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laslaw01
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April 18, 2014
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Adobe Flash Player 9 just won`t go away.

  • April 18, 2014
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I`m running Windows 8.1 64 bit. When I double click on an swf file, the box comes up and it says Adobe Flash Player 9. I searched for "Adobe" and then "Flash" on C:/ but did not find anything outside of the AppData folder (in Roaming) and I deleted that but it did not fix the problem. I did not find a standalone Adobe Flash Player, 9 or anything else.

I installed the latest version of the Adobe Flash Player, 13.0.0.182, but when I click on an swf file, it is Adobe Flash Player 9 that plays it, no matter where it is on my HD.

How can I get rid of Adobe Flash Player 9? Please don't tell me to search for Adobe Flash Player on my computer. I did that 100 times and came up with nothing outside the AppData folder.

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C_F_McBlob
C_F_McBlob
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April 18, 2014

laslaw01 wrote:

Please don't tell me to search for Adobe Flash Player on my computer. I did that 100 times and came up with nothing outside the AppData folder.

C/Windows/System32/Macromed/Flash

C/Windows/SysWOW64/Macromed/Flash

THOSE are where you'll find Flash files

http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-windows.html

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laslaw01Author
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April 18, 2014

In both those locations, there is no Adobe Flash Player 9. There is FlashPlayerPlugin 13.0.0.182 and FlashUtil32 12.0.0.39 ActiveX and FlashUtil32.13.0.0.182.

Yet when I click on swf files, I get Adobe Flash Player 9.

C_F_McBlob
C_F_McBlob
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April 18, 2014

laslaw01 wrote:

Yet when I click on swf files, I get Adobe Flash Player 9.

Then you have the "standalone" Flash Player Projector somewhere on your system, because the plug-in WON'T play SWF files locally without you specifically choosing to open them in a browser window.

Download the Windows Flash Player 13 Projector (EXE, 9.95MB)

That's the newest standalone player.

The standalone projector runs from the Program Files (x86) folder.

If you have a Creative Suite installed, it can alsobe in a Players folder of Flash Professional, Flash Catalyst or Flex Builder.

What to search for is "flashplayer_9_sa.exe"  or just "flashplayer_sa.exe"

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