Can't install latest Flash player 10.1 for Opera 10.53

[FDF2ndltn]

Hi all

Having a weird problem installing Flash Player 10.1.53.64. Flash is only installed partially, differently from earlier versions.

OS: Windows XP SP 3 (32bit)
Browser: Opera 10.53
old Flash player version: 10.0.45.2

I tried updating my Flash player today because of the security issues. I did it like I always do, following these steps, after of course closing all browsers and IM clients etc:

1) download Flash uninstaller "uninstall_flash_player.exe" (md5: D049CF4ECD36EAC817D6D9025B470639) from http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html?promoid=DNRTE and run it when logged in as Administrator. The uninstaller said uninstallation was completed successfully. I manually checked that Flash files were deleted from c:\Program Files\Opera\program\plugins\ and c:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash\ folders.

2) download Flash installer for non-IE browsers "install_flash_player.exe" (md5: 6E23EADBA1E84F43E5D28053A8BA27A9) from http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/ and run it as Admin. The installer said installation was successful. I manually checked the C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash\ folder and found NPSWF32.dll and FlashUtil10h_Plugin.exe added there. I then checked the Opera plugin folder c:\Program Files\Opera\program\plugins\ only to discover there was no NPSWF32.dll there. Previous versions of Flash player always installed that file in the Opera plugin folder because otherwise it won't work.

3) Started Opera, went to the adobe.com Flash test page. It didn't work. Flash is not installed, Flash video doesn't work and NPSWF32.dll does not show up in Opera's plugin list.

In short: Flash installer installs to the system32\Macromed folder, but not to the browser plugin folder. Any ideas? Is this a bug? Thanks for helping

[FDF2ndltn]

I was able to solve my problem with Flash and Opera. It looks like this is a bug in Opera, not Flash, or if not a bug, very unexpected feature at least.

If you have a modified Opera plugin-ignore.ini file, somehow Opera will refuse to load the Flash NPSWF32.dll from System32\Macromed\Flash directory even when NPSWF32.dll is not listed in the plugin-ignore file. Reinstalling Opera will overwrite any modified plugin-ignore file with a clean one, and then Opera can find Flash again from the System32 directory. Very strange and I would have never figured this out without reading Opera forums where someone discovered it. I had modified my Opera plugin-ignore files on both these comps to prevent loading a plugin that made Opera unstable.

[Guest]

I'm still monitoring this thread. I appreciate having one more thing to try. I'm doubtful it will work in my case (my plugin-ignore.ini file has the same date-modified as almost all the other .ini files in the \defaults folder, and I've never edited it.) Still, it's something to look at.

[Weakteaforme]

DavidRensberger,

Did you try updating to Opera 10.53 or the just released, v10.54?

[Weakteaforme]

FDF2ndltn,

Truth be told, I never knew some of these files existed in my Opera folder. This stuff is over my head, but for what it's worth this is what my "plugin-ignore.ini" Configuration Settings shows in Program\Opera\defaults folder:

; This file is part of the Opera browser.

; Filenames of plugins we ignore and don't initialize

[Plugins to Ignore] WEBHDLL.DLL  = WebHancer, crashes Opera

NP32COMET.DLL  = CometCursor, crashes Opera

NPAUDIO.DLL              = Netscape audio plugin, steals audio file types

NPJava11.dll            = Java plugin, conflicts with Java VM started by Opera

NPJava12.dll            = Java plugin, conflicts with Java VM started by Opera

NPJava13.dll            = Java plugin, conflicts with Java VM started by Opera

NPJava14.dll            = Java plugin, conflicts with Java VM started by Opera

NPJava32.dll            = Java plugin, conflicts with Java VM started by Opera

NPJPI141.dll            = Java plugin, conflicts with Java VM started by Opera

NPJPI142.dll            = Java plugin, conflicts with Java VM started by Opera

NPOJI610.dll            = Java plugin, conflicts with Java VM started by Opera

NPMOZAX.DLL            = ActiveX plugin, requires Mozilla

NPNUL32.DLL    = Mozilla default plugin, requires Mozilla

I don't understand this stuff. Do people modify this file themselves? If someone has multiple browsers (IE7/8, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, etc...), could this cause an unwanted modification of this file? I only have IE7 and Opera. Can a browser block Flash in another browser by way of configurations or Registry modifications? Many folks have stated that they have done reinstalls with no luck. So many things to check. I don't understand why Flash works with my Opera. I've never done anything other than what I've already said. I've never done any modifications either.

[FDF2ndltn]

Weakteaforme,

Your plugin-ignore.ini looks like the default file that Opera always installs. It has not been modified. That must be one reason why Flash works on Opera for you without trouble. Now, it works for me too, after replacing the modified plugin-ignore.ini with an unmodified version. Most people would not have the Opera plugin-ignore file modified. I don't think it's ever modified except by new versions of Opera maybe, which wouldn't cause problems, or the users manually modifying the file like I did to block some annoying plugin from loading. Having multiple browsers wouldn't affect the file.

I guess for people who can't get Flash to work with Opera and don't have modified plugin-ignore files the cause of the problem must be something else, like permissions for files or registry keys Flash needs to access being wrong. I just breathe a sigh of relief that I got Opera and Flash working together again and it was such a simple solution in the end.

[Guest]

Well, I'm happy to announce that my problem is solved, with a major DUH! for me. When I realized that PDFs also were not displaying, I checked Tools > Preferences > Advanced tab > Content. What should I discover but the "Enable plug-ins" box unchecked! I checked it, and now both PDFs and Flash display and run just fine. I have no idea how it ever got unchecked, but that's all it took to fix it. If anyone else is still having problems, it's worth taking a look.