We cannot get the Flash installer to work properly with Windows 10 professional. I have obtained the redistributable installflashplayer21activex.msi. The version we are trying to install is 21.0.0.242. The error given is: Product: Adobe Flash Player 21 ActiveX - Error 1722.There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected.
How to Update Adobe Flash in Chrome Browser Jul 11, 2017 - 7 Comments The Chrome web browser is perhaps best suited for running Adobe Flash because Chrome sandboxes the Flash player plugin, making it a bit more secure.
Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Action NewCustomAction1, location: C: Users xdetemp3 AppData Local Temp InstallAX2100242.exe, command: -install -msi -prev 18.0.0.203 This used to happen occasionally with Windows 7 machines, and it was always resolved by deleting the contents of HKLM Software Macromedia and reinstalling.
However, this is not working on Windows 10. I have attempted to use the Adobe Flash uninstaller and also delete the registry entries, but this error 1722 seems like it cannot be fixed on Windows 10, when trying to install the latest version of flash. I also attempted to run the.exe that gets temporarily extracted to the appdata temp folder, and received this message: 'your microsoft internet explorer browser includes the latest version of the adobe flash player built in. Windows update will inform you when new verisons of the the flash player are available' Well, the version that is currently on this windows 10 is OUT OF DATE, and it seems there is no way to update it now? Is it possible to install the latest version of Flash in Windows 10, or is it something only Microsoft can control now? I could not find an answer to this question anywhere. Can someone please answer this question.
Is it possible to install the latest version of Flash in Windows 10, or is it something only Microsoft can control now? I could not find an answer to this question anywhere. Can someone please answer this question. You are trying to install the ActiveX version of Flash Player. It is not possible to do this on Windows 10 because the ActiveX version is only used for Microsoft's browsers and is only updated via Windows Update. If you need the latest Flash Player for non-Microsoft applications on your machines, you can download it using.
Does anyone have a bulletin or article that explains the reasoning behind this? Actually, this did not start with Windows 10. Flash Player has been integrated in Microsoft's OS since Windows 8 and was based on the desire to eliminate plug-ins from the browser for better security. You are migrating from Windows 7 which was their last OS to use the Active X plug-in. Since the Flash Player is now integrated it must be updated through the OS updates. As you've now found out, that doesn't prevent you from using the API versions for alternate browsers. Not sure about a formal MSFT bulletin on the subject but you can access an interesting MSDN article by clicking on.
Hi KCSteele, The last version of 21.0.0.242 is available through Windows Update, try to download and install the update KB3163207, we will update to the last version of Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.242. MS16-064: Security update for Adobe Flash Player: May 13, 2016 Here is a link provided by Adobe for you reference, it indicates the last version of Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.242 will be updated via Windows Update as well.
“Adobe Flash Player installed with Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer for Windows 10 and 8.1 will be automatically updated to the latest version, which will include Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.242.” NOTE: This response contains a reference to a third party World Wide Web site. Microsoft is providing this information as a convenience to you. Microsoft does not control these sites and has not tested any software or information found on these sites. Best regards Please mark the reply as an answer if you find it is helpful.
If you have feedback for TechNet Support, contact. Hi RickLi, Thanks for your response. I know that MS has been providing Flash updates via Windows Update for some time now. However, here we already have a mechanism in place for updating Flash separately from windows update, using the redistributable packages that Adobe provides. Can you answer this question: Is the 1722 error encountered when attempting to install the flash redistributable.msi file on Windows 10 by design?
Is there a way to work around it, so that instead of relying on Windows Update to update flash, one can use the redistributable to update Flash? Or is there no way to update Flash manually anymore on Windows 10, and the only way that works is by running the appropriate MS patch via windows update from now on? If you could answer this question that would help a lot in explaining what is happening here.
Thanks again. Is it possible to install the latest version of Flash in Windows 10, or is it something only Microsoft can control now? I could not find an answer to this question anywhere. Can someone please answer this question. You are trying to install the ActiveX version of Flash Player. It is not possible to do this on Windows 10 because the ActiveX version is only used for Microsoft's browsers and is only updated via Windows Update.
