wget not doing what its supposed to do

Question

I have a simple batch file which is supposed to install Flash by going to the website and selecting the download button. However what it does is entirely different: it goes to the website and the site downloads two folders, neither of which have the download in them.

Can someone give me some direction so that I can get this script working? I am pretty desperate for a solution that will click the download button so that I do not have to perform this operation on all the computer and/or servers in my department.

Let me know if my syntax is incorrect or if I am not even in the right ball park.

Here's the script:

@ECHO OFF
ECHO INSTALLING ADOBE FLASH PLAYER ACTIVE X
ECHO.
start iexplore.exe http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
wget -drc get.adobe.com/flashplayer/download/ 
pause
ECHO.
ECHO COMPLETE!
EXITcode here

Answer 1

What you're trying to do is outside the scope of a simple script/batch file using wget. You should use the re-distributable version of Flash player.

This Adobe site has the relevant detail. Complete the form and follow their instructions.

Answer 2

You could use AutoIt to create an executable that you include with your batch file that would detect the adobe download page and automate the process from there.