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Hello HamishAhern.  I also had the same problems that you are encountering with Flash Player 10.  I tried it all too.  I was so sick and tired of getting the 19166 error message for weeks on end as I tried everything to get Flash Player up and running.  Like you and many others out there, I am also dismayed by Adobe's poor response to this monumental problem.  On the advice that I received through a post on this forum, I downloaded Google Chrome (I had

never heard of Google Chrome before this).  Via Chrome, I was able to (finally) successfully install and run Flash Player.  I can only use Flash Player via the Google Chrome browser, but who cares.  It works.  At least I have Flash Player capability, after over a month without it.  Good-bye IE8; long live Google Chrome.

I have been begging Adobe to come up with an answer. I have two cases with them.  They have updated my case...whatever that means. I think if means they don't know HOW to help us.

Your senerio sounds exactly like mine. I, too, tried everything possible. I am using Google Chrome to get by until there is a fix. However, my earthlink email won't open things in Chrome, it only supports IE.

Let me know if anyone comes up with a fix.  dalkel2@msn.com

Thanks

Will these instructions work on Windows XP Professional computers?  If not, do you any instructions for Windows?

Thank you

Interesting, because I do not have those folders. The folder names skip from a D26 to a D28 name. And they skip from a 116 to a 118 in that series.

Marie

The adobe software designers in there wisdom set everyone deny permission on the problem keys...  So this means NO GO for GPO deployment of flash MSI for NON-Admin users.

But here is an easy FIX:  If you are already using GPOs create a policy for your computers to modify the permissions for those keys:

Once in the GPO for your computers you need to navigate to

•      Computer Configuration
•           Policies
•                Windows Settings
•                     Security Settings
•                          Registry

Once here you need to add the following keys and just make sure that everyone is NOT in the security:

CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000}

CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D27CDB70-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000}

MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{D27CDB6B-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000 }

Once you have the EVERYONE denied permission out of those keys make sure you choose the option to "propigate inheritable permissions to all subkeys"

exit out of your GPO

Run gpupdate on your test machine

test out your GPO based software deployment (control panel, programs, install program from network)

You should now be able to deploy an updated version of the flash player without any issues to all your non-admin users

-Dan

In my environment I have tested this on IE7 and IE8 machines with no problems... If you are not using GPOs you will have to be an administrator to install flash, but I rec. that you first use Adobe's tool to remove activex flash. Before installing 10.

See this link:

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html

The method I explained is for deploying a custom MSI of Flash VIA GPO.  (I guess I hijacked this thread - sorry...)

-Dan    

Are you using an account with membership to administrator group or the built in administrator account?

See this to enable the built in admin account: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-the-hidden-adminis trator-account-on-windows-vista/

what errors are you seeing?

-Dan    

I followed the adobe instructions but today I had to install flash again. I

am frustrated, too.