My system is Mac OS 10.4.2 (I think that this should work for most versions of OS X)... I don't think that this is anywhere else on the forums or in support. This past week, I installed Flash 8 and Flash Player 8. Right after that, Flash stopped working in Safari, but continued to work in IE 5...more >>

Do SWF files prepared for web file (video) sharing automatically provide the built-in dialog box that informs users who do not have Flash Player installed on their PC?...more >>

I have created a movie with Flash Pro 8. Strange problem is that on some computers (not all of them), it seams that all objects that have filters applied to them (dropshadow, bevel etc.) are suddenly invisible! This only happaned so far on IE (works fine on firefox), and again - only on seve...more >>

for some reason calls to getURL("javascript:functionName();"); do not seem to be working in Flash Player 8 on Internet Explorer... a test page here demonstrates this: http://www.leathes.co.uk/geturl The above works fine in Opera and Firefox but does nothing in IE (6.0 on Win2k sp4, flash p...more >>

The web master of this site http://forum.hkgolden.com/topics.asp?type=BW&md=10&page=1 had this flash ad that's is very annoying. any one know any way to get rid of it?...more >>

Hi, How to enable flash(ActiveX) support in IE on Windows 2003. I always get "Sedurity settings do not allow Web sites to use ActiveX controls". Maybe there is official Macrodemia description how to enabled it? Regards, Tom ...more >>

Why someone does not give a straight anwer and accept the fact that there is a bug or something. I am about to work for a web design firm and downloaded the flash pro 8 trial. After that I cannot view any content on the web. I uninstalled both flash player 7 and flash player 8 and re downl...more >>

I am designing a website for a client, I have programmed an automatic photo slideshow on the homepage and in the portraits and weddings gallery. I programmed the movie to load the images externally with the loadMovie command and then it resizes and positions the photos in the viewing area. I...more >>

I'm hoping somebody might know if its possible to link to and play external audio .aiff files from within a projector file on an enhanced CD or Mixed Mode CD? The CD contains 60 mins. of music in aif files plus an interactive interface for users. I'd like to be able to link to the .aif f...more >>

Hello I am using Mandrake 9.2 linux , and it has 2.4.22-41mdk kernel. The browser is Firefox, and everytime any flash file has audio in it it either plays too fast and stutters or blocks the soundcard entirely and crashes the browser. I didn't have this problem when i was using the p...more >>

I had Macromedia Flash 7 before which worked perfectly fine. Then some websites stopped working and told me to get Macromedia Flash 7(which I already had installed). Now that Macromedia Flash 8 came out I thought it would fix the problem by installing it. But now none of the flash using websit...more >>

I have a machine that is not connected to the Internet on which I need to install Flash. I have downloaded the .cab files for Flash Media Player 7 but would ideally like the latest for testing purposes. Does anyone know how I can download the .cab for Flash Media Player 8? I have scoured the m...more >>

Hi everyone We have a strange problem going on as we are trying to move our checkout movie from using http for it's LoadVars communication to using https. So far we've followed all of the crossdomain.xml guidelines and ensured that a static text file served over https works with both the...more >>

Is there a way to set flash player 8 security in one area that will override all other user profile settings? Currently we change the settings under "admin", and then whenever any "users" log in they too are prompted with security messages. The problem here is that we are in a k-12 education...more >>

Is there a way to make a flash file launched from a website fullscreen without the browser bars? I realize the current solution to this question is to make the browser window the size of the screen, but you still have the top title bar and often the user's taskbar at the bottom. I'm open to ...more >>

Hello, i've a strange problem, i've a movieclip in a scrollpane, but it doesn't render correctly when the movies first load. When i mouseover the component it renders it again and works fine. I tried it with FP 7 and it was fine, but in FP 8 it's not working well. Is there a bug in F...more >>

all Flash seems to be too FAST in Win ME, what is my problem? ...more >>

Hello! I'm having troubles with the new FP8. As explained in the following livedoc: http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/00002479.html "Loading is not allowed if the calling movie clip is in the local-with-file-system sandbox and the loaded movie clip is from a network sandbox" Us...more >>

Hello, I am sorry to ask this annoying question. Anyone knows which web browser can play the smoothest flash content? One more question, I used to play http://www.infunity.com. However, I cannot play it with Firefox (No AdBlock) with Flash Player 8 on. I could play it with Flash Player 7 wit...more >>

Please help, I am not very computer literate. I recently purchased a game online called Magic Vines. When we try to open the game we get an error: Macromedia Projector has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. error caused by Macromedia, Inc. No specific...more >>

