I downloaded the install_flash_player.exe, I opened it, it unpacks and then it goes away not finishing the installation. There isn't anything in the task manager saying that it is still working. It installs and works fine in IE via the web; it won't install on any of my other browsers on the...more >>

Hello, I encountered a problem playing sound on Flash-based movies on sites such as Youtube, Google Video et cetera. However, unlike at http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?forumid=44&catid=18 4&threadid=1175007&enterthread=y, where most people use Windows, I use Mac...more >>

When try and access a page I have created with internet explorer composed of html with an embed .swf there is a white box that one has to click to then access the normal functions of the .swf. Is there any code to make it so this extra click to access the embeded flash does not have to happen...more >>

I built application in flex 2 and I have a problem when users run it under IE7 on vista(Flash Player version 9.0.28.0). When a user types is some text random letters do not appear, like it is missing the keystrokes. This only happens under IE7 on Vista, in Firefox 2 on Vista, it works proper...more >>

I'm using Firefox 2.0.0.1 but it aso happened with 2.0. The same goes for the flash version, i'm using the last version but had the same problem with previous version. Flash loads well but when clicking on it nothing happens. It's annoying because i can't do anything on flash sites. It works w...more >>

I would be grateful for your comments in relation to what should be a simple task. I have tried accessing a couple of websites and was greeted with a text only version of the relevant website and a message indicating that I do not have a flash player installed. I am at a loss as to why I am ...more >>

Need help with this one. All of a sudden I keep getting a pop-up saying "cannot locate file flash.ocx". What the heck is it and how do I get rid of it. It is QUITE annoying. Any help would be appreciated. ...more >>

Hi! After restoring my computer (PC/XP SP2) (20061220) with a Ghost image and updating XP, flashplayer+shockwave, everytime I open a page that contains flash animation/movies it may cause the browser to crash, eg I cannot watch YouTube movies that are embedded/linked on someone elses page,...more >>

I have the latest version of Flash but when I go to a site that requires it the site does not recognize that I have it and tells me to get it. I go to the site and go throught the download proceedure and go back to the site and it still won't work? How can I correct this problem????? Thank...more >>

Hi all, I've searched and posted at Mozilla forums, I've searched and posted at Mac forums, but this problem I have seems to be unique and it just doesn't go away. Flash player isn't working on my MacBook Pro with OS X 10.4.8. I really want to understand this problem and fix it, rather tha...more >>

I reinstalled win98se in my secondary machine and I need to install Flash Player. I go to the download-install page and it seems to download (I can see the network traffic) but not to install. I have tried everything but still no success. I cannot find a downloadable installer program so I ...more >>

Could someone walk me step by step to figure out how to download Adobe Shockwave Player? Every time I attempt to download it it says "Unable To Authentice Installer." Im not good with computers at all so I would really appreciate explaning it to me. Thanks alot, Hello227 ...more >>

Same ol' deleting Flash9.ocx problem. However, I'm trying to delete from a Backup folder. I had to reformat my hard drive and now would like to delete the MyBackup Folder which contains a snapshot of how my computer used to look before the reformat. Everything is working satisfactorily, ...more >>

I have a computer that does not have access to the Internet....how can I upload and install Flash Player 8 or 9 to the system without connecting it to the Internet?...more >>

Installed Flash Player Version 9. Now get continuous error message: "Cannot find the Macromedia flash" What's goiing on?...more >>

I am just a humble wanderer seeking to learn something about flash. . How do you get the player IN auto-play mode. Actually, i am wanting to put a flash player video from youtube in my myspace account and i want to customize it that it autoplays, instead of making me push play every time. Than...more >>

Hi, all I'd really like to see an official message from Adobe concerning the issue with Flash9b.ocx crashing in IE. Surely they must have received a lot of messages from disgruntled users. I work for an online newspaper and we have several hundred thousand page impressions every day. ...more >>

each and every update-nagging auto-running splash-screening focus-grabbing pieces of SH|T. i DON'T want facking flash asking me to update with a splash screen hiding my entire desktop on boot. flash is the LEAST gaddamn important program i run, so shut it the fack up. i don't want fac...more >>

