Flash Player 26.0.0.126 Released

[Chiefcrowe]

https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/flash-player-releasenotes.html

 

[bruceb]

Just did the updates for that this morning. There is also a newer version of Adobe Shockwave Player

 

[Mem]

I updated my Adobe Air as well .

 

[Iron Woode]

odd, mine updated and now facebook is acting strange.

 

[ronbo613]

I'm getting an Adobe Flash update every other day

 

[bruceb]

It just updated again to 26.0.0.131 ... for some reason, it does not open when I click on Flash Player in Windows 10 control panel. But I did manually verify it was installed. Works okay on the Windows XP Box

 

[Chiefcrowe]

26.0.0.137 Released

 

[bruceb]

Thanks, Chief, doing updates now.

 

[Chiefcrowe]

26.0.0.151 Released

https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/release-note/fp_26_air_26_release_notes.html

 

[bruceb]

Thanks, Chief ... I can not wait until Flash is a dead duck (about 1 year or ... there is a thread about it here)

 

[Luddite]

I notice every Adobe Flash update is around 20 MB in size. Are all these updates cumulative? Or does each update simply replace the previous one?

 

[Mike64]

I notice every Adobe Flash update is around 20 MB in size. Are all these updates cumulative? Or does each update simply replace the previous one?

The short, plain answer is that the "latest version" of FP is always the "current" installation package as of the time it's released, and replaces an existing earlier version if it exists on the target system. Whether you're "updating" FP or installing it for the first time, you use same installer package. If an earlier version is already installed on the computer, the installer removes that when it installs the latest version.

The longer, less straightforward answer is: unless I'm very confused (by no means impossible<g>), I think what you really meant was: "Are all these updates incremental? Or does each update replace the previous one." As you wrote the questions, they both mean more or less the same thing.

Cumulative updating means rolling all the previous updates into one "installation", while incremental updating implies making only the most recent of a series of modifications. And in the strictest sense, fully replacing an existing installation isn't really an "update" in the usual sense (like Windows updates, for example). Technically, one might say that the Flash Player software itself "has been updated", but when you "update Flash Player on your computer", the previous version is completely removed and fully replaced with latest version; the "updates" don't merely modify the existing installed program.

 

[Luddite]

Thanks Mike.
Yeah, I was just curious as to whether all those 20 MB updates were adding up and taking up a lot of space over the years. I had a feeling they probably weren't, but hey, you never know with Adobe.

 

[bruceb]

What I do with stuff like Flash Player, Shockwave, Java or my Antivirus (avast free) is keep the most current installer and sometimes, the 2 just before that one. This way if there any issues, I can revert if needed or if I need the older one for some odd reason. Most of the time, the current one works fine. Same for things like Winrar

 

[Luddite]

I notice I seem to have 3 different types of flash players on my list of programs:

Adobe Flash Player 24 Active X
Adobe Flash Player 28 NPAPI
Adobe Flash Player 28 PPAPI

 

[bruceb]

You are supposed to have 3 depending on which web browsers you have.
Active X is for Internet Explorer -- Note: For IE11 on Windows 10 windows update does the Flash player updates as it is embedded

NPAPI is for Firefox based browser

PPAPI is for Opera & Chromium based browser

All the full offline installers are here -- scroll down just past Section 8 for them
https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/installation-problems-flash-player-windows.html

 

[Mike64]

Thanks Mike.
Yeah, I was just curious as to whether all those 20 MB updates were adding up and taking up a lot of space over the years. I had a feeling they probably weren't, but hey, you never know with Adobe.

As bruceb answered, there's no real reason to keep the older installers. If you find yourself needing an earlier version, you can download it again. The only time I make a specific effort to keep "old" versions of programs/updates is when they're things that might bork something badly enough to keep me off the Internet, which makes re-downloading needed software, or finding answers to problems, that much more difficult...

 

[Chiefcrowe]

28.0.0.137 Released
https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/flash-player-releasenotes.html
https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/flash-player-releasenotes.html

 

[bruceb]

Updating it now -- Thanks, Chief

 

[Puffnstuff]

WU grabbed it for me earlier today.

 

[Chiefcrowe]

South Korea identifies Flash 0-day in the wild

http://www.zdnet.com/article/south-korea-identifies-flash-0-day-in-the-wild/

 

[Chiefcrowe]

28.0.0.161 Released

I believe this is the fix for that 0day

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-03.html

https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/release-note/fp_28_air_28_release_notes.html

 

[bruceb]

Thanks Chief -- updating it now