How to add the Adobe Flash Player / Shockwave Plugin for IE on Windows Server 2016

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Attention! With this post I am not saying it is a wise thing to do but nevertheless you might need it for testing purposes.

Thanks David and Naoya!

On a Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Edition (with GUI) open the cmd line and type:

dism /online /add-package /packagepath:"C:\Windows\servicing\Packages\Adobe-Flash-For-Windows-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.14393.0.mum"

(BTW. Adobe Package is already on disk. You just activate it)

+ Reboot

 

The results should be: image

after the reboot verify in IE: image

and it seems we even get security updates just like for flash in IE on Win10:

image

Comments

  • Anonymous
    November 26, 2016
    Hi>Absolutely fantastic! – A+++++Wow! – I’m now able to watch CBS News as follows>Oh!> – Why not auto include this w-in the next Windows Server 2016 Datacenter version build updates for all those who may require these Adobe features!Thanks so much for providing this vital info!Best Regards,Xen.
  • Anonymous
    November 30, 2016
    Hi Franck !Thanks for your advice. It was very helpful for activate this pluggin on Windows 2016 Std Server.
  • Anonymous
    December 09, 2016
    Helpful Thank YOU
  • Anonymous
    February 20, 2017
    I allways wanted falsh player, sun java jre and adobe acrobat reader on my server ;-)
  • Anonymous
    February 22, 2017
    The comment has been removed
    • Anonymous
      March 13, 2017
      Hi have you tried dism /online /remove-package /?or DISM.exe /Online /Remove-Capability /?hth,Bernhard
  • Anonymous
    March 08, 2017
    Thanks for your solution.Work fine for me :)
  • Anonymous
    March 12, 2017
    Why is not recommended? Security reasons only?
    • Anonymous
      March 13, 2017
      Hi,yep. There might be other reasons I am not aware of but security on a server is the most important one.hth,B
      • Anonymous
        March 13, 2017
        The comment has been removed
      • Anonymous
        March 15, 2017
        Is there a removal command as well?
        • Anonymous
          March 19, 2017
          So it now posted upper now.
  • Anonymous
    May 11, 2017
    This is Purely Superb
  • Anonymous
    December 26, 2017
    Fantastic! Thanks a lot!