Flash uninstaller - Strange activity

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April 3, 2012
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Hello,

I noticed some unusual behavior with the latest flash uninstaller, can someone explain please?

I download the 32bit flash uninstaller for Windows.

http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-windows.html

When I double-click the uninstaller, a confirmation window appears asking whether I want to run the file.

I select run, then a 2nd confirmation window appears asking again if I want to run the file.

When I select run this time, I get a UAC prompt asking if I want to continue.

Why are there 2 request to run the uninstaller?

If I select run for the first prompt, but cancel the second prompt, the UI for the flash player uninstaller still appears.

I didn't go any further as this behavior was suspicious enough for me to stop. Instead I used a previously saved flash player uninstaller.

I'm wondering what would that second run prompt have executed if I had let it run?

Regards,

Pierce.

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pwillener

Legend

What is your Windows version?

What you describe I have seen happening when I accidentally triple-click an executable.

Can you try again with a right-click, then Open (or Run)?

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Anonymous

Thanks for the replies.

System is Vista SP2 x86.

Behavior is still the same if I right-click and select open.

I'm still presented with 2 run windows, with only the 2nd one requiring UAC confirmation.

I was also thinking maybe I had executed the uninstaller twice, but surely then I would be seeing a UAC prompt after clicking run on both confirmation windows, not just one.

Thanks.

pwillener

Legend

I do not know why this is happening; never seen this before.

Can you try to let it run completely (by clicking OK every time it asks), then post the contents of the FlashInstall.log file (from C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash) here in the forum? Maybe we can see from that log file what is happening.