However, the update service is only activated at midnight before it starts its cycle. So that means, if you have switched on your computer at around 7 in the morning and Adobe has released an update at 8 the same morning, the flash player on your computer will only get updated after midnight unless you are a Chrome user and have triggered any flash events following which, the plugin will be updated automatically. Well, it might not look that big a deal, but if you know that an important security patch has been released and you want to update your Adobe Flash Player right away, here’s how you can do it manually. Updating Adobe Flash Player Manuallyīefore you update Adobe, make sure you have closed all the running instances of your browser.
You can go ahead and copy this article in WordPad for reference. Having done that, open Windows Run box and run the command C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash\ and note the version number of FlashUtil installed on your computer. Now again open the Run box, type in C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil_ActiveX.exe -update plugin and press Enter. Replace the version number in the command with the one you got above, before executing it.
