I cant speak for Ninite-driven upgrades, but have you tested Google Updater driven upgrades? Perhaps the issue is with Ninite, and not Google Chrome itself. Or perhaps you need to review your methodologies inline with your download restrictions.
-- Espi On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 2:36 PM, Richard Stovall <[email protected]> wrote: > Getting back to this. Sorry for the delay... > > Google is apparently de-emphasizing Flash's use with an eventual plan to > drop it completely. (Which I'm all for.) > > The problem is that it's still alive and well, but updating to Chrome 54.X > no longer automatically updates Pepper Flash along with core Chrome. At > least on Windows, it looks like they're moving Flash to the *local user > profile* and relying on the Chrome Component Updater to download it as > necessary. (Check your appdata\local\google\chrome\user data\pepperflash > folder.) > > We manage Chrome updates at work and this is breaking our current system. > Very frustrating. May be moving back to Firefox so at least we can keep > this stuff up to date. Moving Flash to the local profile seems like a > genuinely bad idea. > > Is no one else seeing issues with this at work? > > > > On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 10:25 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hasn't Chrome started the phase-out of Flash? However, I'm on 54 and I >> can see Adobe's Flash test page fine. >> >> I'm not aware of any Flash update options relating to current versions of >> Chrome. >> >> -- >> Espi >> >> >> On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 5:07 PM, Richard Stovall <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Does anyone know what is really going on with Flash and Chrome 54? It >>> doesn't appear to be bundled with Chrome anymore. I use Ninite to update >>> Chrome at $work, but now that doesn't work. (Chrome updates, but Flash >>> does not.) We restrict downloads of .exes and .dlls, so if Chrome is >>> trying to autoupdate Flash via direct download, that won't work. >>> >>> I haven't had time to do a deep dive into this. Was hoping someone else >>> had seen the behavior and knew for sure what has changed with Chrome 54 and >>> what the Flash update options are. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> RS >>> >> >> >
