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July 26, 2019
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Need latest version of Adobe Flash Player

  • July 26, 2019
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Hi,

We have old versions of below products in the default PC build. Where can we get/download recent version of below software from?

We need to script and add it to the build.

  • Adobe Shockwave Player
  • Adobe Flash Player
  • Adobe Flash Player ActiveX and Plugin
  • Adobe AIR
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    Test Screen Name
    Legend
    July 29, 2019

    Freeware still has software licenses, and the software license for Flash requires each user to download and install THEIR OWN copy. Hence you need a different agreement to do this on behalf of others.

    Please see https://www.adobe.com/uk/products/players/flash-player-distribution.html

    I don't know why you say that the ActiveX and plug-in (actually there are two different plug-ins) are the same. They are not. Please do further study of this. Please also ensure you understand which browsers and systems embed Flash Player, so that you do not waste time trying to install it when this cannot work.

    You mention EOL for a different product. Just a note to say Flash Player will reach EOL (and termination of distribution, it is widely believed) in 2020.

    I know nothing about Air, but it has a distribution agreement too: Adobe AIR Runtime Distribution | Adobe

    I know nothing about Shockwave Player but read this: End of Life (EOL) for Adobe Shockwave

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    Pu_Ja_2019Author
    Participating Frequently
    July 29, 2019

    Thanks for your reply.

    How to get distribution license? I believe these are freeware products.

    • Adobe Shockwave Player: Is this product reached end of life?
    • Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Flash Player ActiveX and Plugin are same. Can we use same media? same media can be enabled for IE and chrome?
    • Adobe AIR: what is the latest version and how to download it?
    _maria_
    Community Manager
    _maria_Community Manager
    Community Manager
    July 29, 2019

    I believe these are freeware products.

    Regardless if it's freeware or not, software installation still requires a license agreement to install.  Thus, if you're distributing it within your organization, including on a base image, the license must be agreed to. 

    Adobe Shockwave Player: Is this product reached end of life?

    Adobe Shockwave Player has reached end-of-life.  Per End of Life (EOL) for Adobe Shockwave  "Effective April 9, 2019, Adobe Shockwave will be discontinued and the Shockwave player for Windows will no longer be available for download."

    Adobe AIR: what is the latest version and how to download it?

    The most recent version of AIR is 32.0.0.125

    To distribute it within your organization requires a distribution license, regardless if it's freeware or not.  Apply for a distribution license at Adobe Flash Player Distribution | Adobe   After the request is a approved, you'll receive an email with the links to the Distribution Download page for the respective products to download the files.

    Adobe recently made an announcement regarding the future of AIR. See The Future of Adobe AIR | Adobe Blog  for more information.

    Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Flash Player ActiveX and Plugin are same. Can we use same media? same media can be enabled for IE and chrome?

    As mentioned by Test Screen Name​Flash Player ActiveX Control and NPAPI plugin (and PPAPI plugin) are different, for different browsers and are not interchangeable

    • ActiveX Control: For Internet Explorer and Edge browser.  As of Windows 8 Microsoft embeds Flash Player in IE, and Edge (Win 10).  Flash Player ActiveX Control installer will fail (not run) on Windows 8 and above.  Microsoft updates the embedded Flash Player ActiveX Control via Windows Updates.
    • NPAPI plugin for Safari & Firefox - NPAPI plugin only works on NPAPI-based browsers
    • PPAPI plugin for chromium based browsers - only works on Chromium-based browsers (Chrome, Opera, Brave, etc).  Google embeds Flash Player in Chrome, and all updates for the embedded version are released by Google.  If the only Chromium-based browser in use is Chrome, there is no need to install it separately.

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    Pu_Ja_2019Author
    Participating Frequently
    August 19, 2019

    Hi,

    Do we need to install NPAPI fash plugin on user machine separately or it is embedded within Firefox browser?

    P
    Pu_Ja_2019Author
    Participating Frequently
    July 29, 2019

    Thanks for your reply.

    How to get distribution license? I believe these are freeware products.

    • Adobe Shockwave Player: Is this product reached end of life?
    • Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Flash Player ActiveX and Plugin are same. Can we use same media? same media can be enabled for IE and chrome?
    • Adobe AIR: what is the latest version and how to download it?
    _maria_
    Community Manager
    _maria_Community Manager
    Community Manager
    July 26, 2019
    We have old versions of below products in the default PC build.

    Flash Player & AIR distribution license (free for the bast majority of use cases) is required to distribute Flash Player within your organization, including as the default image.

    See Adobe Flash Player Distribution | Adobe for more information and to request a distribution license.

    T
    Test Screen Name
    Legend
    July 26, 2019

    By the way, if this is a master PC build you MUST first get a distribution license for EACH product listed, otherwise it is a breach of EULA.

    T
    Test Screen Name
    Legend
    July 26, 2019

    Flash Player: https://get.adobe.com/flash

    Do this once from Internet Explorer and once from Chrome or Firefox. They install different software.

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