If you need the latest Flash Player for non-Microsoft applications on your machines, you can download it using. Thanks John.b, I just tried the PPAPI (chrome version - the link you provided was NPAPI which is firefox/netscape) and it indeed worked, with no 1722 error generated. So at this point is it a verified fact, that one cannot manually install the Active X version of Flash in Windows 10, and that in order to update it, it can only be done via an MS issued patch over windows update? Since this was not the case with Windows 7, it strikes me as strange that MS would no longer 'allow' the standard activeX.msi redistributable to work with Windows 10. Does anyone have a bulletin or article that explains the reasoning behind this?
Thanks again. Does anyone have a bulletin or article that explains the reasoning behind this?
Actually, this did not start with Windows 10. Flash Player has been integrated in Microsoft's OS since Windows 8 and was based on the desire to eliminate plug-ins from the browser for better security. You are migrating from Windows 7 which was their last OS to use the Active X plug-in.
Since the Flash Player is now integrated it must be updated through the OS updates. As you've now found out, that doesn't prevent you from using the API versions for alternate browsers. Not sure about a formal MSFT bulletin on the subject but you can access an interesting MSDN article by clicking on.
If you’re a Chrome user, which you should be, you probably have noticed that Flash is blocked by default in the browser. Google does not like Flash because of the major security flaws inherent in Flash and therefore does everything in its power to force you not to use Flash. The only problem is there are still a lot of sites that use Flash. None of the major sites you visit every day like Facebook, Instagram, etc.
Use it, but a lot of smaller and older sites just haven’t bothered to switch to HTML 5. For example, I am taking a Cisco course at my local community college and in order to complete the assignments, I have to log into Cisco’s NetAcademy website.
The problem is that some of the questions require Flash to view and answer. If you do a quick Google search for enabling Flash in Chrome, you’ll see a lot of articles telling you to download Flash from Adobe’s website and install it (which won’t work) or to open a Chrome tab and go to chrome://plugins (which also won’t work anymore).
In the most recent version of Chrome (57), you can no longer manage plugins by going to that URL. Instead, you’ll just get a “ This site can’t be reached” message. This is terribly unintuitive and really confused me because I was used to going there to enable or disable Flash as needed.
Now it seems they only want you to enable it for the specific sites where it is needed. In this article, I’ll explain how to get Flash to work when you need it and how to keep it disabled otherwise. Check Chrome Flash Settings First, let’s check the Flash settings in Chrome. There are a couple of places where you can do this. Open a new tab and type in chrome://flags. Make sure that Prefer HTML over Flash and Run all Flash content when Flash setting is set to “allow” are set to Default.
Open another tab and type in chrome://components. Under Adobe Flash Player, click the Check for update button. Now click on the Chrome menu button at the top right and click on Settings. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on Show Advanced Settings. Scroll down some more and then click on Content Settings under Privacy. In the popup dialog, scroll down until you see the Flash heading.
Make sure that the Ask first before allowing sites to run Flash (recommended) box is selected. Obviously, if you want to completely block Flash in Chrome, select Block sites from running Flash. You should never choose Allow sites to run Flash unless you have a really valid reason like using Chrome in a virtual machine or something. Allowing Sites to Run Flash Now for the fun part! In order to run Flash, you have to enable it for specific sites only. There is no longer an option to enable it for everything all the time.
One way to specify a site for Flash is to click on the Manage exceptions button under Content Settings – Flash as shown in the screenshot above. As you can see, I have added the NetAcad site I was talking about earlier with Behavior set to Allow. This method is a bit cumbersome since you must go to the Settings page, etc. The easier way to allow a site to run Flash is to go to the site and then click on the little icon to the left of the URL in the address bar. The icon will either be a lock icon if the connection is using HTTPS or it’ll be an information icon if the connection is non-secure.
When you click on this icon, you’ll see a bunch of settings you can configure for that particular site. Towards the bottom will be Flash. By default, it should be set to Use global default (Ask), which means the browser should ask you if you want to enable Flash for a site that has Flash content.
However, in my experience, the browser never actually asks me to enable Flash content even when there is clearly Flash content on the website. So, I have to basically select the Always allow on this site option in order for Flash to work.
Note that you may have to close the tab and reload it in order for the Flash content to appear correctly. That’s about it. Hopefully, this clarifies exactly how Flash works in the latest version of Chrome. I’m sure it’s going to change again soon, so I’ll be sure to update this post in case that happens. If you have any questions, post a comment.