How do I update Flash Player ActiveX & Plugin from an internal server at once?

Question

At work we're using both, Flash Player ActiveX and Plugin, because of the use of different Browsers. We have set up a Background Update from our internal server.

By updating via "FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe", only the ActiveX Extension gets updated and the Plugin doesn't.

But if I do it in that order: Install ActiveX → Update → Install Plugin → Update, both Extensions get updated.

Here's the mms.cfg:

AutoUpdateDisable=0

SilentAutoUpdateEnable=1

SilentAutoUpdateServerDomain=[our server]

SilentAutoUpdateVerboseLogging=1

Is there a possibility to update both Extensions from an internal server at once?

_maria_ · Accepted Answer

Hi Maria,1. We can't find any currentmajor.xml, seems like it doesn't exist on the server.2.3. The version number of FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe is 14.0.0.1764. Below you can see the screenshots of both directories. Best regardsHi Jak,The currentmajor.xml file is a fairly new file, from 2 releases ago I believe, but it appear to be missing from the fp_background_update.cab file from last month's release. The FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe for version 14.0.0.176 is looking for this file, and not finding it, which explains why the Plugin is not being updated. We released Flash Player 15.0.0.152 yesterday and I have confirmed that currentmajor.xml file is in the new fp_background_update.cab package. You can download the new fp_background_update.cab package from the Adobe Flash Player Distribution | Adobe page. Once you deploy the new package to your server, the currentmajor.xml file should be in the /sau directory, at the same level as /11, /14/ and /15 (new for yesterday's release), and the Plugin should be updated, after the ActiveX updates to the new version.--Maria

_maria_ · Answer

Hi JakWas,The behaviour you are seeing is correct for the Background Update service. If both ActiveX and Plugin are installed, ActiveX will update first followed by the Plugin, usually within an hour. We do not have installers that install both ActiveX and Plugin simultaneously.If one hour is too much of a lag for your organization, an alternative to the Background Update service is to deploy Flash Player using Microsoft's System Center Updates Publisher (SCUP). Again, this won't be a simultaneous update of both ActiveX and Plugin, but it allows you to deploy both back-to-back as opposed to waiting the roughly one hour time-frame inherent in the Background Update service.Information on SCUP catalog distribution can be found in Chapter 3 of the Adobe Flash Player Administration Guide for Flash Player 14 | Adobe Developer Connection.--Maria

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