Everytime I download Macromedia Flash Player is disapears! No where to be
found! I try doing a search and it say its' not there. It downloads properly
but after a few days it's gone! I always check Add and Remove programs to make
sure it's there and it is for a few days. When I download the uninstaller from
the site, it uninstalls it! The I reinstall it and its fine for a few days. The
only reason I know it's not there, is when I go to youtube to view a particuler
video and youtube says you need Flash Player to view and you need to have Java
script on, which I do! Am I missing something here? I'm just getting tired of
the uninstall and reinstall. Is anyone else having this problem?

Thanks for adding a message to my Topic! Unfortunately my knowledge of all this
is virtually nil, all I know is that a week ago I could watch video clips (not
just youtube) and now I can't ....I keep getting directed to the Adobe site to
install stuff but it never seems to install properly....at least I still can't
see videos afterwards. I've tried uninstalling 'Flash Player 9 Active X' and
'Shockwave Player' then installing again but no luck.

Let's hope we can get some more help!

PLEEEEEZ.....ANYONE!!! SAME PROBLEM.....I have a practically new Dell, all
the bells and whistles, no idea why flashplayer will not install. I can not use
youtube, yahoo videos, ANYTHING that requires flash player....It says my=ust
download, I select download, NOTHING.......HELP!@#@!&#&#&#%

I have this problem, too, as I just updated to Flash 9 today. It's interesting
to note that wherever a flash instance should be (be it a video, game, or even
the little flash that's supposed to play after you install the flash player)
there is simply a white field. However, if I right click in that white field,
it brings up a menu that says "About Flash Player 9". So it IS installed, but
it's just not working with anything. Also, whith the flash I've downloaded, it
will play in a Flash Player 9 standalone player, but not in a browser (in this
case, IE).

I've having this issue in IE7 for Windows Vista.

The Adobe trigger page says the ActiveX control is installed and it displays
the test content. However, all other web sites display the [i]install
plugin[/i] message.

Using the Adobe Flash uninstaller helps -- somewhat -- I can install the
plugin again and it appears to be fine. The Flash Player install appears in
'Programs and Features' and in IE7s 'Managed Add-ons'.

As I said, it's fine -- for awhile at least -- then it just randomly
disappears (or unregisters itself?!?)

Wow! I had no idea this many people were having the same problems! So why then
is Adobe not working on this problem? Is it a result of IE 7? I upgraded to IE
7, than uninstalled it because I was having so many problems with it. I went
back to IE6. I had not discovered the problem with Macromedia Player till I
went to veiw a video on youtube and couldn't! That is when all this mess
happened. I'm sick and tired of unintalling and reinstalling it!

OK The powers at be need to fix this!

I actually upgraded to IE7 thinking the flash problem might be an issue with
IE6.
They could at least have instances of Flash Player 8 around for us to download
to fall back on until things get fixed.

The standalone of Flash Player 9 got messed up with all the uninstalling and
reinstalling I did. Then I downloaded a manual install of Flash Player 8,
uninstalled Flash Player 9, and installed 8. However, for some reason, 8 did
not get integrated into IE as a plugin. At least I have a stand alone flash
player that works, tho. If I need to view a flash in a browser, I'm forced to
use Firefox to view it.

There is a FP8 for non-linux/unix platforms

There never was a FP8 for Linux/unix.. it jumped straight from 7 to 9
--
Jeckyl

Same problem. Lately when I visit many websites I've been getting a message
telling me that I should install the Adobe Flash Player. Until a few weeks ago
I've had no problem playing video on the web. I know nothing

about Java or the Flash Player and the only possible changes (as far as I
know) that may have been made before this problem arose would have been an
update of some kind that my system notified me was available for download. One
site in particular is Youtube.com. When I visit it I get this message:

"Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of
Macromedia's Flash Player. Get the latest flash player."

Details:

I click on 'Get the latest flash player' and I'm brought to an Adobe Flash
Player download page:
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFl
ash

I click 'Download Now' and an 'Internet Explorer - Securtiy Warning' pops up
giving me the option to install Adobe Flash Player. I choose 'Install' and the
'Securtiy Warning' window disappears. Now nothing else happens. I'm given no
indication of success or failure and I get the same 'Download Flash Player'
message when I revisit the site. After reading through the information dealing
with 'download failure' I have downloaded and ran the 'Flash Player Uninstall
Tool'. I then restarted my computer, tried reinstalling the Flash Player, but
had the same results. If I go to START> CONTROL PANEL> ADD OR REMOVE PROGRAMS
the Flash Player is in the list of installed programs.

I don't know what information may be relevant so I'll just mention this. In
the list of currently installed programs is 'Java 2 Runtime Environment, SE
v1.4.2_03' and three updates 'J2SE Runtime Environment

5.0 Update 6' and 'J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 9' (both are 119 MB)
and J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 10 (120 MB). I wonder if Java is
somehow turned off but I'm basically at a loss as what to do next. Any
information or advice would be greatly apprectiated. This is [i]very[/i]
frustrating.

[q][i]Originally posted by: [b][b]Broken Link[/b][/b][/i]
Same problem. Lately when I visit many websites I've been getting a message
telling me that I should install the Adobe Flash Player. Until a few weeks ago
I've had no problem playing video on the web. I know nothing about Java or the
Flash Player and the only possible changes (as far as I know) that may have
been made before this problem arose would have been an update of some kind that
my system notified me was available for download.

<Edited>

I don't know what information may be relevant so I'll just mention this. In
the list of currently installed programs is 'Java 2 Runtime Environment, SE
v1.4.2_03' and three updates 'J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 6' and 'J2SE
Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 9' (both are 119 MB) and J2SE Runtime
Environment 5.0 Update 10 (120 MB). I wonder if Java is somehow turned off but
I'm basically at a loss as what to do next. Any information or advice would be
greatly apprectiated. This is [I]very[/I] frustrating.[/q]

We might be onto something here... I've uninstalled the J2SE Runtime
Environment from my Vista computer and the Adobe Flash ActiveX control hasn't
done its disappearing trick on me. (Well, not yet at least!)

I can do without the Java plugin for the time-being, but Adobe Flash Player is
essential for web browsing!

Note to: [i]Broken Link[/i]
You can uninstall the previous J2SE Runtime Enviroment Updates and just keep
the most recent.

Besides this topic I've also posted in one other. I've heard mention of using
other web browsers besides IE7 (Firefox, Opera, Mozilla) in order to be able to
view video on the web. I've been hesitant to try anything new because I'm a
novice when it comes to this stuff, but some people present this as an option
that works for them. I still wasn't sure what to do so I asked about the pros
and cons of switching from IE7. The opinions seem to vary but I've been
informed that it is possible to keep and use IE7 along with another browser of
my choice. For instance, using IE7 for usual web searches and Firefox for video
on Youtube. I haven't tried this myself but until the IE7 issue is resolved I
see this as my best option.

@arcains
Thanks for the info about deleting previous Java updates. I was unsure if it
was safe to do so and they were starting to pile up. Later guys.

Same problem here!! I have Windows Vista and I can't find Flash Player anywhere on my computer. I've tried downloading it over and over again, it says it's installed but I can't view any flash content. I don't know if it's Adobe or IE, but one of these guys need to fix it!!!!

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