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Angela_Naples
Angela_Naples
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August 17, 2015
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Need to download Flash Player and Adobe won't let me!!!!!

  • August 17, 2015
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Flash player kept crashing.  I downloaded Adobe's Uninstall and followed it precisely and now I can't find ANYWHERE to download it!!!! I am running Windows 8

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_maria_
_maria_
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August 18, 2015

Hi angela_naples,


Microsoft embeds Flash Player in Internet Explorer on Windows 8 and above and updates are released by Microsoft via Windows Updates.  Since they embed Flash Player they consider the associated files to be protected system files and lock them to prevent users from deleting the files.  The uninstaller posted to the Uninstall Flash Player | Windows page does NOT uninstall Flash Player for Internet Explorer on Windows 8 and above.  The page contains a note stating "These instructions are NOT applicable to Flash Player for Internet Explorer on Windows 8 and above."

If you deleted Flash Player for Internet Explorer on your Windows 8 system you would have had to unlock the files manually.  If so I am not aware of a way to re-install Flash Player for Internet Explorer on Windows 8 and above aside from re-installing the OS.

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Maria

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