ActiveX and PlugIn Flashplayer installed both - ActiveX only updates automatically

I'm responsible for a group of Windows-based computers, which some in a non-profit where we have both IE and Firefox (like Chrome) installed. Accordingly, we have the ActiveX and plugin versions of Flash Player installed.  It seems that the automatic updates of the Flash Player only the ActiveX version and not the version of the PlugIn. This has happened for a long time, even on Windows 7. Y at - it a fix for this? Or at the very least, is it possible to reverse the order so that the Flashplayer PlugIn is updated rather than the ActiveX version?

Edit: To be clear, most of the computers is probably on "Notify me to install new updates", but only the new version of ActiveX installed.  Even if the computer is configured to allow Adobe install updates only the new version of ActiveX installed.

Hi paradoox,

For the updates in the background (option 'Allow Adobe install updates (recommended)'), both players are updated, however, the Activex version is first updated and then an hour later the Plugin is updated.

For Notification updates (option ' Notify me to install updates "), Flash Player checks an update when the Flash content is read.  If an update is available, it creates a registry entry which then launches the Update Notification window when the system is restarted or the user logs on/off voltage.  In this scenario, regardless of the version of Flash Player (Activex or Plugin) was used when checking is one that creates the registry entry and is the one that is being updated.  I know that's not ideal, but it is legacy features and has been so for a long time.  Unless you have changed the update check interval, the default value is 7 days.

Since you indicate that the Plugin is not updated via background updates, I would examine the FlashInstall.log file to infected computer.  Unfortunately, background updates do not write to the log file unless logging is turned on (which probably you haven't configured), but I can still be able to glean information from the current log on the system file.  Please provide a machine affected log file using the instructions here, the specified item is not found...

To enable detailed logging background update, add the following to the mms.cfg file: SilentAutoUpdateVerboseLogging = 1.   History updates for a updated once a day, so if you enable it today, it must contain related information in a day or two, depending when the background update task is actually configured to run on impact on machines.

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Maria

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