Check this out. Look at all the things in common with what you are trying to view. My websites unfortunately use basic preloaders to load content for low-bandwidth systems. The content on the same sites with no preloader run fine such as animated ads. Why would Adobe trash preloader code?..sec...more >>

Since myspace.com is the reason I upgraded to Flash Player 9, I sent them an email. Maybe they will have more of an impact on Adobe (since none of us are getting anywhere with them). I could go through my issues since the install, but if you're reading this, you're probably having the ...more >>

For the past few days, I've been getting an error "could not find the file 'flash.ocx.'" There is a button for OK and nothing else. I recently upgraded to flash 9 so I could run a game, and have been receiving the error ever since. I've tried uninstalling and restarting, then re-install...more >>

The Flash Player 9 Installer quits with the message that I have to install the intel mac version, but I don't have an intel mac! It's an ordinary iBook G4 1.07 GHz PowerPC with Mac OS X 10.4.7 installed. Is there a workaround to tell that Installer that I have a f* PowerPC?! That's really anno...more >>

I created a menu with buttons created with flash for a webpage. When the page loads and I scroll over my buttons that are supposed to change on the rollover, an active x help text message appears that says "Click to activate and use this control". When I click anywhere on the flash object all ...more >>

where the h&!! can I find a current version of SAFLASH (stand alone Flash Player) which works on the intel Mac. All I have is the version 6 that came with my Flash MX. All of the more current Flash Player downloads (8 and 9 beta) just install some sort of plugin into my browser (and that does...more >>

Hey guys, i downloaded the uninstaller and ran it like a million times, it just says that it couldnt uninstall at the time, and it can finish uninstalling once it restarts, but once i restart my computer it doesnt uninstall and it just does a never ending loop. Will some one please help me ...more >>

I just signed up for this so im not sure if i am even posting this in the right place. I was reading about other issues people were having with downloading flash player 9.0 and i'm having similar issues. When i try to download it....there are " " and no movie or anything shows up. I need to do...more >>

First of all, I don't know much about computers, so bear with me. Okay, here's what happened. About a month ago, my Flash Player was working perfectly (I assume I was using Flash 7.0). I could play Flash games, view Flash movies, it was working just fine. Then I visited a site that required ...more >>

Hi I have Flash Player 9 installed on my computer (Win XP) but there are various websites will still refuse to display Flash elements. I've spoken to a customer service rep who said they cannot offer telephone support and that I can only try the forums. So - if anyone has any ideas as...more >>

While trying to solve some Flash/IE installation problems, I have discovered that I can't delete the following file: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\Macromed\Flash\Flash9.ocx I've tried safe mode, "move on boot", BartPE, and nothing will get rid of this file. The read only attribute is set and cannot be...more >>

hi, i am running the macromedia flash player 9. and im getting some sound issues. it seems that the video that is playing works fine but there is no way to make the sound work. ive tried working the sound issues on control panel etc. any video that does live streaming. for example youtube.com ...more >>

My company (around 60 000 PC worldwide) is still with only flash 6 approved for installation. Recently Flash player 8 was submitted for review to be installed on the workstations. It came back with 2 pages of security issues and configuration I copy here the main concerns. - A License...more >>

Hi, there is a problem at salign with firefox. it works with i.explorer. here is the code: <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0" width="100%" height="100%" align="" title="...more >>

v7 came out when? 1-2 years ago?!? How long do we linux users have to wait for v9 or even v8 for that matter? For pete's sake, I know Adobe has to accomodate new technology like new cpus and versions of windoze/macosx. But if linux users are always going to be the very last priority under a...more >>

Hey guys, I don`t want to make another thread about the problems with flash, but I wanted to keep this seperated, since it specificly deals with Explorer 7. I have read alot of the other posts, and tried alot of the suggestions floating around, however nothing has worked so far. I am runni...more >>

When I visit a page that has either flash movies or quicktime movies, i get a pop-up that says "click to run an ActiveX control on this webpage". When I click "ok" to close the window, the flash movie doesn't play and I get the quicktime symbol with the question mark over it. I've installed ...more >>

I have been trying to watch the Toonami JetStream, thing but it says that I need to "Install the newest version of Flash". I have tried it atleast 3 or 4 times but it still says that I need to install it. Nothing went wrong when I installed it. Can someone please help me? :sad; ...more >>

Where can I get copy of macromedia flash player 7.0 so that I can re-load another older software program I prefer? I have to re-install my quickbooks pro 5.0 and it requires 7.0 version. It will not accept a newer version of flash player to facilitate a re-install. ...more >>

:frown; i have going crazy with no sound w/ Flash Player 8 or 9 in Internet Explorer (IE) with playing embedded video. this problem occurs with many websites with embedded youtube or other flash videos. the sound bar was set to zero, but even if i drag it to a higher level, there is no sound. ...more >>

I am trying to delete a backup I made of my hard drive and I am able to delete everything but one file in the following path. \windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\Flash8b.ocx When I try to delete the file I get an Access Denied error message. I am using XPsp2 and logged in as administrator. ...more >>

> Not sure what the big deal is The big deal is that it comes by default, and many people treat Flash as a trusted component and simply follow the defaults. Foolish I know, but that's how people are. More to the point, it is cheap and irresponsible of Adobe to take advantage in this way. ...more >>

When I play Bicycle Texas Hold'em on MSN games, it never fails that IE gives me an error message about Flash 9. This causes IE to close out in the middle of the game. I've tried uninstalling Flash 9, restarting my computer, then reinstalling Flash 9. This worked for a couple of days and the...more >>

