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Anonymous
January 23, 2014
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Where is Flash Installed

  • January 23, 2014
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Hi,

As a matter of interest where is Flash installed in IE and Firefox?

Am I correct in thinking that Flash is used to view videos?

Thanks

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Correct answer C_F_McBlob

C/Windows/System32/Macromed

C/Windows/SysWOW64/Macromed

Those are the physical folders where it goes.

It's a "plugin" for the browser(s).

Flash is used to view video, animations and some interactive content, like games which also require the Shockwave plugin.

There are three plugins for Windows

ActiveX (for IE)

Standard (for other browsers)

PepperFlash (for Chrome - embedded by Google)

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Inspiring
January 23, 2014

C/Windows/System32/Macromed

C/Windows/SysWOW64/Macromed

Those are the physical folders where it goes.

It's a "plugin" for the browser(s).

Flash is used to view video, animations and some interactive content, like games which also require the Shockwave plugin.

There are three plugins for Windows

ActiveX (for IE)

Standard (for other browsers)

PepperFlash (for Chrome - embedded by Google)

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Anonymous
January 23, 2014

Thanks for replying.

I found the files in system32/Macromed without difficulty,

but I could not find /syswow64/

I use Vista 32 bit

I have the activex plugin for IE and the plugin for Firefox

Best wishes.

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C_F_McBlob
Inspiring
January 24, 2014

SysWOW64 is a "Windows On Windows (WOW)" folder that doesn't exist on 32 bit systems because they don't need compatibility for 32 bit apps.

I included it as a location because most all systems today are 64 bit.

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