Last week, I installed the Macromedia Studio 8 package. Now, in Firefox I am getting a popup box entitled "Macromedia Flash Player Security" whenever I access the Macromedia website or communitymx.com. the sidebar setup I have set up in my browser window for communitymx.com will not function. ...more >>

I found difficult to believe, that even with the latest free Flash Player 7 is still NOT POSSIBLE set into settings VOLUME of SOUND for all swf files, or to be possible to disable sound at all (volume 0 do the trick too =;-) It nicely show and can access both my microphones and webcam, but ma...more >>

I installed Player 8 plug in on XP Pro SP2. Flash object in a page in a frameset does no load a local movie (C:\mydir\myfile.swf). The SWF does not have any cross-scripting or related security problems. Global Trust file for all users does not appear to work. Flash Player 7 works with no addit...more >>

I try to download the flash and i dont get the little warning its about to download and I have the red x at the top, Ive been trying to fix the problem but now even more so because My kids cant get on the Disney.com without Flash media player, and I have been able to download shockwave but sti...more >>

When I click the Download link for macromedia flash player it errors and says file cannot be found. It is doing this on other download sites as well as other products. How can I fix?...more >>

Everytime I close a browser window that had a flash game or animation the following error comes up: iexplore.exe - Application Error The instruction at "0x01b35f6c" referenced memory at "0x01b35f6c". The memory could not be "read". Click on OK to terminate the program This ONLY hap...more >>

Ever since installing the trial of Flash 8 I cannot open/play .swf files in a standalone player. When I select XP option to "choose from list" the best player for this file type, and point it to the standalone player, my selection does not work. Anyone else having this problem? Got any solutio...more >>

My flash player works fine in Netscape, but won't work in Internet Explorer....more >>

alright so ive read almost all the posts in this forum and tried all the support pages on the website but i got no answers. so heres my problem i run firefox v. 1.0.6 and i have flash player installed and flash movies load up but once i click anything once i cannot click anything else. i will ...more >>

Hi Just upgraded to Flash player 8, and now only 1 of the flash movies on my website starts playing when the page is loaded in IE: http://www.flashextension.net This worked fine with the v7 player, all the little 'thumbnail' movies started playing automatically. With Flash 8 I have to ...more >>

Hi, can someone tell me if I can save a Flash movie that I am playing from someone else's site? Basically, I would like to drag and drop it on my desktop like an image or some variation thereof. If that is not possible, does anyone have any ideas how I might use some other software ...more >>

I keep trying to change the settings for my flash player but they never stay changed. It just keeps going back to the default settings. What do i do?...more >>

In our deployment of Flash Player 7, we pushed a mms.cfg file with the line AutoUpdateDisable=1 which would disable the constant check for updates. however, this does not appear to work with 8.0. Is there an equivalent for 8.0? ...more >>

update of Yahoo IM requires install of Flash Player even though I already have 7 installed. How can I download the latest FP 7 (not sure I want to be the first to use FP8 and I develop Flash that I need to test in FP 7 since FP8 has won't have any penetration for at least 6-12 months). ...more >>

since the release of the final flash player 8.0.22.0 the detection kit does not work and cannot find http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/update/maelstrom/xml/version_en -UK_mac_pl.xml?0.791608355939388 This is using the standard files with a machine with flash player 6...more >>

I can't believe this bug is still in the flash player - it has been a known issue since flash player 5!! In case you haven't come across it, this issue occurs in multiline html-enabled textfields: under certain circumstances Flash Player screws up the line breaks, and instead of breaking fo...more >>

Hi there, we use MS SMS system to update our local network. Today, I got the new msi and delivered to our domain admin to deploy it as we did with FP7. After deployment of FP8, everyone started complaining about popups in IE, and it's true, even if there is no Flash content in the webpage,...more >>

:confused; Cannot dowload Flash Player 6 or 7, because there is no Gold bar on my screen. Anybody with same problem who can help me?...more >>

:confused; Hi, I'm pretty new to flash, and I am a novice. I have been daveling in creating media for the everyday average person to view on thier computer desktop, with or without an internet connection. Mostly little flash movies or slideshows for thier family photos and other photo based ...more >>

Can anyone shed some light on this. I upgraded to flashplayer 7 and now I can no longer view flash content on m computer. I have a Mac Powerbook , operating system is OSX 10.3.9 and have qttempted un-installing and re-installing and nothing will give me flash content in either Safari or Intern...more >>

I want some sort of script on my website that checks if the visitor browser support Flash or if they need to download a plug-in. Have looked for JavaScripts and php-scripts without success. Please help me solve this problem! ...more >>

I can't get enough of those cool sites featuring awesome flash effects, for your curser and all that good stuff. Anybody that has one, please list it here....more >>