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Asked: 2026-05-26T15:47:51+00:00

My company ships Windows software that has Flash as a dependency. Currently, we ask

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My company ships Windows software that has Flash as a dependency. Currently, we ask our users to separately install “Flash Player for other browsers” from the official website. This is not ideal.

Is it possible to ship Flash with our software? Maybe there is an installer that handles the different versions of Windows. What about a distribution license?

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  1. Editorial Team

    We had a similar task at work that we solved, among other things, by using MDM Zinc,
    http://www.multidmedia.com/software/zinc/

    which is an exe wrapper fro swfs, which does a lot of cool “AIR” like things. We can run our Flash program on machines even if they do not have the Flash browser plugins. It’s a few hundred dollars though.

    Alternatively you can go the install script route. First download the redistributable flash:
    http://www.adobe.com/special/products/flashplayer/fp_distribution3.html

    Then run a batch file to launch it while installing your other stuff.

    You could also accomplish this type of thing with a 3rd party installer packager, such as the free Inno installer.
    http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php

    As far as licensing goes I would assume you are somewhat safe to include the Flash installer with your install media, since I can’t foresee Adobe wanting to sue you over spreading their product to more clients:) Good to read the fine print regardless, you can find it here
    http://www.adobe.com/products/clients/all_dist_agreement.html

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