Fix Chrome Flash Issue - Delete Problematic PepperFlash in User folder - Windows
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| 1 | TODO Fix Chrome Flash Issue - Delete PepperFlash in User folder - Windows | 3/17/2016 4:03:25 PM |
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| 3 | Fix Chrome Flash Issue - Delete PepperFlash in User folder - Windows | 3/18/2016 11:00:52 AM |
| 4 | Fix Chrome Flash Issue - Delete PepperFlash in User folder - Windows | 3/18/2016 6:00:42 PM |
| 5 | Fix Chrome Flash Issue - Delete Problematic PepperFlash in User folder - Windows | 3/22/2016 1:13:42 PM |
Description
This task will delete any versions of PepperFlash equal to or newer in the user profile than the one in ProgramFiles.
This is needed due to a bug when switching from per-user installed Chrome to Chrome 64-bit in which Chrome 64-bit will find a similar or newer version of PepperFlash in the user folder and prefer it over the version in its own folder even though it is the wrong architecture in this case.
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| Fix Chrome Flash Issue - Delete Problematic PepperFlash in User folder - Windows | |
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| jgstew | |
| 3/17/2016 12:00:00 AM | |
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| jgstew on 3/22/2016 1:13:42 PM | |
| jgstew on 3/22/2016 1:13:42 PM | |
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Relevance
isWindows (Relevance 1172)
windows of operating system
| Used in 1 fixlet | * Results in a true/false |
exists files "pepflashplayer.dll" of folders "PepperFlash" whose(exists values whose(it as string = "x64") of keys "x-ppapi-arch" of jsons of files "manifest.json" of it) of folders of folders "Google\Chrome\Application" of folders whose(name of it starts with "Program Files") of folders "C:"
| Used in 1 fixlet | * Results in a true/false |
exists files "pepflashplayer.dll" of folders whose(exists values whose(it as string = "ia32") of keys "x-ppapi-arch" of jsons of files "manifest.json" of it) of folders "AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\PepperFlash" of folders of folders "C:\Users"
| Used in 1 fixlet | * Results in a true/false |
exists it whose( /* maximum x32 flash version in user folders */ item 0 of it >= /* max x64 flash version in program files */ item 1 of it) of ( ( maxima of versions of files "pepflashplayer.dll" of folders whose(exists values whose(it as string = "ia32") of keys "x-ppapi-arch" of jsons of files "manifest.json" of it) of folders "AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\PepperFlash" of folders of folders "C:\Users" ), ( maxima of versions of files "pepflashplayer.dll" of folders "PepperFlash" whose(exists values whose(it as string = "x64") of keys "x-ppapi-arch" of jsons of files "manifest.json" of it) of folders of folders "Google\Chrome\Application" of folders whose(name of it starts with "Program Files") of folders "C:" ) )
Actions
Action 1 (default)
Action Link Click
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Script Type
BigFix Action Script
// need to delete all occurances of a higher version pepperflash in the user folderSuccess Criteria
delete __createfile
// CREATEFILE
createfile until END_OF_FILE
{ concatenation "%0d%0a" of ("rmdir /S /Q %22"&it&"%22") of pathnames of items 1 of it whose( (version of files "pepflashplayer.dll" of items 1 of it) >= item 0 of it ) of ( ( maxima of versions of files "pepflashplayer.dll" of folders "PepperFlash" whose(exists values whose(it as string = "x64") of keys "x-ppapi-arch" of jsons of files "manifest.json" of it) of folders of folders "Google\Chrome\Application" of folders whose(name of it starts with "Program Files") of folders "C:" ), (folders whose(exists values whose(it as string = "ia32") of keys "x-ppapi-arch" of jsons of files "manifest.json" of it) of folders "AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\PepperFlash" of folders of folders "C:\Users") ) }
END_OF_FILE
delete delete_folders.bat
copy __createfile delete_folders.bat
waithidden cmd /c delete_folders.bat
This action will be considered successful when the applicability relevance evaluates to false.
Action 2
Action Link Click
here to deploy this action.
Script Type
BigFix Action Script
// need to delete all occurances of a higher version pepperflash in the user folderSuccess Criteria
delete __createfile
// CREATEFILE
createfile until END_OF_FILE
{ concatenation "%0d%0a" of ("rmdir /S /Q %22"&it&"%22") of pathnames of items 1 of it whose( (version of files "pepflashplayer.dll" of items 1 of it) >= item 0 of it ) of ( ( maxima of versions of files "pepflashplayer.dll" of folders "PepperFlash" whose(exists values whose(it as string = "x64") of keys "x-ppapi-arch" of jsons of files "manifest.json" of it) of folders of folders "Google\Chrome\Application" of folders whose(name of it starts with "Program Files") of folders "C:" ), (folders whose(exists values whose(it as string = "ia32") of keys "x-ppapi-arch" of jsons of files "manifest.json" of it) of folders "AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\PepperFlash" of folders of folders "C:\Users") ) }
END_OF_FILE
delete delete_folders.bat
copy __createfile delete_folders.bat
waithidden cmd /c delete_folders.bat
This action will be considered successful when the applicability relevance evaluates to false.
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| Thanks very much - I really appreciate it! | |
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| I don't have any other fixlets for this issue. | |
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| see the analysis here: https://bigfix.me/analysis/details/2998499 | |
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| There are definitely a few ways to solve this issue, and this relevance was written with a very particular circumstance in mind, so it might not be satisfied in all cases where it should be. I'll have to see what related content I have. I do have an analysis that checks a lot of things related to this. | |
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| It looks like this can also be resolved by just deleting the contents of: C-Users-username-AppData-Local-Google-Chrome-User Data-PepperFlash Do you have a task that will do just that? The above does not seem to find any relevant computers in my environment. Thanks so much for all your contributions! | |
