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April 22, 2016
Question

can't get flash player to install on vista & firefox

  • April 22, 2016
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Have been trying to install flash player on my old computer. Just installed firefox the other day and everything works fine. Went to websight from facebook to play game and was asked to install adobe flash player. Clicked on request and went to install flash player page and clicked on install flash player. It downloaded properly and I saved it to my downloads. After clicking on the download file it starts to install then I get  application initiation error  I then hit finish and it goes back to the adobe flash player install page. HELP!

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    _maria_
    Legend
    April 25, 2016

    Hi,

    If the offline installer Jeromie linked to doesn't work, we'll need to get some log files from you to troubleshoot the 'application initialization error'.  Please review the FAQ Where do I find the Flash Player installation log on Windows? and upload all three files listed (FlashInstall.log, Adobe_ADM.log, and Adobe_GDE.log) to cloud.acrobat.com/send using the instructions at How do I share a file? .  Post the link to the uploaded files in your reply.

    Thank you.

    --

    Maria

    jeromiec83223024
    Inspiring
    April 22, 2016

    If you haven't rebooted yet, that's a great place to start.  At minimum, it will eliminate a bunch of potential roadblocks for other steps.

    I'm not sure what operating system you're using, so here are the guides for mac and windows:

    https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/installation-problems-flash-player-windows.html

    Links to the offline installers are at the bottom of the guide.

    If rebooting doesn't help, please see the installation troubleshooting guide:

    https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/installation-problems-flash-player-mac.html

    Collecting and posting the logs would help us improve the product, and the links to the offline installers at the bottom of the guide should get you going.