macromedia players flash: Maybe you have JavaScript tuned off?
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Jeckyl

ok my flash player doesnt seem to be working, i was trying to view some videos
on line(youtube.com) and it says "Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off
or an old version of Macromedia's Flash Player. Click here to get the latest
flash player. "...ok at first i was like ok ill follow directions and clicked
on there "here" button and it took me to the adobe flash player download, i
clicked "download now" and then it showed a little animation that says "Adobe
Flash Player Successfully Installed"...but i still cant view the stuff on
www.youtube.com, it says the same thing..."Hello, you either have javascript
turned off etc etc etc"

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=4a8d52ae try this link
for problems with flash 9. It might help although it didn't help me. My problem
is alittle different. I can install flash with admin. account and it works fine
but my user accounts cannot view flash. Been through all the forums, knowledge
bases, etc.. I'm not blaming adobe but flash worked fine until it upgraded to
flash 8.0.24, been problems ever since. Flash 9 has the same problem for me.

hi bobackwards!!!

Thank god im not the only one having the same problem. I have the EXACT
problem as you too. I cannot watch clips on youtube.com and all i get is the
sound! Its not just youtube, any other site that have embedded flash movies
dont work either! I see the flash movies for a split second then it will
disappear - am i right?

But I may have a solution for it. I say "may" because its not permanent -
well it wasnt for me!!! What I noticed is that for some reason, when you try
to uninstall flash player and have yahoo messenger running at the same time,
then it wont uninstall completely!! If you close yahoo messenger and exit it
also from your taskbar, then it will allow you to uninstall the flashplayer.
Now the steps here on, im not sure which order I did them in but they did fix
the problem for a couple of days. After succesful uninstallation, if you
restart windows, you should try and install flash player then it may work.
(Again i say "may" because it worked then and later my computer went back to
this same problem). Let me tell you also, that yahoo messenger asks you if you
want to install flash player after windows has restarted without you even goin
to the adobe website to download flash player (thats because i have it set up
to run yahoo messenger as soon as windows begins. I have the latest version of
yahoo messenger with the facility of adding many plug ins for games etc but
should it detect whether you have flash player or not, I dont know so thats why
I'm hinting that it may have something to do with yahoo messenger! Something
for adobe technicians to find about!!) Then from frustration i tried using the
pathetic help tips adobe give, ive uninstalled and re installed flash player so
many times I dont remember what order i did things in. I even phoned adobe to
ask for flash player help but theyre not willing to help and all the guy said
was that he cant help me anymore than what the website has which I thought was
just silly!!!Now im back in the same position as you are and I can get any help.

***A GOOD FIX***
I was fighting with this problem for months and finally found a good fix. This
is what I did:
1. Use the uninstaller at Adobe's Web site following the instructions given
here: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14157
2. Empty temporary files and internet cache and restart.
3. Download the latest FlashPlayer version 9 from Adobe's web site here:
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFl
ash

At this point check and be sure that you have a file named "Flash.ocx" in both
your Windows\ServicePackFiles\i386 and Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash folders,
as well as the "Flash9.ocx" in the Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash folder. If
you do, you have a good install.

4. Download Flash8.ocx from www.rrdownloads.net/Flash.zip (I'm sure this file
must be buried on Adobe's site somewhere, but I couldn't find; nonetheless,
this is a safe link)
5. Unzip the active x file into your Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash folder
6. In the same Windows folder, rename "Flash9.ocx" to Flash-9.ocx (or anything
else)
7. Then rename the Flash8.ocx (from the downloaded zip file) to Flash9.ocx

Restart et voila ... no more crash errors.

Also be sure you have Sun's Java J2SE Runtime Environment 5, Update 7
installed and any Pop Up or Ad Blockers turned off ... sometimes these will
interfere in viewing flash content.

Caution: This fix has worked for me on a WinXP Pro and WinXP Home O/S, running
IE6. I cannot vouch for any others. I hope it works for you!

