macromedia players flash: Hi,

I use the latest version of Firefox, and until a few weeks ago I was running
it okay with the flash plugin. Then I went to download a later version of
the flash plugin.

When I tried to run install_flash_player.exe, it ran for a second and then
quit right away, and now I can't look at flash pages anymore. I've tried
re-running install_flash_player.exe, but it starts and then stops (I can see
it appear and then disappear in the task manager). There are no messages in
the Event Log.

Any ideas about how to fix this?

Thanks,
Steve

I am also having the same problem. After installing new version of Firefox (ver
1.5) I had attempted to install the self-contained installer, but two things
have happenned.

1. Installer unpacks files, but does not load the "GetFlash" file. I had to
manually run it, and it is located in c:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\Plugins

2. After this loads, it attempts to download 800k file(s) and once it reaches
100% comes up with the following error:

"An error has occurred while downloading the installer. Please make sure
you are connected to the internet and try again. :
Have disabled Norton Internet Security 2004, GetRight, windows included
firewall. Retried the installer a few times, and get same above error message.

There seems to be some kind of compatibilty issue with Firefox 1.5 and Flash
Player 8. Till they get it fixed I would reccommend using the uninstall
avalible for Flash 8 avalible
http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14266 Flash 7
works fine for me on Firefox 1.5. Hope this helps you out.

An off topic question but how come whenever I try downloading from this site
the speed is ungodly slow :/. I cannot delete the "Install_flash_player.exe"
because it keeps saying its being used by another program. I cannot find this
other program to shut it off and I went in safe mode and still nothing. But Im
trying to unstall it if I have it already just to see if thats it.

Trying to use the installer for flashplayer 8 on XP SP1 for Firefox 1.0.6 also
resulted in the installer exiting
without feedback to the user. Internet was connected, no connection attempt
was made. The reason
remains unknown to me, as no support page gave information on this problem. I
recall that I had similar
and continued problems before with the Shockwave Installers. (Sometimes I
wonder if its worth the time
and effort. A simple direct download would save me hours).
Thank you for the hint about using the shockwave player version 7!!!! This now
runs again, after I uninstalled
the player, tried to install 8 (installer didnt run,as noted above.
GetFlash.exe from the Firefox program folder
did some downloading, 800K, but always aborted with an error, asking me if I
was connected to the internet).
Strangely there was a plugin version 8 in the Firefox plugin folder at that
time then. I deleted that manually,
as the Windows Add/Remove Program Panel didnt show Shockwas as being
installed), and then reinstalled
version 7 using that installer.
Annoyingly complex support links on the macromedia site did not help me speed
up the process either.
Well, i will stick with version 7 for now.
A continued annoyance is the update button that keeps re-appearing in my
Windows Taskbar...
How do i get rid of that now?