I just installed the Flash Player 9 on my Power PC based Mac OS X 10.3.9 and
now no Flash elements work in Safari 1.3.2, or even Explorer (which I don't
use). I have been sure to close all browsers, uninstall first etc. The
installations appears to complete successfully, but I get the following error
message on any page that has flash:

[i]The page ?Adobe? attempted to load an Internet plug-in named ?Shockwave
Flash?, but the plug-in failed to load successfully.[/i]

Worse yet, any attempts to install on older version of the player now give me
the same error. I can no longer view any Flash!

If anyone can help (Adobe!), it would be much appreciated.

I am having the same problem. Installed Flash Player 0 Power PC based Mac osx
10.3.9 and I am having a message nearly all of the time that says: "this page
has content of mime type Application x-shockwave flash. Because you don't have
a plugin installed for this mime type, this content can't be displayed. I
have installed and re-installed the flash player from adobe but it will not
work or become active. I can't help you but maybe someone can help us.

hi guys, i have had the same trouble. uninstalled re-installed etc any times.
tried safari, firefox and net scape, rang apple who said not their problem, got
e-mail from adobe telling me to try what i'd already done. You guys any the
wiser yet. I'm really fired up about this as can view noting on web and kids
freaking as can't play games. Please let me know if you fiugure it out

hi guys, i have had the same trouble. uninstalled re-installed etc any times.
tried safari, firefox and net scape, rang apple who said not their problem, got
e-mail from adobe telling me to try what i'd already done. You guys any the
wiser yet. I'm really fired up about this as can view noting on web and kids
freaking as can't play games. Please let me know if you fiugure it out

I went for about a week of broken Flash messages and suddenly, without any
action on my part, Flash seems to be working again.

The ONLY thing I can imagine may have made the difference is that I took my
computer on a weekend trip where it was "off" for periods of time. My computer
is otherwise always on at home. Maybe something was able to clear or reset
itself.

I'm glad it's working again, but not knowing the answer leaves me troubled.

Hello???? Adobe????
Somebody better fix this flash player problem, it has ruined
$55 a month internet. I am also powerpc G4, 10.3.9. Safari, Explorer, Mozilla,
nothing works. This MIME content BS is extremely irratating. I have followed
every before mentioned procedure a thousand times, tried calling Adobe,, tried
emailing Adobe.
I am finally giving up and calling the better business bureau. This is
terrible customer service.

My friend just updated to FP 9.0.28 FROM FP 9.0.20 on OSX 10.4 (Tiger).
Nothing would display so here is what we did:

STEP 1:
Deleted Macromedia folder under <user>/Library/Preferences
Deleted /Library/Internet Plug-ins/Flash Player Enabler.plugin (if there)
Deleted /Library/Internet Plug-ins/Flash Player.plugin (if there)
Deleted/Library/Internet Plug-ins/flashplayer.xpt (if there)

STEP 2:
Go to some other system and get a copy of the OLDER 9.0.20 (which works) and
replace this one folder, and the three files. The folder is about 600K and the
three files are about 3.4 MB. I am pretty sure that the three files are
(hidden) folders so you may have to archive them (I did) to move them.

Once this was done, everything worked as before. If you have problems with
getting the older version contact me at: cgillette@thehollyhockcompany.com and
I will try to help you.

:grin;
Many, many thanks to primes235. AFter hours of trying to uninstall,
reinstall, etc., I used his directions (see step 1, etc., on his 12/16/06 post.
I was able to drag those files (enable file sharing IF you are networked) from
another computer, and all is working fine now. These files were not really
invisible/hidden; just be sure you delete the ones specified before moving the
new ones.

hI am still not sure why this happened, except I was following directions that
I needed to update flash from

ttp://ecard.ashland.edu/2004admission/index.html

Either that site is buggy, or the new flash is. From the comments before
this, I don't expect a reply from Adobe either. I tried calling them, but no
luck. Crappy customer/tech support. Hope this helps someone, and thanks again
primes235.

[q][i]Originally posted by: [b][b]Denver Shaw[/b][/b][/i]
I just installed the Flash Player 9 on my Power PC based Mac OS X 10.3.9 and
now no Flash elements work in Safari 1.3.2, or even Explorer (which I don't
use). I have been sure to close all browsers, uninstall first etc. The
installations appears to complete successfully, but I get the following error
message on any page that has flash:

[I]The page ?Adobe? attempted to load an Internet plug-in named ?Shockwave
Flash?, but the plug-in failed to load successfully.[/I][/q]
I'm having the same problem, only I'm on an Intel-based MacBook. This only
happened after I downloaded the trial version of Flash 8, which I have since
removed from my computer, but Flash player still doesn't work in any of my
browsers. No matter how many times I uninstall and reinstall.

Both my iBook and iMac G5, where the trouble was, are Power PCs, rather than
Intel. If you could somehow delete the files mentioned in my previous email
source, and copy from another Intel pc, it might work. It is a mess, though,
and would be good to know what causes the problem. Meanwhile, I will NOT
download/install a new version, and think Adobe needs to address this, big
time. Apparently, from looking around, it is also a problem on Windows PCs?

I guess as long as Adobe remains impossible to contact, we will just have to
figure it out. Good luck!