Trigger Adobe Flash Player Auto-Update mechanism on Windows

flash-autoupdate.bat

:: On-Demand Flash Autoupdate
:: Author: Karl Horky
:: Date: 22 June 2012
:: Version: 0.2
:: Homepage: http://www.karlhorky.com/2012/06/manually-run-autoupdate-for-adobe-flash.html

@echo off
cd C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash\
if exist *ActiveX.exe (
echo Updating Flash Player Plugin for Internet Explorer
for /f "tokens=*" %%f in ('dir /b *ActiveX.exe') do set last=%%f
)
if defined last (
%last% -update plugin
set last=
echo Complete!
)
if exist *Plugin.exe (
echo Updating Flash Player Plugin for Firefox, Safari, Opera
for /f "tokens=*" %%f in ('dir /b *Plugin.exe') do set last=%%f
)
if defined last (
%last% -update plugin
echo Complete!
)
pause

flash-update-paths-mac

/Applications/Utilities/Adobe\ Flash\ Player\ Install\ Manager.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe\ Flash\ Player\ Install\ Manager -update plugin

flash-update-paths-win

C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil<version number>ActiveX.exe -update plugin
C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil<version number>Plugin.exe -update plugin