Macromedia Flash Player

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February 4, 2007
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Everytime I download Macromedia Flash Player is disapears! No where to be found! I try doing a search and it say its' not there. It downloads properly but after a few days it's gone! I always check Add and Remove programs to make sure it's there and it is for a few days. When I download the uninstaller from the site, it uninstalls it! The I reinstall it and its fine for a few days. The only reason I know it's not there, is when I go to youtube to view a particuler video and youtube says you need Flash Player to view and you need to have Java script on, which I do! Am I missing something here? I'm just getting tired of the uninstall and reinstall. Is anyone else having this problem?

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KathylovesmoodiesAuthor

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Wow! I had no idea this many people were having the same problems! So why then is Adobe not working on this problem? Is it a result of IE 7? I upgraded to IE 7, than uninstalled it because I was having so many problems with it. I went back to IE6. I had not discovered the problem with Macromedia Player till I went to veiw a video on youtube and couldn't! That is when all this mess happened. I'm sick and tired of unintalling and reinstalling it!

OK The powers at be need to fix this!

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geromyre

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I actually upgraded to IE7 thinking the flash problem might be an issue with IE6.
They could at least have instances of Flash Player 8 around for us to download to fall back on until things get fixed.

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TJturner3

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I'm glad to know I'm not alone. I've been having the same problem and can't figure it out. Hopefully someone will get it figured out soon. This is driving me CRAZY!

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arcains

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I've having this issue in IE7 for Windows Vista.

The Adobe trigger page says the ActiveX control is installed and it displays the test content. However, all other web sites display the install plugin message.

Using the Adobe Flash uninstaller helps -- somewhat -- I can install the plugin again and it appears to be fine. The Flash Player install appears in 'Programs and Features' and in IE7s 'Managed Add-ons'.

As I said, it's fine -- for awhile at least -- then it just randomly disappears (or unregisters itself?!?)

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AP7-4o6OL1

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Thanks for adding a message to my Topic! Unfortunately my knowledge of all this is virtually nil, all I know is that a week ago I could watch video clips (not just youtube) and now I can't ....I keep getting directed to the Adobe site to install stuff but it never seems to install properly....at least I still can't see videos afterwards. I've tried uninstalling 'Flash Player 9 Active X' and 'Shockwave Player' then installing again but no luck.

Let's hope we can get some more help!

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Tampa_Tommy

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PLEEEEEZ.....ANYONE!!! SAME PROBLEM.....I have a practically new Dell, all the bells and whistles, no idea why flashplayer will not install. I can not use youtube, yahoo videos, ANYTHING that requires flash player....It says my=ust download, I select download, NOTHING.......HELP!@#@!&#&#&#%

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geromyre

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I have this problem, too, as I just updated to Flash 9 today. It's interesting to note that wherever a flash instance should be (be it a video, game, or even the little flash that's supposed to play after you install the flash player) there is simply a white field. However, if I right click in that white field, it brings up a menu that says "About Flash Player 9". So it IS installed, but it's just not working with anything. Also, with the flash files I've downloaded to my harddrive, they will play in a Flash Player 9 standalone player, but not in a browser (in this case, IE).

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