I was prompted to download the latest flash player. I downloaded and installed it and it did not work so I went into Add Remove to remove it. I evidently removed the original flash player that came with my computer by mistake because now I have none. I have tried and tried to get it back but i...more >>

Dear all, I just installed an updat for the flash player and now I get a pop up error 'could not find the file "flash.ocx" about every 15 minutes. When I checked if my flash player works, everything seems ok. any suggestions on how to get rid of the error pop ups? Thanks ...more >>

I was about to pull my hair out. Everything that I tried did not seem to work. I even had the technicians of my virus protection/firewall to help behind the scenes. And then I contacted Adobe for technical support who ended up directing me to the support / forums. I continued to read the p...more >>

dam a lot of filling out of forms just to get here!!! and dont use my address for any thing!!!!!!!! I use the internet for my reasons I do not have adobi flash player and at this point dont want it. hod do you stop it from downloading each time you go to a diffrent page this is very annoyin...more >>

A few days ago I installed Internet Explorer 7 from Microsoft's Update Center. When I visited a flash site, I realized I did not have flash installed so I installed it right away ((On one computer from a prompt to get it, the other computer from the adobe site directly)). Anyways, everytime ...more >>

:confused; Add-on Name: Flash9b.ocx consistently causes my Internet Explorer to fail. OS: Windows XP Professional, Build 2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519 (Service Pack 2). Internet Explorer 7 version 7.0.5730.11 w/Cipher Strength 128-bit. I'm visiting sites that allow for video viewin...more >>

I just receieved my computer back from the shop and everything works perfectly... except. Everytime I attempt to access the website www.myspace.com it says that the computer has encountered a problem with flash06.ocx and must close. I have to disable it as an add-on just to view the site, but ...more >>

How to disable 2nd monitor display... Does anyone know how to "turn off" the "automatic" display of Flash Player video onto my second display. I DO NOT want it to automatically display...I WANT it to just stay in the small video player window...typically found on MSN, Google and AOL page...more >>

i was watching some videos on youtube, and all of a sudden it prompeted me to download the latest version of flash player... but on the "download site" it says "click the install now button, etc, etc" BUT THERE IS NO INSTALL NOW BUTTON, and i cant seem to find any other way to download it, bec...more >>

I am getting the message: Our site requires Flash 8 in order to present you with the highest level of interactivity available. Please click here to visit the Macromedia site and download the free Flash player for your Web browser. I have Adobe Flash Player 9 ActiveX installed. Can anyone ...more >>

:sad; This is my first time to post here. I hope someone can help me out. I had Secundia Inspector scan on my pc and found old versions of flash player so I used uninstall_flash_player.exe to remove all old versions. I had 8 of them. All are gone except one is macromedia flash player 7.0.19.0 ...more >>

Does anyone know how to control Flash Player?? Where is the settings control panel?? ...more >>

I have just installed the newest version of Flash Player 9.x and still have a previous version of Macromedia Flash Player 6.x and Adobe Flash Player 9.x on my system that I would like to remove without removing the most recent version I just updated to and would like some help on this issue as...more >>

After installing the latest version of flash player (v 9,0,28,0): as soon as I connect to numerous websites (e.g. disney.com and SignOnSanDiego.com) A popup reports "Shockwave flash: The plugin has performed an illegal operation. You are strongly advised to restart Navigator". ...more >>

I have tried unsuccessfully 3 times to remove flash player 7 using the adobe removal tool. Does anyone have any suggestions to remove flash player 7? thanks very much....more >>

Hi, I created a FLV player to play remote .FLV movie. It works with Firefox but not with Internet Explorer 6 or 7. In fact, when I test it locally on my desktop with local (on my desktop) .FLV file, the movie player works in IE. The problem seems to be from my website when playing remote ...more >>

