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TheJamesLong
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December 17, 2018
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Flash Player Full Download??

  • December 17, 2018
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So I spent some time hunting down links to download the offline installer. What is this idiotic screen asking people to download the targeted versions or sign up to be a developer??

HELLO!! Some of us do Enterprise work / VAR / support 3rd party web browsers and etc. and etc.

We NEED the full download versions!

Where are you hiding them??

OH! ..and forward this to your web-devs: https://helpx.adobe.com/contact/support.html#support-anchor contains secure and insecure content which creates security leaks. You should already know better!! Also, ABP is detecting no less than 5 attempts to hack in adware on your page. I suggest you get your sh.. together and reformat the page and code it properly!

https://helpx.adobe.com/contact/support.html#support-anchor

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    TheJamesLongAuthor
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    January 16, 2019

    ..kindly scratch off the word 'stand-alone' and fill in 'offline' above. I forgot that the .swf player was referred to as the stand-alone player these days.

    _maria_
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    _maria_Community Manager
    Community Manager
    January 16, 2019

    I'm not replying to every single point here, including the erroneous assumptions, as most have been replied to in a previous comment.

    I want the FULL installer that detects all three types, installs as necessary, in a computer which doesn't have internet access.

    A single installer for all player types does not exist. You're welcome to file an enhancement request at https://tracker.adobe.com

    The standard Flash Player release cadence is Patch Tuesday (2nd Tuesday of the month).  You're welcome to manually check for an update on that day.  Alternatively, you can register to receive a notification when a new security bulletin is posted.  See Adobe Security Bulletins and Advisories for more information.

    As mentioned previously, the offline installers are posted at the bottom of the Installation problems | Flash Player | Windows 7 and earlier page, in the 'Still having problems' section:

    Still having problems?

    If you are still having trouble installing Adobe Flash Player, try downloading the installer:

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    TheJamesLongAuthor
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    January 18, 2019

    maria__  wrote

    A single installer for all player types does not exist.

    Since.. WHEN??

    The archived versions all have the full installer??

    What's that I hear? Crickets?

    _maria_
    Community Manager
    _maria_Community Manager
    Community Manager
    December 17, 2018

    Hostile and abusive comments will not be tolerated on these forums.

    What is this idiotic screen asking people to download the targeted versions or sign up to be a developer??

    Not sure what you mean by this as there is no need to sign up to be a developer to download the full installers.  What is the link to the page you are referring to?

    Where are you hiding them??

    They're not hidden. 

    Offline Flash Player installers have ALWAYS been available for download on the following 2 pages:

    Archives of previous versions have ALWAYS been posted at Archived Adobe Flash Player versions

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    TheJamesLongAuthor
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    December 17, 2018

    All links to offline installers have been removed from all of the standard download pages, which is really irritating.

    Doing an internet site: search, this is the only page listed which is relevant: https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/distribution.html


    ..which pushed irritation straight up in to annoyed. THAT takes us to a page to APPLY in order to DISTRIBUTE Flash Player. Are you freaking kidding me?? If you don't like irritated and annoyed technicians and VARs commenting in your forum, then perhaps you should tell your web-dev people to put the links BACK where they've been for the last 20 years or so!!

    maria__  wrote

    Offline Flash Player installers have ALWAYS been available for download on the following 2 pages:

    Found that on my own, I'm looking for the FULL version installers. The one that detects all three types and installs as necessary.

    Looky here, more nonsense:

    https://get3.adobe.com/flashplayer/download/​
    Alternately produces a blank page, 'not allowed' or 413: Header length too large

    https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

    Contains a link to grab different versions, which get3... does not contain the OEM link. Occasionally produces 413: Header length too large

    https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/
    Doesn't contain EITHER the OEM link or the other one.

    ..and as I mentioned previously the link to the current, offline, full version installers is missing off of ALL OF THEM!

    maria__  wrote

    Archives of previous versions have ALWAYS been posted at Archived Adobe Flash Player versions

    First off, I specified CURRENT version. Second off, do you know how old that page is?? The 'current' link produced an error. It lists version

    OMG.. I just got a red flashing 'INSECURE' warning when I went to the standard download page. It might be too late to warn your web-devs, you may be getting hacked as we speak.

    ..you know what, forget it. I don't need the current version. My customers and clients don't need the current version. Just announce when you guys have got your sh.. together and get your website cleaned up. m'kay?

    _maria_
    Community Manager
    _maria_Community Manager
    Community Manager
    December 17, 2018

    I'm sorry for your frustration.

    If a customer is distributing Flash Player within their organization they need to obtain a distribution license, which is free for the vast majority of use cases.  This has been a requirement for many years.  The links used to be available, on the honor system, assuming enterprise customers would obtain the required distribution license.  Unfortunately, many egregiously abused the system and did not obtain the distribution license.  As such, several years ago, Adobe moved the links behind a page requiring enterprise customers to login with an Adobe ID having access to a current / valid distribution license.  This is not new behaviour.

    https://get3.adobe.com/flashplayer/download/

    Alternately produces a blank page, 'not allowed' or 413: Header length too large

    This is not a valid URL.  It is incomplete.

    https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

    Contains a link to grab different versions, which get3... does not contain the OEM link. Occasionally produces 413: Header length too large

    This page has always contained the online shim installers.  It's never contained the full offline installers.  The 413 error is due to too many adobe.com cookies on the client system.

    https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/
    Doesn't contain EITHER the OEM link or the other one.

    Again, this page has NEVER had the full offline links.  It contains the same shim installers as the https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer page.  The difference is that it allows the end-user to select the OS and Flash Player plugin type they want, whereas https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer page auto-detects the OS and browser and offers the plugin for that OS and browser.

    maria__  wrote

    Offline Flash Player installers have ALWAYS been available for download on the following 2 pages:

    Found that on my own, I'm looking for the FULL version installers. The one that detects all three types and installs as necessary.

    I don't know what you mean by "The one that detects all three types and installs as necessary".  There is no installer that detects "all three types and installs as necessary".  The closest thing is the Background Update service, but this doesn't detect all three types at the same time.  It runs once per our and updates the plugins on the system as necessary, once per hour, but not all at once.  Is this what you are looking for?

    I posted the link to the archive versions for information only, in case you needed them at some point in the future.

    OMG.. I just got a red flashing 'INSECURE' warning when I went to the standard download page. It might be too late to warn your web-devs, you may be getting hacked as we speak.

    I'm unable to reproduce this behaviour.  The standard download page (get3.adobe.com/flashplayer) has proper, valid digital cert resulting in every browser displaying the lock icon.  Please post a screenshot of the behaviour you are observing.

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