Uninstall Old Versions of Flash Player

Hi all,
Following installation of Flash Player 9.0.28.0 I find that
there are still two down-rev versions on my system, 9.0.16.0 and
version 4.0.7.0 of Micromedia Flash Player.
How do I uninstall the older versions of Adobe Flash Player
and replace or uninstall the older version of Micromedia Flash
Player??
I searched the knowleget base but didn't see any helpful
info.
Tnx in advance, John

Hi John,
This should do it:
http://www.adobe.com/go/tn_14157

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