During the installation of a new Adobe Flash Player (MSI package) you receive the following error and the installation is aborted:
Error 2753: The File ‘InstallAX64.exe” is not marked for installation.
As you can see this is for the the 64-bit version of Adobe Flash Player, which also includes the 32-bit (x86) version.
If you’re installing the 32-bit only version of Adobe Flash Player, you will probably receive the same error but with a slightly different file name:
Error 2753: The File ‘InstallAX.exe” is not marked for installation.
This error is caused by some incorrect installer registry values for the Adobe Flash Player.
First try, if not tried already, to remove all installed Adobe Flash Player versions through the Control Panel.
Both ActiveX/Plugin and x86/x64 versions must be uninstalled.
After that, try to install Adobe Flash Player again.
If this also fails, fire up the registry editor (regedit.exe) and navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products
The sub-keys of this registry key contains the installer registry settings for the software installed on your computer.
Each software installed is represented with a unique GUID, which make it hard to find the Adobe Flash Player entries. This GUID key even differs between the Flash versions.
Use the find function (CTRL+F) in the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products key to search for “Adobe Flash” and delete the corresponding GUID key. There could be more than one entry for Adobe Flash Player, continue searching after the first one found until the entire key has been searched.
In my case, I ended up deleting 3 keys (you might have found different keys, which is normal):
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products\8766B4E1705AA6B46B7CEF5EF50C1CC4]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products\A63252E9313E3584C9C8BD07519E9F4C]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products\F76BA31AF796CD74AAB77FB0B8A7DC8B]
After deleting these keys, close the registry editor.
Adobe Flash Player should now be installed successfully!