I installed Flash 9 yesterday, and it says on the site and everything that I installed it successfully, but now every once in a while on my computer an error will pop up that says "Cannot find Macromedia Flash" but my computer says I have it! Can someone help me? :sad; ...more >>

ok, no doubt people will say, Adobe is not useless, Flash player 9 is coming soon? How can you say that? Linux flash player is still on version 7, I have emailed support, used the best language i could think of, asked nicely, used the forums, pm'd people and after a year, NOTHING ... and wh...more >>

I hate it when they do this. I HATE it when a company like Adobe/macromedia force feeds us an upgrade like Flash 9 that is not downgradable and does not provide links to the previous fully functional version. And now? Now I cannot View my Swish Max and Adobe's response. Tough S--t!!! Well...more >>

Why is the flash player for linux not updated yet??? Can anyone give me an explonation on that?...more >>

I have 8.0.24.0 on current systems and cannot for the life of me get it to install completely silent. Most of my installs are done after hours on systems when no one is logged in so it's critical to get the install completely unattended. If I run the MSI with /passive, the installer fir...more >>

i am new to flash and hope to be able to make a game on it in the future but i was doing the first tutorial with the circle and it worked fine but then i decided i wanted a cool movie like that at the start of my webpage so i went back and made a stickman walk to the center of the screen the s...more >>

I'm loading some swf files on my website and they all use the same code. They include the loop=true command but some loop and some don't. Does anybody have any idea why this would happen?...more >>

:disgust; Why do they attach the Yahoo search bar to the download of the Flash Player? It says you dont have to download the search bar, but if I uncheck the box, the download doesnt work! And if you go ahead and download the search bar, and then delete it later, the Flash Player quits worki...more >>

I've been considering installing Internet Explorer 7 in hopes that it might solve the Flash installation bug. Generally, I'm reluctant to go with Beta releases of critical software, but I might consider it if I thought that it would undo whatever is messed up with Flash. Anyone have any thou...more >>

I've been trying for more than a week, and countless hours, to resolve my non-working Flash player problem. To date, I think that I have tried every suggested remedy posted on Adobe's site, including uninstall with the latest uninstaller, restarts, registry clean-ups, etc. and followed all th...more >>

Hi All, I installed the latest opera 9 on my new intel mac. Then I tried to install the flash player 9 beta for intel mac. the player was correctly installed on all the browers (firefox, sarafi) except opera. There was no error messages shown during installation, but when I tried to view f...more >>

Hi, Upgraded from flash 8 to flash 9. Tried playing a flash game - cpu maxed out and game unplayable. Surfing some sites in tabbed browsers and CPU maxed out - took 3 hours to get control of machine - removed flash dll (only hack I could think of) and returned to same sites - CPU @ 2...more >>

I downloaded Mystery Case Files - Huntsville from Real Arcade. It crashes almost immediately. The Microsoft Online Crash Analysis says: Solution Found - Update Flash Player. So I went to Macromedia & first uninstalled the old FP, following all the directions, & downloaded & installed...more >>

Trying to install QB 2005. It asks for Flash Player 7 and tells me to go to Macromedia. No FP 7 but there is an FP 9. I installed that but QB will not install....more >>

After installation of Adobe Flash player 8 and 9 and normal operations of Windows XP the following message came on: ?Could not find the macromedia flash?. How can i solve this problem? ...more >>

Hi, Here is the problem I live on OS X using latest (.16) Flash 9 and its standard browser (Safari). Sites including my bank claim I don't have flash installed. It includes Dolby labs too. I heard there is a script bug on those sites which has problem seeing further than flash 8. M...more >>

After successfully deploying Flash Player 8 throughout the network using the MSI with Group Policy I assumed the upgrade to Flash Player 9 would go smoothly. I integrated Flash Player 9 into the Group Policy which automatically realised it would upgrade Flash Player 8 (WOW - I was impressed th...more >>

is anybody still having trouble downloading it, because i am! Can anybody help, please!!!!!!!!!!!!??????? it just doesn't work and i am so mad!!...more >>

Does anyone know if Adobe has a MSI available for Flash Player version 9? I know that there is a MSI available for version 8.x? Thank you!...more >>

Installed the new Flash player and got Yahoo Toolbar with it. I never clicked any link that said I'd like to get that too, I never was asked if I wanted it, it just got installed as an extra. Now, here comes the big question: How do I get rid of that (unwanted) extra installation? Clicki...more >>

Something recently has happened with my Internet Explorer that I don't understand to well. Seems now with every site I visit including my own site. When the page loads and I move my mouse over the flash areas, a white outline appears around the flash area and a box pops up saying "Press your s...more >>

I've read that FP9 is "buggy", but I'd say it's just a downright POS. It crashes IE6 a couple of times each day. This is a BOPITA!!! Where can I get a copy of FP8 until Adobe fixes this POS???...more >>

I'm currently developing with Flex Builter 2 final version and Flash Player 9. (OS is Windows XP Traditional Chinese version) But the debugging message are displayed in Chinese language which made it very hard to check in the manual or search on google. I wonder if there's a way to forc...more >>

On websites that use flash player for chat. Web cam slows down and microphone quits working after a few seconds. I am using Windows XP, IE 7, and Flash 9. Any ideas?...more >>

This may be long but support from Adobe has been non-existent. I tried to upgrade my Flash version 7 to version 9. I got the prompt to install and instead of a Flash movie saying it was successfully installed I get a quote (") instead where it should be. That is it. Now, after following a...more >>

I am sorry for installing Flash Player 9, becouse I am install problems. I have some pages which is maked in SwishMax and now i can`t see this pages, only black screen. Very useful, now I can read topics, helps, manuals, support pages and try back Flay Player 7. ...more >>

I've discovered a major problem that I haven't heard anyone else talking about yet. When you use the "Anti-aliasing for readability" setting for a textbox in Flash 8 over a semi-transparent background and then set the window in your HTML page to "transparent", Player 9 shows a distinctive bor...more >>