I am very frustrated.... I am on a Mac, running version 10.3.9, and while
visiting a website the other day I was told I needed a Flash upgrade. I went
to the Flash site, downloaded and installed the update, and now Flash doesn't
work on ANY website I visit. I keep getting this message: "[website name] has
content of MIME type ?application/x-shockwave-flash?, but you don?t have a
plug-in installed for this MIME type." when I click "GO" to open the page
where I'm supposed to download the plug-in, it takes me to the same place where
I just downloaded the update from.

I tried following the uninstall directions on the website, and that didn't
work either. I downloaded and installed an update of Safari, which is the web
browser I'm using, and still nothing. (Flash doesn't work in Explorer,
either.) I'm admittedly not the best when it comes to troubleshooting things
like this, but I am getting really frustrated!!!! No advice I am finding
online seems to be the right thing. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!

Hi,

Strange, this solution always works with me!!
You may try to uninstall the Flash player and visit one of these sites that
still require download it and when it ask to download the player go to the link
they provide and download it.

hope this helps

Thanks, I did make sure that I didn't have any older versions on my computer
anymore. This solved the problem somewhat (ie, now my myspace.com background
shows up when I look at my page, but the music doesn't play and most pages I
visit still tell me that I don't have the necessary plug-in). I have done
everything I know how to do, uninstalled, reinstalled, etc...... it's still not
working as smoothly as it was a few days ago!

Have you looked inside the /Library/Internet Plugins/ folder on your
machine? This is where the Flash plugin lives. Perhap removing anything
named Flash from there and reinstalling would do the trick.


--
John Pattenden
Screentime Media
Flash Screen Saver, Application and Wallpaper tools
http://www.screentime.com

Thanks for all of your advice..... unfortunately I have tried following the
links from certain websites that tell me I need the player, and they all take
me to the same place where I continue to download from and install
unsuccessfully :-(

I did delete EVERYTHING the other day with "Flash" in the name (I did a search
on my computer). Then I re-downloaded Flash 9 and re-installed. As I
mentioned before, this remedied the situation somewhat, but most websites still
tell me I'm missing the plug-in (even though I am seeing more now than I was
before on particular sites).

In my Library/Internet Plug-ins folder, the only thing that appears is a
folder called Macromedia. Within that folder is another folder entitled Flash
Player. And in the Flash Player folder, the only thing I see is a file called
"version.txt" from June 22, 2006 (even though I installed it yesterday,
September 4). When I do a search on my computer for "Flash," this same Flash
Player folder is the only thing that shows up with the name Flash. This
doesn't seem right to me, although I am not very computer literate when it
comes to hardware and software problems so I could be completely wrong..... but
shouldn't thre be more to it?

There are 2 libraries in OS X, one general and one specific to the user.

The library in your user account, the one you opened, should only have the
version text. So that's correct on your computer.

If the plugin is installed correctly it's in the library you'll find on you
HD, not inside Users. HD/library/internetplugins

Quite true, if it works on some sites then you must have it installed.
what OS version are you running? PPC or Intel? also you might try the
Reset and Flush cache options in Safari - look in the menus.


On 2006-09-06 01:01:30 -0400, "MMnovice" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> said:

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--
John Pattenden
Screentime Media
Flash Screen Saver, Application and Wallpaper tools
http://www.screentime.com

Not sure if this is still a problem, but I just solved it on mine. First, I
eliminated anything "Flash" from the main library. Then I did not have
sufficient privileges to install the new Flash (despite having Admin
privileges). So i logged in as the root user (see Finder Help for this).
Finally, re-installing Flash solved the problem.

Hope this helps.

--Leon