Configuration: Adobe Flash Player - Disable Flash Player Update - Windows
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| The listed computers have Adobe Flash Player installed and configured to check for updates automatically. Deploying the action below will both disable Flash Player Update and disallow the user from re-enabling it through the Settings Manager. |
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| Configuration: Adobe Flash Player - Disable Flash Player Update - Windows | |
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| 3/3/2014 12:00:00 AM | |
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| jgstew on 3/3/2014 3:23:31 PM | |
| jgstew on 3/3/2014 3:23:31 PM | |
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| Used in 368 fixlets | * Results in a true/false |
(if( name of operating system starts with "Win" ) then platform id of operating system != 3 else false) AND (if exists property "in proxy agent context" then ( not in proxy agent context ) else true )
name of operating system as lowercase starts with "win"
| Used in 3 fixlets | * Results in a true/false |
(exists folder "macromed\flash" of system folder AND (exists file whose ((it starts with "flash" and it ends with ".ocx") of (name of it as lowercase)) of folder "macromed\flash" of system folder OR exists file whose ((it starts with "swflash" and it ends with ".ocx") of (name of it as lowercase)) of folder "macromed\flash" of system folder OR exists file whose ((it starts with "npswf32" and it ends with ".dll") of (name of it as lowercase)) of folder "macromed\flash" of system folder)) OR (exists key "HKLM\Software\Mozilla" whose (exists key whose (name of it does not contain "Netscape" AND exists key "Extensions" whose (exists file whose ((it starts with "npswf32" and it ends with ".dll") of (name of it as lowercase)) of folder (value "Plugins" of it as string)) of it) of it) of registry)
| Used in 103 fixlets | * Results in a true/false |
not exists values "PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE" whose (it as string as lowercase = "ia64") of keys "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment" of registry
| Used in 2 fixlets | * Results in a true/false |
(exists folder "macromed\flash" of system folder) AND (exists file whose (((it starts with "flash" and it ends with ".ocx") OR (it = "swflash.ocx")) of (name of it as lowercase) and version of it >= "8.0") of it) of folder "macromed\flash" of system folder
| Used in 2 fixlets | * Results in a true/false |
(it != "WinNT" AND it != "Win95") of name of operating system
| Used in 1 fixlet | * Results in a true/false |
not ((exists files "Macromed\Flash\mms.cfg" of it AND (exists lines whose(it contains "AutoUpdateDisable" AND following text of first "=" of it as trimmed string starts with "1" AND preceding text of first "AutoUpdateDisable" of it does not contain "#") of files "Macromed\Flash\mms.cfg" of it)) of (if(not x64 of operating system) then (system folder) else (system wow64 folder)))
Actions
Action 1 (default)
Action Link Click
here to disable Flash Player Update.
Script Type
BigFix Action Script
// Store the value of the System 32bit folderSuccess Criteria
// For 32bit systems: C:\Windows\system32
// For 64bit systems: C:\Windows\SysWOW64
parameter "sysFolder32" = "{pathname of (if(not x64 of operating system) then (system folder) else (system wow64 folder))}"
// If no MMS.CFG file exists, create one
if{not exists file (parameter "sysFolder32" & "\Macromed\Flash\mms.cfg")}
// if the Macromed folder does not exist, create it
if{not exists folder (parameter "sysFolder32" & "\Macromed\")}
dos mkdir {parameter "sysFolder32" & "\Macromed\"}
endif
// if the Macromed/Flash folder does not exist, create it
if{not exists folder (parameter "sysFolder32" & "\Macromed\Flash")}
dos mkdir {parameter "sysFolder32" & "\Macromed\Flash"}
endif
delete __createfile
delete mms.cfg
createfile until End_Create_File
#Disables Adobe Flash auto update
AutoUpdateDisable = 1
End_Create_File
move __createfile {parameter "sysFolder32" & "\Macromed\Flash\mms.cfg"}
else
//If an MMS.CFG file exists, then append "AutoUpdateDisable = 1" to the MMS.CFG file, while removing any other "AutoUpdateDisable"'s
delete __appendfile
appendfile {concatenation "%0d%0a" of lines whose (not(it contains "AutoUpdateDisable" AND preceding text of first "AutoUpdateDisable" of it does not contain "#")) of file (parameter "sysFolder32" & "\Macromed\Flash\mms.cfg")}
appendfile {"%0d%0a"}AutoUpdateDisable = 1
// Delete backup file if it already exists, otherwise this will fail
delete "{(parameter "sysFolder32" & "\Macromed\Flash\mms.cfg.bak")}"
// Backup existing mms.cfg
move "{(parameter "sysFolder32" & "\Macromed\Flash\mms.cfg")}" "{(parameter "sysFolder32" & "\Macromed\Flash\mms.cfg.bak")}"
// Delete existing mms.cfg if exists (which it should not due to the move above)
delete {(parameter "sysFolder32" & "\Macromed\Flash\mms.cfg")}
// Copy new mms.cfg into place
copy __appendfile {(parameter "sysFolder32" & "\Macromed\Flash\mms.cfg")}
endif
This action will be considered successful when the applicability relevance evaluates to false.
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| This is an improvement and simplification of the task available in the IBM provided "Updates for Windows Applications" site as of Mar 3, 2014, which was based upon my task submitted originally on Jan 20, 2012 in this forum post: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/forums/html/topic?id=77777777-0000-0000-0000-000014780737 | |
