I thought I had the most recent version of Flash Player -- at least I downloaded it and tried to install it the last time I got a notice that there was a new version. Apparently that's not so -- today while I was checking to see what Microsoft updates were installed over night, I found a message saying I either do not have Flash Player installed, or it is disabled. There was an option to install the latest version, so I clicked on that. When it finished downloading, I clicked "run" and got the following message: In order for Flash Player to be installed or updated, any programs that use Flash Player must be closed. This includes Internet Explorer or other browsers, instant messengers, Skype, etc. These programs may be running in the background, not as visible windows, but need to be closed anyway. To close such programs use the Windows Task Manager. To start Task Manager, take any of the following actions: Press CTRL+ALT+DELETE, and then click Task Manager. Press CTRL+SHIFT+ESC. Right-click an empty area of the taskbar, and then click Task Manager. Once the Task Manager is running, select the Processes tab. On older Windows version you may need to click on the Process Name or Image Name header to sort the process names. Now right-click on every process that the Flash Player installer needs to close (e.g. iexplore.exe), then select End Process. Task manager tells me there are 61 "processes," but not one of them is a browser, instant messenger, Skype, etc.: how am I to know which processes need to be ended? The example (iexplore.exe) looks like it is a program, but the processes on MY list do not have "exe" extensions. Is a "process" the same thing as a "program?" I'll appreciate any enlightenment you can offer; since the time I thought I had installed a new Flash Player version, I've had to activate it manually every time we have wanted a site that uses it. Thanks. OS is Windows 7 Pro; Internet Explorer is version 11 (11.0.9600.18697); Chrome is version 59.0.3071.104 (64 bit)
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