W10 IE11 Flash player update dead in the water [KB3087040]

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I kept trying to install this Flash update for IE 11 on win 10 today but it’s not going anywhere and it looks like there are many with the same problem. Another MS screwup in the W10 updating program.
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All W10 Pro at 22H2,(2 Desktops, 1 Laptop).

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I got the same error but a manual download/install seems to have worked OK:

x86: http://download.windowsupdate.com/d/…f46b769b02.msu
x64: http://download.windowsupdate.com/d/…358aceab49.msu

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I got the same error but a manual download/install seems to have worked OK:

x86: http://download.windowsupdate.com/d/…f46b769b02.msu
x64: http://download.windowsupdate.com/d/…358aceab49.msu

Yup, the manual D/L works. It’s just that it shouldn’t be necessary. Thanks Bruce 😮

Have you tried downloading it from the MS Update Catalog ? https://catalog.update.microsoft.com…px?q=kb3087040

I’ve never downloaded anything from here before so I don’t know the procedure.

Thanks Sudo15, Yes I have D/L from the catalog site before and it’s pretty easy also. 😮

Don't take yourself so seriously, no one else does 🙂
All W10 Pro at 22H2,(2 Desktops, 1 Laptop).

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Have you tried downloading it from the MS Update Catalog ? https://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/search.aspx?q=kb3087040

I’ve never downloaded anything from here before so I don’t know the procedure.

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Just checked for updates and it proceeded to install but it failed to install for me as well. Thanks for the direct link Bruce; it works. 🙂

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It seems this update KB3087040, which fixes 23 vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash player for IE11 and Edge, may be failing for all Windows 10 systems:

Fix for Flash Player Security Update install failure on Windows 10 (at WindowsITPro)

(So 100 million devices are getting the same error message?: Unbelievable!)

The manual download worked for me on Windows 10 RTM (10240) but not on Insider Preview (10547).

Windows 10 deployment/downloads seem to have been removed from KB3087040.

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Windows 10 deployment/downloads seem to have been removed from KB3087040.

Yeah, it has been removed for Win 10 but there are D/L’s for all flavors of Win 8. Makes me wonder if we should have D/L’ed it at all for Win 10?
Another MS update debacle 😡

Don't take yourself so seriously, no one else does 🙂
All W10 Pro at 22H2,(2 Desktops, 1 Laptop).

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Perhaps another reason to enable system restore on Win 10 which is disabled by default.

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SR is enabled on my Win 10 but I assume that it can also be uninstalled if necessary. So far I have noticed no problems with it.
All of those “Fails” sure take up a lot of room in the view Updates log before I installed it.

Don't take yourself so seriously, no one else does 🙂
All W10 Pro at 22H2,(2 Desktops, 1 Laptop).

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Has anyone checked the flash player version in IE11? On mine it still shows version 18 installed and it will not let me install version 19. The message says flash is imbedded in WIN10 and no need to update.
Chrome on the other hand shows version 19 installed.
I wonder if this could be part of the problem.
Barry

Barry
Windows 11 v23H2

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Has anyone checked the flash player version in IE11? On mine it still shows version 18 installed and it will not let me install version 19. The message says flash is imbedded in WIN10 and no need to update.

@bwc: RTM (10240) or IP (10547)?

@All: Here’s a challenge; How does one ascertain the Flash version for Edge (without checking IE)?

P.S. Woody says, “Somebody at Microsoft should have tested the patch before releasing it…“; that would be rather revolutionary, wouldn’t it? :(;):rolleyes:
Windows 10 Internet Explorer update KB 3087040 fails with error 0x80004005

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Bruce
I am on the RTM. I also looked around Edge and could not find anything. I was using the flash player home page to check my version.
I used the link you provided to install and now it shows version 19.
I was under the impression that this was a security patch not a upgrade to flash.
Barry

Barry
Windows 11 v23H2

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I am on the RTM. I also looked around Edge and could not find anything. I was using the flash player home page to check my version.

Good answer. I should have thought of that. There doesn’t seem to be any way to check Flash version from Edge, Control Panel or Settings.

I used the link you provided to install and now it shows version 19.

Glad it worked for you. Flash updates for various browsers on different platforms have become far too complicated.

And it never lets up: Stop the Flash Player madness – 5 new bugs a week

I was under the impression that this was a security patch not a upgrade to flash.

It’s both.

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Mine is ver. 19.
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All W10 Pro at 22H2,(2 Desktops, 1 Laptop).

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@All: Here’s a challenge; How does one ascertain the Flash version for Edge (without checking IE)?

Since I don’t use EDGE at all after first trying it, I’m not certain I care 😀
My win 7 computers already updated to flash 19 also with no intervention from me.

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