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mikeb35786417
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June 5, 2017
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Uninstalling Flash on Server 2012R2

  • June 5, 2017
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We are trying to uninstall the Adobe Flash on our Windows Server2012 R2 servers and are having issues. We don't see it in installed programs but when I go to C:\Windows\System32\Macromed the files are still there.

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    _maria_
    _maria_
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    June 5, 2017

    Which Flash Player type (e.g. ActiveX Control for IE, NPAPI for Firefox, PAPPI for Chromium-based browsers) are you referring to?

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    mikeb35786417Author
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    June 5, 2017

    ActiveX

    _maria_
    _maria_
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    June 5, 2017

    Microsoft embeds Flash Player in IE in Windows Server 2012.  Due to this, it's considered a component of IE and therefore, it doesn't appear in the list of installed programs, and there isn't a separate uninstaller for it.  On Server 2012, Flash Player for IE is enabled when Desktop Experience is enabled, as such you could try disabling Desktop Experience, if possible for your business needs, to see if that removes the files from the %WinDir%\%SysDir%\Macromed\Flash directory.

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