I run a dual monitor system... When I watch a video (typically news feeds from www.msn.com)...the video shows up on both monitors... I just loaded Flash 9... How can I tell Flash to NOT display video on both monitors at one time?? I just want to watch the video on my small monitor ...more >>

Is there a flashplayer for the blackberry 8100?? Where!?...more >>

Hi, I updated my FlashPlayer, and now there's over 20 sites I can't access now with Netscape 7.2. I used to be able to go anywhere on the web without a problem. Even in IE, there's some sites I can't get to. The error message I get is: Error info: Mod name: npswf32.dll mod version:9.0...more >>

I am getting a crash in Flash9b.ocx (everytime the control loads) with Internet Explorer 6 and Windows XP Profession SP2 (and I think I had the same issue with Flash Player 8 too). It appears to be an "invalid opcode" exception on an "emms" instruction (at 0x300511F5 when the module is loaded ...more >>

I guess everyone know that [b]wmode="transparent"[/b] causes a number of bugs in all browsers... The thing that interests me is the in-depth description of [b]non-latin input bug[/b], which is the most annoying one. In case someone is not aware of it, transparent mode disrupts non-latin in...more >>

I have a video flash player in my websites which reads the flv files from database to play them. As you all know, in IE you have to click the flash to activate it, but there is a javascript that disables this function. If I integrate it in my flash video player, I get the player but the video ...more >>

i am saving a flash document, and then burning it to disk on my mac. When i open the document from the disk, the file opens, but when i try to play movie, it comes up with, 'error creating flash movie file Be sure the destination file is not locked or on a locked drive. Also, check that the...more >>

I'm having this problem indicated in the emerging issues technote: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=4a8d52ae Flash Player confirmation page shows quotation mark (") after you install Flash Player Topic update: July 21, 2006 Executing this fix does not solve th...more >>

To all the technicians and all the boffs: PLEASE HELP ME, THIS IS MY 4th or 5th ATTEMPT AT THE SAME PROBLEM!!! First of all I am using Windows XP Home Edition SP2. I have IE 7 installed and have updated to flashplayer 9 from the adobe website and tried all their hints and tips like resinta...more >>

Hi all, As you're probably more than aware of, we are, as developers, in a transition phase from AS2 to AS3 and FP8 to FP9. I am well aware of the great new features of in AS3 and in the AVM2, but need to be able to convince my clients to go with FP9. Please help me list some of the key fe...more >>

Anyone ever install Adobe Flash Player 9.0 and it says it's installed, shows up as enabled on "manage add-ons", but websties say "need to install Flash Player 8.0", and I can't view vids, etc. I'm using IE 7. I've tried just about everything, including deleting from Registry per the Adobe do...more >>

When loading a 11.025hz MP3 file using the Sound object of AS3, the value of the 'Sound.length' property isn't correct... ONLY while the sound is loading. When the Sound is fully loaded, the 'Sound.length' property is gives the correct value. I do not mean that the Sound.length is smaller w...more >>

How do I install Flash Player 9, on clients that is not an administrator? Or do they need to be administrators?...more >>

I had been using Flash in all of my browsers on my iMac with no problems, when suddenly I got no sound on YouTube. A few checks showed that I now have no sound in Flash on any of my four browsers with any flash content. I've deleted, reinstalled, and tried every setting that I can find. No dic...more >>

this is the error i get when installing with the larger install_flash_player_active_x.msi. i cannot install with the adobe website and for some reason flash 9 works on other usernames on this computer... i have administrative privaledges so i cannot figure out why this wont work. everythin...more >>

When I download the new Flash Player, everything appears to be OK, files appear to be in the correct place and registry looks fine. The only problem I can find is when I go to C:/WINDOWS/Downloaded Program Files, right-click to look at the properties on the 'Shockwave Flash Object' and select...more >>