I have the same problem as SJesMe but when I download Flash, I don't get the
animation that says "Adobe Flash Player Successfully Installed". It does show
up in my control panel so it's installed, right?. I tried the fix above but
still no luck. Javascript and ActiveX controls are enabled, and I have the
latest J2SE Runtime Enviornment Update. I turned off Norton's pop-up blocker
and the settings are on medium but still nothing. Any help would be greatly
appreciated.

**Gotta give SJesMe his DUE PROPS**
THANK YOU MY FRIEND! I struggled with this same problem for an hour after a
new WinXP Media Center Edition clean install and was pulling my hair before I
stumbled upon this post. Finally, this solution worked for me too! Keep up the
good work SJesMe - YOU DA MAN!!!!

*One note on this portion however:

"At this point check and be sure that you have a file named "Flash.ocx" in
both your Windows\ServicePackFiles\i386" folder.

*Owners with newer computers (like me) provided with WinXP SP2 PREVIOUSLY
INSTALLED will not find the "Windows\ServicePackFiles" subfolder. Install the
file in your "Windows\Driver Cache\i386" or wherever you find the "i386"
subfolder.

Also, I had to copy the "Flash.ocx" file manually to this folder as it was not
installed with the new Flash Player 9 install!

Good luck!

Hello,

I have the same problem as Bobbackwards.

I did steps 1-3 of SjesMe's method. The uninstall of Flash was successful. I
used Disk Cleanup in Accessories to clean out temporary internet files, etc.
Then on step 3 I clicked and installed the Flash Player. But I got the
quotation marks " " after I clicked "Download Now."

"At this point check and be sure that you have a file named "Flash.ocx" in
both your Windows\ServicePackFiles\i386 and Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash
folders, as well as the "Flash9.ocx" in the Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash
folder. If you do, you have a good install."

I then looked in the i386 folder and there was no Flash.ocx file. So what
happens if I do not have a Flash.ocx file in the i386 folder? What should I do?
Does this have something to do with the quotation marks " " appearing at the
Get Flash page after clicking Download Now?

I finally got flash to work after I
1. Uninstalled the flash Player With the uninstaller
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14157
2. reboot computer
3. remove safe versions from registry using regedit . follow the steps thru 4
then stop. DO NOT FOLLOW STEP 5 as this will just reinstall the imperfect flash
player 9 again.

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?event=view&id=KC.4a8d52ae&e
xtid=4a8d52ae&dialogID=157746351&iterationID=2&sessionID=9630212957305d4a5df8&st
ateID=1+0+157722798&mode=advanced
3. Reboot computer again.
4. Now go to this url and download flash player 7
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14266
5. Flash Player should now work.
6. Be very wary of Flash Player 9 untill they fix it.
Hope this helps.

:sad;
I still cannot get it to work on my PC!
I had a pop up come up saying there was an error with flash9.ocx and then it
closed all my browser pages. I clicked to view area in detail or the advance
area and it displayed the activeX controls.. I had opted to delete the flash
because I had the same error message come up several times before.
When I went into YouTube I realised I could not view ANY videos!
I then went into adobe to download the player again and it says it installed
but still nothing. I follwed the instructions posted in here and still nothing!

**Can you please help so I can view videos again!**

Sabz

:grin;
Thank you Thank you thegate55!! It worked like a treat and it's working again! I will be wary of the latest player version!
Mmmmwah :wink;

:grin;
Thank you Thank you thegate55!! It worked like a treat and it's working again! I will be wary of the latest player version!
Mmmmwah :wink;
Made me very happy!

Hello SJesMe, I just wanted to thank you for the help. My problem got fixed,
although I only unistalled version 9, rebooted my computer then installed
version 8 and voila, life is good and I'm watching movies on youtube again.
Thanks again!

thanks, it fixed it!

I also need help im trying to view myspace profile pages through vtunnel.com
but it wont allow me to see pictures or listen to the flash player. I tried
unistalling the flash player and installing the new version and it still doesnt
work! can someone tell me what i can do?