ADOBE® FLASH® PLAYER 16.0 Administration Guide Legal notices Legal notices For legal notices, see http://help.adobe.com/en_US/legalnotices/index.html. Last updated 12/5/2014 iii Contents Chapter 1: Introduction Why install Flash Player? . 1 Additional resources . 1 Chapter 2: Flash Player environment Player files and locations . 3 Data formats used . 5 Network protocols used . 5 Player processes . 6 Player versions . 6 Chapter 3: Player installation Installers . 8 Uninstalling Flash Player . 8 EXE installation . 10 Active Directory installation . 11 Flash Player Catalog for Microsoft System Center Updates Publisher . 12 Configuring SMS . 13 SMS and Adobe Catalog installation . 13 Interactive MSI installation using SMS . 16 Command line MSI installations . 18 Performing a background update . 19 Windows registry keys . 21 PKG Installer for Macintosh . 22 App installer for Macintosh . 22 Customizing player behavior . 22 Troubleshooting installation problems . 23 Additional resources . 23 Chapter 4: Administration Privacy and security settings (mms.cfg) . 24 The Global FlashPlayerTrust directory . 38 Chapter 5: User-configured settings Accessing user settings . 40 Privacy options . 41 Local storage options . 41 Update options . 41 Security options . 42 Display options . 43 The User FlashPlayerTrust directory . 44 Last updated 12/5/2014 FLASH PLAYER ADMINISTRATION GUIDE iv Contents Chapter 6: Security considerations Security overview . 45 Security sandboxes for local content . 46 About compatibility with previous Flash Player security models . 47 Data loading through different domains . 48 Additional security resources . 49 Last updated 12/5/2014 1 Chapter 1: Introduction Why install Flash Player? Adobe® Flash® Player.