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Anonymous
January 17, 2014
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How do I update the ActiveX Flash Player to version 12.0.0.43

  • January 17, 2014
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The Flash Player help page at http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player.html detects the following if I access it from Interney Explorer 11 (Windows 7 64-bit):

YOUR SYSTEM INFORMATION
Your Flash Version

12.0.0.38

Your browser name

Gecko

Your Operating System (OS)

Windows (Windows 7)

and informs me that I do not have the latest version of Flash Player. However, the link it provides to download the latest version (http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/) attempts to install version 12.0.0.38 again.

Is version 12.0.0.43 available for ActiveX? If so, where can I get it? If not, is there something wrong with the detection logic on Adobe's page?

Thanks, Doc.

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Correct answer _maria_

Hi there,

The latest version of Flash Player ActiveX is 12.0.0.38.  Usually the version numbers are the same for ActiveX and Plugin, and on occassion they are different.  This is one of those occassions.


This page is updated with the latest version for each platform/browser: http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/.

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Maria

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Community Manager
January 17, 2014

Hi there,

The latest version of Flash Player ActiveX is 12.0.0.38.  Usually the version numbers are the same for ActiveX and Plugin, and on occassion they are different.  This is one of those occassions.


This page is updated with the latest version for each platform/browser: http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/.

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Maria

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Anonymous
January 17, 2014

Why does the detection script not take this into account? Can this issue be fed back to Adobe?

Avast! Antivirus' software updater also detects the 12.0.0.38 version of the ActiveX plugin as out of date. should they be made aware of this too?

Thanks, Doc.

C_F_McBlob
C_F_McBlob
Inspiring
January 20, 2014

This appears to be an issue with IE11.  Internet Explorer 11 doesn't identify itself as Internet Explorer, instead it's identifying itself as 'Gecko' browser, which uses the plugin, which in turn is resulting in our detection scripts not identifying IE correctly.

Going to http://whatsmyuseragent.com/ with IE 10 on Win 7, IE is detected as Internet Explorer (MSIE 10.0):

With IE 11 on Win 7, IE is detected as a 'like Gecko' browser:

I'll forward this information to the folks who handle the detection on that page.

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Maria


Microsoft has been painfully aware of the ID problems with their latest "flagship" browser (sarcasm intended) since October 18, 2012 when they forced it down Windows users' throats like bad medicine. I have yet to see anything from them indicating they have a fix of any kind.

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