Reply 40 of 47, by archsan
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wrote:Internet Explorer has Flash built in. The OS does not.
Check again. Any fresh install of Windows 10 Home/Pro.
For example, this is what I found when I have my laptop (Win10 Pro x64) upgraded to 1511 (10586). I have removed these stuff in the previous build, and then they're back again in this major version upgrade.
%windir%\System32\Macromed\*
%windir%\System32\CatRoot\[...]\Adobe-Flash-For-Windows-Package*.cat
%windir%\SySWOW64\Macromed\*
%windir%\SySWOW64\FlashPlayerApp.exe
%windir%\SySWOW64\Flash*.cpl <-- see it in control panel | System & Security
%windir%\WinSxS\amd64_adobe-flash-for-windows_
%windir%\WinSxS\wow64_adobe-flash-for-windows_
%windir%\WinSxS\FileMaps\$$_system32_macromed_flash_
%windir%\WinSxS\FileMaps\$$_syswow64_macromed_flash_
%windir%\WinSxS\Manifests\amd64_adobe-flash-for-windows_
%windir%\WinSxS\Manifests\wow64_adobe-flash-for-windows_
%windir%\SoftwareDistribution\Download\...\amd64_adobe-flash-for-windows_
%windir%\SoftwareDistribution\Download\...\wow64_adobe-flash-for-windows_
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing\ComponentDetect\amd64_adobe-flash-for-windows_31bf3856ad364e35_0.0.0.0_none_ab9875376a174135
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing\ComponentDetect\wow64_adobe-flash-for-windows_31bf3856ad364e35_0.0.0.0_none_b5ed1f899e780330
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing\PackageDetect\Adobe-Flash-For-Windows-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~0.0.0.0
"Adobe-Flash-For-Windows-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.10586.0" in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing\PackageDetect\Microsoft-Windows-Foundation-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~0.0.0.0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing\PackageDetect\Microsoft-Windows-Server-Gui-Shell-Package-shell~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~0.0.0.0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing\PackageIndex\Adobe-Flash-For-Windows-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~0.0.0.0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing\Packages\Adobe-Flash-For-Windows-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.10586.0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SideBySide\Winners\amd64_adobe-flash-for-windows_31bf3856ad364e35_none_b4179b8118d18c9f
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SideBySide\Winners\wow64_adobe-flash-for-windows_31bf3856ad364e35_none_be6c45d34d324e9a
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SideBySide\Winners\wow64_adobe-flash-for-windows-deployment_31bf3856ad364e35_none_47a439c9d9f1351c
There are some other reg entries, but the above should be the key ones to remove. Also check their default ownership/permissions. 😉
Note that running Flash "uninstaller" from Adobe does not remove the above. I'm not sure what it does or if it really does anything useful.
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