Adobe Community: Adobe Flash Player 10 ActiveX and Adobe Flash Player Plugin

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1. Pat Willener,

May 4, 2011 7:37 PM in reply to AdobeX100

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Download it from http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/fp_distribution3.html

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2. Pat Willener,

May 4, 2011 7:39 PM in reply to AdobeX100

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P.S. just to clarify: the ActiveX and plugin are two separate installers.

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3. AdobeX100,

May 4, 2011 8:05 PM in reply to Pat Willener

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It's pretty confusing.

Do you know what the difference is between Adobe Flash Player

10 ActiveX and Adobe Flash Player Plugin?

I checked out the page associated with the link you provided

and there are several download links. Do you know which link

is for the Adobe Flash Player Plugin?

Thank You For Your Help.

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4. Pat Willener,

May 4, 2011 8:19 PM in reply to AdobeX100

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The ActiveX is for Internet Explorer, and the plugin is for all other browsers (Firefox, Opera, Safari, etc.).

Google Chrome does not require Flash Player to be installed, as it is preinstalled in Chrome.

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5. AdobeX100,

May 4, 2011 8:42 PM in reply to Pat Willener

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The system is only about 5 months old. It came with IE8 and Chrome preinstalled.

Chrome 11.0.696.60 and I haven't used it. (Not even once)

Is it possible that the Flash Player Plugin originally listed in - uninstall or change a program -

was intended for that version of the Chrome browser?

I think the plugin may have also been preinstalled. Since I don't have any other browsers

installed I do not know what else it could have been used for.

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6. Pat Willener,

May 4, 2011 8:54 PM in reply to AdobeX100

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You are confusing me now; I thought you just want to install the plugin...?

So is it installed? In Firefox go to http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/ - can you see the Flash animation, and the installed version information below?

In C:\Windows\syswow64\Macromed\Flash - what files do you have there?

P.S. if you install the plugin, it will not replace the FP version in Chrome.

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7. AdobeX100,

May 4, 2011 9:34 PM in reply to Pat Willener

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These are the files listed in the folder.

Flash10p.ocx

FlashInstall.log

FlashUtil10p_ActiveX.dll

FlashUtil10p_AciveX.exe

I originally uninstalled Flash Player 10 ActiveX and the Flash Player Plugin

thinking they would both be reinstalled with the newer version. When I installed

the newer version of Flash Player 10 ActiveX I noticed the Plugin was missing

and wondered what happened to it. I didn't know it needed to be downloaded

seperatly and I also didn't know what it was for exactly. As it is right now

everything works and since I'm not using any other browser - downloading

the Plugin isn't required. At least now I have an idea what the Plugin it was

intended for and know it's not needed.

Thank You.

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8. Pat Willener,

May 4, 2011 10:01 PM in reply to AdobeX100

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From the files you listed I see that you don't have the plugin installed.

If you want Flash Player to work on Firefox, then you need to install the plugin.

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9. AdobeX100,

May 4, 2011 10:11 PM in reply to Pat Willener

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I found the file on the page to the link you provided and now know what the Plugin was for.

Thanks again for your help.

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10. AdobeX100,

May 4, 2011 10:20 PM in reply to Pat Willener

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I'm not using Firefox. I'm using IE8 (against the better judgement of others)

I actually prefer it because I'm so familiar with it. I know what the Plugin is

for now. I saved the executable file (install_flash_player_10.exe) to a folder.

If I need it I'll install it. You answered my questions and cleared things up.

Thanx.

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