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Did you miss BWolfe Adobe employee post of 9/4/09 with subject "TECHNOTE ANNOUNCEMENT?" Adobe is well aware of the problems

and are working on it. BWolfe has important information listed there; there are two separate issues, Please read this latest TECHNOTE

ANNOUNCEMENT. Thanks.

Hi.. I had Adobe Flash Player 10..it was accidentally deleted and have not been able to re-install...I have been trying everything that has been suggested in here to no avail as yet...Unfortunately ..it is beginning to become too technical for me and I dont know what to do...is there any chance you could please help me understand step by step what I need to do to reinstall the flash player?? I would so appreciate it..It is beginning to drive me nuts as I have spent the last 4 days on this and I am beside myself with frustration....I have contacted adobe support but get no reply...I need some help  as I really need to get the flash player back, up and running....thankyou..pls keep reply bullet point, simple step by step for computer dummies such as myself...tytyty....

thanks for trying, but i do not get any flash activityin the regmon program. several other suggestions in the forum did not work either, i did all updates available, but sp3 will not install. some of the other suggestions i came across are too technical for me. but i don't give up easily so i will continue. just to note, i went back to firefox and it installs with no problem! However not all sits support firefox, and explorer still won't install

10-3-09

For what it is worth I had exactly the same problem - "failed to register".  After searching the web and trying to get Adobe support (what a hopeless and frustrating task that was) I found this post.  I followed it to the letter and 'bingo' it worked.  You folks are geniuses.

My experiences if I may.  When I tried to download Regmon I was directed to Process Monitor.  I downloaded it and it worked fine.  I was able to find the registers to audit by doing a control F and searching for 'denied'.  I ran rededt32 and changed the permissions as instructed.  However, after changing all the permissions and running Process Monitor I got what looked like the same error!  It was the same except CLSID was at the end of the string.  I had to expand the register entry and change the CLSID permissions as well.

Changing all the permissions took close to an hour but it was worth it. 

Thanks again.

No worries Ken, thanks for letting me know...I stumbled across the solution and I regard myself pretty much computer illiterate!! Sometimes the simple things really are the best...cheers..Wolf

Fire up regedt32 means go to Start --> run --> type regedt32 --> OK, by this regedt32 will load the registry editor similar to regedit. U need to use Regmon to check the flash installer access to registry, this is the reason why u need to run regmon before starting the flash plugin installation. when the installation fails as usual, the regmon will have the log of for which registry strings the access is denied. u need to locate those strings in regedt32 window, (may be u r missing here) inside the registry editor window locate those strings --> right click on that --> permissions then enable the permissions for your id. get back for further assistance

have added regmon with this post

not able to upload regmon, google for sysinternals regmon

Ken, thankyou so much..still sounds like double dutch but will follow your clear instructions and see how we go..thanks again..cheers...Wolf

THANKS BADPROGRAMMER...MUCH APPRECIATED..

To all and anyone. I had trouble with flash player. I tried several of the suggestions, including the regmon program to find the install errors. I found the errors, and corrected them ( I think) No Luck. I tried to update to explorer 8, would not install. Tried to install service pac 3 for XP. would not install. After the second try It told me I was missing windows installer files. Thereafter microsoft site had me in a loop. . downloaded and installed missing files, sent me back to updater, told me i didn't have windows installer files. I worked with windows programmer (through e-mail. including links to installer files, and sending files and screenshots of error messages.

They sent me to a systems person.

 At this point I was pretty sure how I would solve this, so I made sure I removed anything I wanted on the computer. At this point windows was definitely not working properly, because I had trouble sending files to CD or memory stick. Luckily I uploaded all photos to Kodak Gallery so I would not lose those I still had on My computer.

At this point the systems person sent me a separate link to download another version of the installer files, and wanted me to install it in safe mode. Well the computer froze upon installation, and would not reboot.

To make a long story short , I ended up reinstalling My system disc from Dell, Including replacing Windows XP. Dell was great and helped me install several drivers I needed.

It's like I have a new computer again.

I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS WAS CAUSED BY SOMETHING I DID IN TRYING TO REPAIR THE INSTALL OF FLASH OR POSSIBLY THE FAILURE OF THE SERVICE PAC 3. MAKE SURE YOU BACK UP IMPORTANT STUFF ELSEWHERE IN CASE THIS HAPPENS TO YOU.

PS

PS. AFTER REINSTALLING WINDOWS, ALL UPDATES INSTALLED WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM. AND FLASH PLAYER WORKS GREAT.

THIS IS AN EXTREME MEASURE, BUT MAY BE THE ONE FOR YOU!

THANKS

TJGJ3

thanks mate..badprogrammers guide for dummies is up and running....cheers

BadProgrammer,

You solutions totally worked for me...  I have flash once again!

Just for a recap:

The Problem I was having  was that when the Flash Installer went install the OCX if would fail...Here's my steps to fix the issue:

1. I downloaded the Process Monitor from Sysinternals
2. Started Process Monitor
3. Started the Flash Installer (It failed)
4. Closed the Flash Installer
5. Did a search for Access Denied in Process Manager
6. Chose the First Acces Denied error for Flash
7. Right Click on the error and choose properties
8. Took note of the Registry location for the error
9. Opened the registry editor and found the specific registry key
10. Right Clicked on the registry key and select permissions
11. Gave full permissions to the Adminstrators Group
12. Reran Flash installer and Successfully installed Flash

Hope the steps help the next person in line get past the Install