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I can't seem to update my Adobe Flash - How can I make this work?

Forum|Forum|10 years ago
July 14, 2015
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Hi there,

I'm using Firefox at the moment, version 39.0, on a 64 bit windows 7 machine. On several websites I get a message telling me that my flash version is old and insecure, and that I need to update. I went to:

https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player.html

And it told me that my flash version was 18.0.0. I then went to:

https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

And it said the newest version of flash is 18.0.0.203. I downloaded flashplayer18_ha_install.exe, which was 17.6 MB in size.

I opened "Add and Remove Programs" and uninstalled Adobe Flash Player 18 NPAPI, then closed firefox.

I ran flashplayer18_ha_install.exe, re-opened Firefox, and still had the same errors. I checked my version again and it was still 18.0.0.

I did some googling and was told to download the file directed. I went to:

https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/installation-problems-flash-player-windows.html#main-pars_text_4

And downloaded Flash Player for Firefox - NPAPI, but I had the same problems as above.

So, my question is, how in the name of all that's holy am I supposed to update my flash version?

Thanks.

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pwillener

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Do you get any error messages during the installation?

Can you post the contents of the FlashInstall.log file in C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash

Anonymous

I get no error messages; as far as I can tell it installs correctly. After uninstalling and reinstalling, some sites work, but some sites don't. Here are three log results from today:

=O====== M/18.0.0.203 2015-07-14+01-03-43.112 ========

0000 00000010 "C:\Users\Adam\AppData\Local\Temp\{DF4D003E-D872-4034-93ED-A3A0C03149CA}\InstallFlashPlayer.exe" -install -skipARPEntry -iv 1 -au 4294967295

0001 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayerPlugin/PlayerPath 2

0002 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayerActiveX/PlayerPath 2

0003 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayerPepper/PlayerPath 2

0004 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayerPlugin/Version 2

0005 00000020 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl

0006 00001037 SOFTWARE\MozillaPlugins\@adobe.com/FlashPlayer/ 2

0007 00001037 SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adobe Flash Player NPAPI/ 2

0008 00001037 SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adobe Flash Player Plugin/ 2

0009 00001036 Software\Mozilla\MaintenanceService\extensions/Plugins 2

0010 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Last CommandLine 2

0011 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Last CommandLine 2

0012 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Plugin Path 2

0013 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Plugin Path 2

0014 00000014

0015 00000015 C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil64_18_0_0_203_Plugin.exe

0016 00000024 C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\plugin.vch

0017 00000019 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl

=X====== M/18.0.0.203 2015-07-14+01-03-43.707 ========

=O====== M/18.0.0.203 2015-07-14+01-07-10.276 ========

0000 00000010 "C:\Users\Adam\AppData\Local\Temp\{FA01335D-C960-4A7F-9B85-D8B6424FDD2E}\InstallFlashPlayer.exe" -uninstall plugin

0001 00001037 SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adobe Flash Player NPAPI/ 2

0002 00001037 SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adobe Flash Player Plugin/ 2

0003 00001037 Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce/FlashPlayerUpdate 2

0004 00001037 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayerPlugin/ 2

0005 00001037 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayer/FlashPlayerVersion 2

0006 00001037 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayer/SwfInstall 2

0007 00001037 SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adobe Flash Player Plugin/ 2

0008 00001021

0009 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayerActiveX/PlayerPath 2

0010 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayerPlugin/PlayerPath 2

0011 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayerPepper/PlayerPath 2

0012 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayerActiveX/PlayerPath 2

0013 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayerPlugin/PlayerPath 2

0014 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayerPepper/PlayerPath 2

0015 00001037 SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\\FlashPlayerApp.exe/ 2

0016 00001037 Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Control Panel\Extended Properties\System.ControlPanel.Category/C:\Windows\system32\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl 2

0017 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayerActiveX/PlayerPath 2

0018 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayerPlugin/PlayerPath 2

0019 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayerPepper/PlayerPath 2

0020 00001036 Software\Mozilla\MaintenanceService\extensions/Plugins 2

0021 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Last CommandLine 2

0022 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Last CommandLine 2

0023 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Plugin Path 2

0024 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Plugin Path 2

=X====== M/18.0.0.203 2015-07-14+01-07-10.300 ========

=O====== M/18.0.0.203 2015-07-14+01-09-13.729 ========

0000 00000010 "C:\Users\Adam\AppData\Local\Temp\{C73C306D-5CD9-4D4E-8044-EDBF0A95DDEE}\InstallFlashPlayer.exe" -install -skipARPEntry -iv 8 -au 0

0001 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayerPlugin/PlayerPath 2

0002 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayerActiveX/PlayerPath 2

0003 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayerPepper/PlayerPath 2

0004 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayerPlugin/Version 2

0005 00000020 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl

0006 00001037 SOFTWARE\MozillaPlugins\@adobe.com/FlashPlayer/ 2

0007 00001037 SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adobe Flash Player NPAPI/ 2

0008 00001037 SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adobe Flash Player Plugin/ 2

0009 00001036 Software\Mozilla\MaintenanceService\extensions/Plugins 2

0010 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Last CommandLine 2

0011 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Last CommandLine 2

0012 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Plugin Path 2

0013 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Plugin Path 2

0014 00000014

0015 00000015 C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil64_18_0_0_203_Plugin.exe

0016 00000024 C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\plugin.vch

0017 00000019 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl

0018 00000012

=X====== M/18.0.0.203 2015-07-14+01-09-14.297 ========

pwillener

Legend
Forum|Forum|10 years ago
July 14, 2015

I see nothing wrong in the install log. But you write "some sites work", which basically means that Flash Player is working.

Can you post a link to a site that does not work?

Captiv8r

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Forum|Forum|10 years ago
July 14, 2015

Moved from the Adobe Captivate forums to the Installing Flash Player forum.

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