Adobe Flash Player Updates

[hlewton]

Just updated Adobe Flash Player today and am pretty sure I didn't untick the option to allow me to decide if I want to install any future updates. I wouldn't be concerned but if it installs automatically I don't want McAfee installed so how can I change that option back to "allow me to decide?" I believe it is a plugin but I can't find a way to start it. Would I have to uninstall it? If so then how would I go about reinstalling it or would it want to install itself when I visited a site that relied on it?

Thanks.

[HansV]

Adobe has a web page for this, but it's probably easiest to uninstall, then reinstall Flash Player.

[hlewton]

Adobe has a web page for this, but it's probably easiest to uninstall, then reinstall Flash Player.

Thanks I will do that since I have been all over their WEB pages and didn't find anything I could use.

[hlewton]

Actually that was pretty easy but Adobe's site did give me a link to where to download the program so it took no longer than two minutes and did allow me to make that change.

Thanks.

[stuck]

My experience is that 'point' increments to Flash Player install automatically, i.e. they merely update the code base already on my system and these updates do not add McAfee/junkware to my system. More significant updates require me to download an installer and when I run that I always have to be careful to untick the relevant McAfee/junkware offer that would otherwise land on my PC.

Ken

[hlewton]

My experience is that 'point' increments to Flash Player install automatically, i.e. they merely update the code base already on my system and these updates do not add McAfee/junkware to my system. More significant updates require me to download an installer and when I run that I always have to be careful to untick the relevant McAfee/junkware offer that would otherwise land on my PC.

Ken

I honestly don't know about that. The only time I see the updates, and it seems quite often, I always have to untick the McAfee download. I sure don't want that on my machine. I did untick that today but forgot to check the option to allow me to update the software. Not sure what that means after reading this but I didn't want to take any chances.

Thanks.

[HansV]

I always use the direct download links in this post. Those install files come without unwanted extras.

[hlewton]

I always use the direct download links in this post. Those install files come without unwanted extras.

Thanks Hans and I will try to remember this in the future when Adobe Flash Player wants to again update.

[Jim Cone]

For those who care...
The flash player settings manager (live) is found here:
http://www.macromedia.com/support/docum ... er04a.html
You may not agree with the default settings. I made some changes.
Checking back there occasionally might be prudent.

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Portland, Oregon USA
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[PaulB]

Thanks for posting this, Jim. I had forgotten all about it.