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lopesdan
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December 15, 2014
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Flash installation file doesn't run at all

  • December 15, 2014
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A week ago, I tried downloading and installing Flash Player. But when I clicked on the downloaded Installer file, it would launch the registration wizard for an old trial version of MATLAB from Mathworks that I had on my MacBook (Retina, running Yosemite), instead of installing the Player.

Then I removed MATLAB. However, when I click on the installer now, it doesn't install, but instead just displays a view of a bunch of text that starts with..

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Help! Thanks

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Hi,

I have the exact same problem trying to install flash player 16 today. I'm running OS X 10.8.5 and Safari 6.2.2. I've uninstalled MATLAB, but it doesn't help.
The downloaded file is somehow not a .dmg but a .mdlp, whatever that is, and is a lot of nonsense in a txt file just like for lopesdan above.

It named itself: AdobeFlashPlayerInstaller_16_ltrosxd_aaa_aih.dmg-2.mdlp

Please help us!

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Elias5C1F
Inspiring
March 17, 2021

It stems your file has been corrupted somehow.

_maria_
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_maria_Community Manager
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March 17, 2021

This thread is over 6  years old and no longer relevant as Flash Player has reached end of life.

Locking thread.

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Anonymous
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December 15, 2014

Hi,

I have the exact same problem trying to install flash player 16 today. I'm running OS X 10.8.5 and Safari 6.2.2. I've uninstalled MATLAB, but it doesn't help.
The downloaded file is somehow not a .dmg but a .mdlp, whatever that is, and is a lot of nonsense in a txt file just like for lopesdan above.

It named itself: AdobeFlashPlayerInstaller_16_ltrosxd_aaa_aih.dmg-2.mdlp

Please help us!

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lopesdanAuthor
Participant
December 15, 2014

hagge, based on your note, I tried simply removing everything appended after .dmg and it seemed to run OK. So, there is at least a workaround. I guess the question is: what is appending the .mdlp extension?

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Anonymous
December 15, 2014

That did the trick!
Cheers mate!

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