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The ActiveX control for Flash Player could not be registered

Oct 27, 2011 4:52 PM

I purchased an Avid M-Box recently, and it comes with ProTools software.  I cannot open the ProTools software because it needs the latest version of Flash Player for IE installed.

 

Every time I try to install the latest version on IE, I get the error:  "The ActiveX control for Flash Player could not be registered"

 

I've tried multiple troubleshooting steps, and cannot seem to get this to work, and I'd really like to be able to use the software that I paid for.

 

I'm running:

 

Windows 7 SP1, 64-Bit

IE version 8

 

PLEASE HELP!

 
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    Oct 27, 2011 5:56 PM   in reply to trumpetboi88

    Did you run the installer as an Administrator user?

     

    If yes, have you tried http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/494/cpsid_49419.html ?

     

    See also the ongoing topic with the same subject http://forums.adobe.com/thread/910774

     
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    Oct 28, 2011 8:25 PM   in reply to trumpetboi88

    When you ran SubInACL, did you get any errors?

     
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    Oct 31, 2011 12:52 AM   in reply to trumpetboi88

    Thank you for the SubInACL logs; it seems that it did everything that it could (for the keys it could find).

     

    You may have a similar situation like the user in http://forums.adobe.com/thread/910774

     

    Would you be willing to go through the same procedure (using Process Monitor) and send the output to me?  I will send you a PM with my private email address.

     
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    Oct 31, 2011 7:21 PM   in reply to trumpetboi88

    That is a good question!

     

    What I did with the log file from the other topic, I searched for "ocx" (the ActiveX Control), and I could not find any occurrence.

     

    I then compared it with the procmon log of a successfull installation on my system, then figured our that key {D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000} has not been created.

     

    As I wrote to you via email, I'll have to travel to Europe tomorrow, so I don't know when I can have a look at your procmon log.  If you want to try yourself, and compare it to my log file, I will try to attach it to this post.  (It is only 2MB, compared with your 700MB.)

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    Nov 11, 2011 8:55 PM   in reply to Pat Willener

    I have received the ProcMon logfile, thank you.

     

    Unfortunately you ran the AIH installer (install_flashplayer11x64ax_gtbd_aih.exe) instead of the full installer.

     

    Can you try again with the latest installer from http://forums.adobe.com/thread/909550 (install_flash_player_11_active_x_64bit.exe) - this installer should create a much smaller logfile.

     
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    Nov 13, 2011 4:20 PM   in reply to trumpetboi88

    Sorry, I see only the 335MB file from Nov 11.

     
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    Nov 13, 2011 4:32 PM   in reply to trumpetboi88

    Thank you; I see it now.  Downloading...

     

    I will not have much time to look at it today; hopefully tomorrow.

     
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    Nov 22, 2011 12:18 AM   in reply to trumpetboi88

    Sorry it took me so long to look at the procmon log; I am a bit busier than usual these days.  Also, looking through that 120MB file is quite a task; thank you for your patience.

     

    Having spent most of the afternoon in that logfile, I still don't see where the failure is.  Or why it is that long...

     

    One thing I noticed from the first page: many items - files, registry entries - are locked by Avast.  Can you try to run the installer with Avast temporarily disabled?

     
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    Nov 23, 2011 5:26 PM   in reply to trumpetboi88

    Thanks; I have received it.  It's a tiny little bit smaller, but obviously the problem did not go away.

     

    I had a quick look at it, and I have to admit that I do not understand what is going on there.  When I compare it with an install log from my system, it is completely different.  Mine goes straight into installing; your log shows it's doing a thousand other things aside from installing.

     

    I think I will ask someone from the Adobe team to look into it.

     
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    Nov 30, 2011 4:02 PM   in reply to trumpetboi88

    Steve,

    Thanks for all the work you've done so far.  I'm sorry you're having to go through so much to get Flash Player installed.  I've forwarded this along to our installer team.  Could you send me (ccampbel@adobe.com) a link to the dropbox file and would it be possible to get a copy of your installer log?

     

    Thanks

    Chris

     
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    Jan 1, 2012 3:27 AM   in reply to trumpetboi88

    Sorry you have to wait so long, but Adobe is closed for almost two weeks.

     

    Can you try if this fixes your problem: http://support.microsoft.com/mats/Program_Install_and_Uninstall

     
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