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Anonymous
April 29, 2016
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Flash player download problems.

  • April 29, 2016
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I have xp I try to download flash player but it  fails about at 50%. Pi-- me off!

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Correct answer _maria_

Hi,

Unless you have Windows XP Service Pack 3, the online installer won't work due Windows XP Service Pack 2 and below not supporting the latest signing technologies (more information here and here), as such, instead of troubleshooting the download issue, please try the offline installer posted at the bottom of the Installation problems | Flash Player | Windows 7 and earlier page, in the 'Still having problems' section.  There are 3 different installers for the various supported browsers.

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Maria

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Cody88XX
Participant
May 7, 2016

The best advice anyone can give you is to find an alternative to Adobe flash. It's garbage. I have tried for two years to download the latest versions without any success. Every time I get the same message, that installation failed.

I have spent hours in total on this worthless product. And hopefully EPUB books will totally take place of the Adobe PDF, which I hope puts a big hole in their pocket.

gabrielb66236734
gabrielb66236734
Participant
May 7, 2016

So in agreement Cody! Sadly, HTML5 is not replacing the Devil's spawn Flash very quickly.  No hole big enough, IMHO.  I have flash on my laptop, but gave up on the other machine as I concluded I don't need it there

This doesn't help GURU much, all I can say (again) is that Win SP3 is available (which you must have installed because of code issues) at filehippo dot com, and you must exit your browser or install will always fail, auto delete the install file, and when your done pulling out the little hair you have left, you just have to start over. Sure hope you get it worked out.

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Anonymous
May 7, 2016

Cody and Gabriel, is there a substitute for Adobe Flash???

gabrielb66236734
gabrielb66236734
Participant
May 4, 2016

Thanks much to maria, very helpful indeed. I would like to point out that if there are any other geeks like me that insist on still running XP that SP3 is to be found at FileHippo.

_maria_
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_maria_Community Manager
Community Manager
May 4, 2016

You're welcome.  Glad you found it helpful.

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Maria

_maria_
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_maria_Community ManagerCorrect answer
Community Manager
April 29, 2016

Hi,

Unless you have Windows XP Service Pack 3, the online installer won't work due Windows XP Service Pack 2 and below not supporting the latest signing technologies (more information here and here), as such, instead of troubleshooting the download issue, please try the offline installer posted at the bottom of the Installation problems | Flash Player | Windows 7 and earlier page, in the 'Still having problems' section.  There are 3 different installers for the various supported browsers.

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Maria

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Anonymous
May 1, 2016

I have XP with SP3 and it still won't install.

_maria_
Community Manager
_maria_Community Manager
Community Manager
May 2, 2016

@GURUTUYU ,

Which installer file are you using?  The online installer or the offline installer?

I'll need to get some log files from you to investigate further.  Please review the FAQ Where do I find the Flash Player installation log on Windows? If you are using the online (stub) installer (downloaded from get.adobe.com/flashplayer) provide all files listed (FlashInstall.log, Adobe_ADM.log, and Adobe_GDE.log.).  If you're using the offline (full) installer, provide only the FlashInstall.log file.  If this is a 64-bit OS, provide the FlashInstall.log file from both locations mentioned in the FAQ.  Upload the file(s) to cloud.acrobat.com using the instructions at How do I share a file? Post the link to the uploaded files in your reply.

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Maria

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