How can I make my application check if Adobe flash player is installed on a PC?

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My application needs Adobe Flash Player to function properly and I need it to check whether it's installed or not.

So how can I make my application check if Adobe flash player is installed on a PC?

My program is written in C#

I don't get the question. What do you want to do, in which situation? — , Jan 11 '11 at 10:54
I guess the user wants to scan the system for installation of flash player , and wants to do it using C# , this question needs to be modified and migrated back to stackoverflow — Shashank Shekhar, Jan 11 '11 at 11:29

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 11 '11 at 11:49

Check if this registry key exists:

\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Macromedia\FlashPlayer

Then, you can check the installed version (if installed) from here:

\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Macromedia\FlashPlayer\CurrentVersion

Here you can find code on how to check existence of registry key.

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered May 17 '13 at 07:55

Following code return current version string of flash.

private string GetFlashPlayerVersionString()
{
    RegistryKey regKey = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(@"SOFTWARE\Macromedia\FlashPlayer");
    if (regKey != null)
    {
        string flashVersion = Convert.ToString(regKey.GetValue("CurrentVersion"));
        return flashVersion;
    }
    return string.Empty;
}

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 11 '11 at 11:07

-1

Open the Flash folder (C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash) and whatever is listed there would be your Flash Player files.

answered Jan 11 '11 at 11:07

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You can't be sure that the Flash player _always_ installs here - use Sarwar's answer. – Nobody Jan 11 '11 at 12:05

How can I make my application check if Adobe flash player is installed on a PC?

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