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goddard86
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November 6, 2007
Question

flash player wont install

  • November 6, 2007
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I think im havin the same problem alot of pepole are havin, ive uninstalled flashplayer and run the reset_min thing but every time i go to install i get the same 'the installer failed or was cancelled' and to retry but it nether works. any help would be welcome?
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    dannyf74043575
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    January 22, 2016

    Well im having the same problem still and ain't getting now where, but my son has told me i need some new things added to be able to get it back because of the up grade Adobe done so in other words , money it will take to get back on track,

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    Derek_Anderson
    Participant
    November 13, 2007
    GOT IT TO WORK.....!!!

    Vista / IE 7 Solution

    Tried absolutely everything with IE permissions, etc... but running the FlashUtil9d.exe program in the C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash directory solved the issue. It installed updates of some kind... not too sure which ones but it got it working.
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    PERSONWHONEEDSHELP13
    Participant
    November 13, 2007
    im having issues. im trying to get adobe flash player to access my chat room, but every time i install the program, it just doesnt change.

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    Derek_Anderson
    Participant
    November 12, 2007
    I cannot get Flash to install on Vista and IE 7 either. My new vista laptop worked fine with Flash until last week then it just stopped. Nothing new installed.

    Uninstall Flash and tried to reinstall. Installer says it installed correctly when installation is done but when I go back to Adobe's website, it says Flash is not installed. Tried various fixes in support and nothing resolves issue. Everyone is complaining about this but I don't see fix that is working... I sure hope support get their stuff together otherwise, Mickysoft is going to over run flash with silverlght very quick.
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    Tonzo7
    Participant
    November 12, 2007
    I also can not download Flash or Shockwave. I am on Vistas, IE7. Everything worked fine until a few days ago. Tried to uninstall and reinstall, nothing. This is very frustrating!
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    goddard86Author
    Participant
    November 11, 2007
    well ive had no success getin flashplayer 9 to install so i thought id see if flash player 8 would work but after downloading that and installing it ive found that i get a pitcher but no sound. great stuff : (
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    salfordgirl
    Participant
    November 10, 2007
    I tried again and this time it did download - now to see if I can get anything on itv.com
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    salfordgirl
    Participant
    November 10, 2007
    My computer uses Sus Linux and Mozilla Firefox. Can I download Flashplayer? I want to use my computer to view some UK TV as my new flat owners won't allow satellite dishes on the balconies.
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    salfordgirl
    Participant
    November 10, 2007
    My computer uses Sus Linux and Mozilla Firefox. Can I download Flashplayer? I want to use my computer to view some UK TV as my new flat owners won't allow satellite dishes on the balconies.
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    DebMG
    Participant
    November 8, 2007
    I've been struggling for weeks now trying to install the latest flash player......tonight I decided to try and install flash player 8 which I found on the adobe site, and it seems to have worked. There is a site I cannot watch video on, but mostly it seems to be working, so I am gonna quit while I'm ahead lol

    Why doncha try it all of you who're trying to download the lates version, it's obviously got some bugs.....so go for 8 until they fix 9?

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    WXman10
    Participant
    November 10, 2007
    I'm in aggreement with DebMG's second posting on 8 Nov. After trying to update to Flash Player 9, I lost all ability to run videos off of You Tube, etc. I took Deb's advice and installed Flash Player 8 (which I probably had before I stupidly tried to update to Flash Player 9. ) My first try to run a video on You Tube was a success with Flash Player 8, after hours of failure trying to get Flash Player 9 to work. For others who may have this problem, make sure you run the "uninstall" flash player program first, before you attempt to install Flash Player 8. (You can get older versions of Flash Player off of the Adobe site, even though they try to get you to upgrade to the latest version, which is Flash Player 9.) I'm happy, I can see videos again. (Now I can finally go to bed at 1 AM! I hate computer problems!) I don't think I'll try to upgrade to another Flash Player version for a long time. What a hassle!
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    Anonymous
    November 13, 2007
    Where do I find Flash Player 8, because I am having the same problems and I amm running Windows Vista.
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    DebMG
    Participant
    November 8, 2007
    I've been struggling for weeks now with this issue. Nothing I do works, I've read the forums, even googled for help, spent money on a registry fix programme hoping that might do it...nothing I do fixes this. I can't watch on line vid clips...can't play games on msn messenger...beginning to think only way to solve it is to reformat...which is crazy really, whoever heard of going that far because of a programme that always worked and was kinda taken for granted.....still trying to resolve this, and desperate.

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    jralph514
    Participant
    November 8, 2007
    Ok Guys, this is what I did and it worked..

    Go to "start"
    Then go to "run"
    Type Redegit
    Go to this folder: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Macromedia\FlashPlayer\SafeVersions.

    Right click on the entire SafeVersions folder and delete it.

    Close Regedit.

    Launch Internet Explorer. Reinstall Flash Player 9 from:

    http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer
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    Chuck Coleman SLDB
    Participant
    November 12, 2007
    Did not work for me !
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    Saniuk4014
    Participant
    November 8, 2007
    I am also having the same problem. But, I have Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. I don't know what is wrong. I uninstalled it, tried to reinstall it, and then this problem came up. My internet is always telling me to update the flash player when I can't. The green bar under the flash picture is moving and then a message pops up saying that "The Installer failed or was cancelled" nothing else. Is there anyway to fix this issue?
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    jralph514
    Participant
    November 8, 2007
    I have the same problem.. I have windows xp, I removed flash by mistake, I'm trying to install it again and I receive a msg that says "installation failed or was cancelled".
    I have tried everything on the support site but nothing works.. I got the same error msg again...
    Please help...
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