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MonH
Participating Frequently
January 24, 2014
Question

Why does turning off auto updates turn them on?

  • January 24, 2014
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I have been trying to stop the auto update of Flash player for months - even went so far as to totally uninstall, remove all traces, then install fresh with the "do not auto update" setting. It still gives me pop-ups. Browsing the 'net I saw an article that made me think it might be related to Shockwave. Shockwave has NEVER asked me to update but, silly me, I unchecked it anyway.

And now it is on and attempting to auto update.

So, I'm left with two products that will not obey their settings.

Please advise.

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C_F_McBlob
C_F_McBlob
Inspiring
January 24, 2014

If you're seeing "Please update your Flash Player" in web pages.... It's NOT coming from Flash Player. It's coming from javascript in the pages where you see it.

When the Flash Player Updater (Install Manager) opens, you'll see an icon in your taskbar to let you know that the app is running.

M
MonHAuthor
Participating Frequently
January 24, 2014

Hi, thank you for the quick reply.

It is not from any web or application or Windows update. And it is not in my taskbar.

What I am seeing is that on boot up, the reg key applied by the Adobe updater is activated and pops up a window telling me there is a new version available.

C_F_McBlob
C_F_McBlob
Inspiring
January 24, 2014

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Macromedia/FlashPlayer

Does it show the current version? (12,0,0,38 for ActoveX and 12,0,0,43 for the other)

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