird\extensions/Plugins 20008  00001036 Software\Mozilla\UX\extensions/Plugins 20009  00001036 Software\Opera Software/Last CommandLine 20010  00001036 Software\Opera Software/Last CommandLine 20011  00001036 Software\Opera Software/Plugin Path 20012  00001036 Software\Opera Software/Plugin Path 20013  00001015 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\NPSWF32_11_7_700_170.dll 50014  00000014 C:\Windows\TEMP\{68AB3060-D8CC-4992-B776-D29A812DE70B}\NPSWF32_11_7_700_178.dll0015  00000025 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil32_11_7_700_178_Plugin.exe0016  00000015 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil32_11_7_700_178_Plugin.exe0017  00000024 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\plugin.vch0018  00000017 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash0019  00000022 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerPlugin_11_7_700_178.exe0020  00000019 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl0021  00001024 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl 1830022  00001024 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerApp.exe 1830023  00000021 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe0024  000011060025  000011060026  00001024 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe 1830027  00000012=X====== M/11.7.700.178 2013-04-09+19-36-19.124 ========

jeromiec83223024 · Accepted Answer

Thanks, I've looped in the installer team.

The installer folks confirmed that it only removed the build that it was upgrading from, which should have been NPSWF32_11_7_700_178.dll. You can safely delete NPSWF32_11_7_700_170.dll.

You should be able to verify that the installer removed NPSWF32_11_7_700_178.dll when upgrading to 11.7.700.182, and that NPSWF32_11_7_700_182.dll is NOT marked read-only.

jeromiec83223024 · Answer

Thanks for the head's up. We identified a bug in the patch updater mechansim that leaves NPSWF32.dll set to Read-Only after applying a patch update.

Tomorrow's update fixes the root-cause, and will automatically correct the situation on your machine.

If you want to fix it in the meantime, just go to C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash, right-click the various NPSWF32_11*.dll files, choose Properties and make sure that Read-Only is unchecked.

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