Uninstalling Previous Flash player

I need help to uninstall previous versions of flash player.
The instructions to use the uninstaller only uninstall version
9

BWolfe,
The installer on the beta labs page is the same as is
available for general download. I use it with the /S switch for
silent as I'm scripting this uninstall on remote PCs. I have found
that it does indeed remove Flash 8 from the PC, however it still
leaves the registry keys, and a software audit on the add/remove
software shows it as still installed. So I'm using reg.exe to
delete those:
reg.exe DELETE
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{6815FCDD-401D-481E-BA88-31B4754 C2B46}
/f
reg.exe DELETE
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{5E8A1B08-0FBD-4543-9646-F2C2D0D 05750}
/f
I'm hoping the next version of the uninstaller completely
removes all versions/traces of Flash.

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