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nvucko
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May 10, 2006
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Problem Downloading & Installing Flash Player

  • May 10, 2006
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Hi,

I'm hoping someone will be able to help me. I've been trying to download and installing the flash player 8 from this webpage:

http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/triggerpages_mmcom/flash.html

Instead of a download/install starting, the window at the top (supposed to be showing a video/picture after installing) shows quotation marks - "

Is there something wrong with the download right now, or is it something I am doing wrong?

Thanks for any help you can give me,

Nick

P.S. I am using a Windows XP computer and my main browser is Internet Explorer.
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    Correct answer nvucko
    I filled in the support form on adobe's website and they were very helpful. They emailed back, and after making sure that I had no old copies of flash player told me to go to http://www.adobe.com/go/full_flashplayer_win_msi where I could download the installer. It seems to be working now.

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    lancetronic
    Participant
    May 25, 2006
    is it just me or is the link given broken? i can't open that webpage it seems..
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    nvuckoAuthor
    Participant
    May 25, 2006
    I just tried the http://www.adobe.com/go/full_flashplayer_win_msi link again and it seems to be working fine - goes straight into a download of the file. Perhaps you have a pop-up blocker or a firewall blocking it?
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    Anonymous
    May 11, 2006
    Having the same problem here.

    It seems that fpdownload.macromedia.com is down.
    It resolves to
    Name: e526.d.akamaiedge.net
    Address: 84.53.150.70
    And has a number of aliases:
    Aliases: fpdownload.macromedia.com, fpdownload-marc.wip3.adobe.com
    fpdownload.macromedia.com.edgekey.net
    None of them seem to work and the Adobe public FTP does not contain the Macromedia installer files.

    I'm a bit frustrated now because I don't have Flash / ShockWave at all.
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    nvuckoAuthorCorrect answer
    Participant
    May 11, 2006
    I filled in the support form on adobe's website and they were very helpful. They emailed back, and after making sure that I had no old copies of flash player told me to go to http://www.adobe.com/go/full_flashplayer_win_msi where I could download the installer. It seems to be working now.
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