Unable to uninstall Adobe Flash 24.0.0.186 .ocx

[manyam]

Unable to uninstall Adobe Flash 24.0.0.186 .ocx (Permission denied error to delete)from windows server 2012 , please help how to delete this old file which is stuck in C:\Windows\syswow64\Macromed\Flash. The new version is able to install but the security scanning it shows older version also .

So please help to remove the Adobe Flash 24.0.0.186 .ocx active X control file and much appreciate for the help

[Test Screen Name]

What happens if you fix the permissions on the file in the usual way?

[manyam]

Thank you for the reply , i have tried  permission fix also but still not able to delete 

[Test Screen Name]

Maybe your permission fix is wrong...

[manyam]

Hi,

if you have  steps how to do , please let me know i will try to do same

[manyam]

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash 

and files in this are 

[manyam]

Error i am getting 

[Test Screen Name]

What “permission fix” did you do? You need to examine the ACL and add the necessary rights, as with any file on your server. 

[jeromiec83223024]

There's a couple reasons that this might happen: 

• Your user lacks the permissions to remove this file, as indicated by the error.
• The file is in use (a reboot would probably solve that)
• The permissions on the file are mangled.  I use a freeware utility called Unlocker to solve this.  I can't vouch for it because it's freeware that we didn't build, but it usually gets the job done when nothing else works.