:: sets working directory to the current directory of this script

echo off

cd /d %~dp0

::deletes any existing install file

IF exist install_flash_player_ax.exe del install_flash_player_ax.exe

IF exist install_flash_player.exe del install_flash_player.exe

IF exist install_flash_player_ppapi.exe del install_flash_player_ppapi.exe

IF exist uninstall_flash_player.exe del uninstall_flash_player.exe



:: Downloads the flashplayer uninstaller to current directory, kills tasks, and deletes old flash files

SET "FILENAME=%~dp0\uninstall_flash_player.exe"

bitsadmin.exe /transfer "Flash Uninstaller" http://download.macromedia.com/get/f...ash_player.exe "%FILENAME%"



tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq plugin-container.exe" 2>NUL -- find /I /N "plugin-container.exe">NUL

if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" taskkill.exe /im plugin-container.exe /t /f



tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq firefox.exe" 2>NUL -- find /I /N "firefox.exe">NUL

if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" taskkill.exe /im firefox.exe /t /f



tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq iexplore.exe" 2>NUL -- find /I /N "iexplore.exe">NUL

if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" taskkill.exe /im iexplore.exe /t /f



tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq flash*" 2>NUL -- find /I /N "flash">NUL

if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" taskkill.exe /im flash* /t /f

:: added this on July 1 2015 as BattleNet uses NPAPI flash plugin to function, so it must be killed to properly install

tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq battle*" 2>NUL -- find /I /N "battle">NUL

if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" taskkill.exe /im taskkill.exe /im battle* /t /f

:: added July 7 2015 the weather channel app

tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq TWC.*" 2>NUL -- find /I /N "TWC.">NUL

if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" taskkill.exe /im TWC.* /t /f



tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq skype*" 2>NUL -- find /I /N "skype">NUL

if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" taskkill.exe /im skype* /t /f



tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq yahoo*" 2>NUL -- find /I /N "yahoo">NUL

if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" taskkill.exe /im yahoo* /t /f



tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq steam*" 2>NUL -- find /I /N "steam">NUL

if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" taskkill.exe /im steam* /t /f







:: Runs Uninstaller

start /wait uninstall_flash_player.exe -uninstall





:: determine Operating system

echo off & setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion

wmic /output:version.txt os get caption

>nul find "vista" version.txt && (

goto :win7

) ---- (

goto :winxp

)



:winxp

:: determine Operating system

echo off & setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion

wmic /output:version.txt os get caption

>nul find "XP" version.txt && (

goto :win7

) ---- (

goto :winn

)



:winn

:: determine Operating system

echo off & setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion

wmic /output:version.txt os get caption

>nul find "Windows 7" version.txt && (

goto :win7

) ---- (

goto :win8

)



:win7

echo Windows 7



:: removes stale system files on Windows 7

ATTRIB -H -S -R C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash /s /d

ATTRIB -H -S -R C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash /s /d

rmdir "C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash" /s /q



IF exist C:\Windows\SysWOW64 rmdir "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash" /s /q

:: win XP

IF exist "c:\Document and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Adobe\Flash Player" rmdir "c:\Document and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Adobe\Flash Player" /s /q

IF exist "c:\Document and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash" rmdir "c:\Document and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Macromedia\flash" /s /q



:: downloads the latest version of the flash player ActiveX

SET "FILENAME=%~dp0\install_flash_player_ax.exe"

bitsadmin.exe /transfer "Flash Player ActiveX download" http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub..._player_ax.exe "%FILENAME%"

::start /wait msiexec /b "install_flash_player_ax.exe" /install

start /wait install_flash_player_ax.exe /install



:win8

echo Windows 8



rmdir "C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Flash Player" /s /q

rmdir "C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Macromedia\Flash Player" /s /q



:: downloads the latest version of the flash player plugin

SET "FILENAME=%~dp0\install_flash_player.exe"

bitsadmin.exe /transfer "Flash Player plugin download" http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub...ash_player.exe "%FILENAME%"

start /wait install_flash_player.exe /install



:: downloads the latest version of the flash player pepper flash

SET "FILENAME=%~dp0\install_flash_player_ppapi.exe"

bitsadmin.exe /transfer "Flash Player Pepper Flash download" http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub...ayer_ppapi.exe "%FILENAME%"



start /wait install_flash_player_ppapi.exe /install



::deletes any existing download files

IF exist install_flash_player_ax.exe del install_flash_player_ax.exe

IF exist install_flash_player.exe del install_flash_player.exe

IF exist install_flash_player_ppapi.exe del install_flash_player_ppapi.exe

IF exist uninstall_flash_player.exe del uninstall_flash_player.exe

del version.txt



:: deletes any existing prefetchfiles

IF exist "C:\Windows\Prefetch\PLUGIN-CONTAINER*.pf" del "C:\Windows\Prefetch\PLUGIN-CONTAINER*.pf"

IF exist "C:\Windows\Prefetch\flashpl*.pf" del "C:\Windows\Prefetch\flashpl*.pf"

IF exist "C:\Windows\Prefetch\firefox*.pf" del "C:\Windows\Prefetch\firefox*.pf"





:: below is optional if you want the Adobe updater to NAG you for updates. Just add 2 ":" in from of each line to active this below just like in the begining of this line, then you will get the NAG updates, this installer will grab the latest whenever you run it though.





::tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq FlashPlayerUpdate*" 2>NUL -- find /I /N "FlashPlayerUpdate">NUL

::if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" taskkill.exe /im FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe /f



::SchTasks /Delete /TN "Adobe Flash Player Updater" /f

::sc delete "AdobeFlashPlayerUpdateSvc" /f

::IF exist "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe" del "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe"

::IF exist "C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe" del "C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe"

::IF exist "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\mms.cfg" del "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\mms.cfg"

::IF exist "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\mms.cfg" del "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\mms.cfg"

::IF exist "C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash\mms.cfg" del "C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash\mms.cfg"