or a bit simpler one-line:
$out = [Environment]::GetFolderPath("Desktop") + "\Adobe Flash Player"; $c = New-Object System.Net.WebClient; @('install_flash_player_ax.exe','install_flash_player.exe','install_flash_player_ppapi.exe') | %{ $c.DownloadFile("https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/latest/help/$_", "$out\$_") }
UPD: Adobe to remove direct Flash download links on January 22, 2016
When you try to delete flash plugin (flash6.ocx, flash10c.ocx) from %windir%\system32\Macromed\Flash folder, you get “permission denied” even if you’re the owner of the directory. The reason is that Flash plugin installer sets DENY WRITE permissions in NTFS ACL for this file, and DENY permissions rules always override ALLOW rules. So when you try to delete even you’re the owner of the files, you’re denied to do that :) Continue reading Killing flash10c.ocx