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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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_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

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 Antivirus' software updater also detects the 12.0.0.38 version of the ActiveX plugin as out of date.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.

_maria_
Community Manager
Community Manager
January 17, 2014

Hi Doc,

What detection scripts are you referring to?  Dection scripts on adobe.com have been updated to detect the latest versions.  If you're referring to detection scripts on other sites, it is up to the content provider to update their content accordingly.

With regards to Avast, I installed the latest Avast! Antivirus 2014 (Free version), installed ActiveX 12.0.0.38 and it detected that version as being up-to-date.

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Maria