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November 20, 2013
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What to do when Flash Player doesn't install properly?

  • November 20, 2013
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This has been going on for roughly 5 months now. Everytime I am prompted to update or intall the new flash player I do so, but it's the same update that never gets installed. Yesterday I contacted my computer's tech support, and they were little to no help. Flash is completely gone from my computer, and it still won't install no matter what browser I use. I downloads just fine, but when I click the final yes, nothing happens. No status bar, or error message, nothing.

Here is a list of what I've alreay tried:

  • Unistall old version, install new one.
  • Uninstall browser, try to download and install on different one, reinstall browser of choice.
  • End progress in the task manager and try to launch installation again.
  • Downloading with and without the MacAfee option.
  • Running installation in Safe Mode with Networking.
  • Reading through the entire FAQ (no help at all).
  • Reading almost every thread that could hold the answer.

I have a Windows 7, 64-bit OS. I don't have this issue with the other Adobe products any longer, But Flash Player kept getting worse. I am at the end of my rope with this.

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C_F_McBlob
Inspiring
November 20, 2013

Download the Adobe Flash Player "offline" installers directly by right clicking one (or both) of the following links and selecting "Save target as" or "Save Link as".

Flash Player Uninstaller

Flash Player for ActiveX (Internet Explorer)

Flash Player Plug-in (All other browsers)

Save the files to your downloads folder - DO NOT RUN anything yet.

Reboot your system.
BEFORE opening anything else, go to your downloads folder and run the UNINSTALLER to remove any traces of Flash Player.
Run the ActiveX installer, and then the installer for other browsers.