Flashbuilder 4.7 and Windows 8.1 - Debugger not working

Question

I have recently upgraded to Windows 8.1 and am having problems getting both the debugger and the run to work for an AIR Mobile application in Flashbuilder 8.1.

In Flashbuilder the error message is 'Process Terminated unexpectedly' with the adl.ex launch command below it.

If I run the adl from the command prompt, the error message states 'Adobe AIR could not be found'.

However, if I replace the -runtime with an AIR download i.e. 3.9 that does not include the Flashbuilder Flex components, then the AIR app fires up correctly. I don't think it is a port problem as I tried with the firewall turned off and got the same results.

Is this a known problem with Windows 8.1? Has anyone else seen this issue?

Thanks

Patrick_Boisclair · Answer

I have a similar problem where the "debug as"/"run as" is no longer working from Flash Builder on a newly update to Windows 8.1. With Windows 8, last week, everything worked.

Now we start the application from Flash Builder, we get...

"The Flash Builder debugger failed to connect to the running application"

The same app deployed to an app server works perfectly. I have been unable to install the flash debugger for Windows 8.1 from
http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html

I tried both...

Download the Windows Flash Player 11.9 ActiveX control content debugger (for IE)

Download the Flash Player for Windows 8.1 x64 debugger

The installer keeps saying that IE will take care of keeping up to date. We are pretty much dead in the water at this point.

Is there a time estimate to resolve the issue? Are you aware of the issue?

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