Adobe Flash Player ActiveX & Plugin strange app

To provide a direct answer to your question:

On Windows, the standard Flash Player installers bundle both the 32 and 64-bit versions of Flash Player.  If the version of Windows you're using is 64-bit, then we'll install both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Flash Player.

In a lot of instances, the browser (even in 2016) are still 32-bit, so depending on what the browser target is, we'll choose the appropraite version of Flash Player at runtime.

That said, Flash Player is a ubiquitous piece of software, and it's frequently "re-distributed" by malware authors, sometimes even bundled with a real, current Flash Player, with a malware payload in tow.

Always, always, always download software from either the App Store for your platform, or from the software vendor.  If you get popups telling you to upgrade, open a new tab, type in the address or use google for the product you want to download, and then get it, to ensure that you're not getting tricked.  Humans are the weak link in the security chain in this area, and it's far easier to trick people than the security technology built into the installation pipelines.

For Flash Player, you can always get the most-appropriate, and up-to-date version of Flash Player by going here:

http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

Every browser uses a different type of plugin

PPAPI is for Opera mostly

MPAPI is for Firefox mostly

ActiveX version is for IE on windows 7 and below ONLY

IF you want the manual installs they are at the bottom of the following page under the "still having problem' section:

Installation problems | Flash Player | Windows 7 and earlier

I recommend that you grab the flash  player uninstaller first to remove all flash versions before upgrading.

Installation problems | Flash Player | Windows 7 and earlier

OR you can vlick my name in these forums and click on my website for a easier, automated way if you so choose

Best regards

Hi,

Please select the specific OS and browser combination on the following link to download Flash Player.

Adobe Flash Player Install for all versions

Thanks!