I have the same problem.  I can run 11.1.102.55 but not 11.1.102.62 because of this same error message.

Currently the version I have that your web site shows I have.

The error message from the 11.1.102.62 intaller.

Last year, Windows Update accidentally offered Win2K systems a C++ runtime update that replaced a DLL with one that contained XP-only calls. I go thit by that and had to replace the bad DLL with the older one.

I wonder if the installer has it's own copy of that DLL and is using it. If it's not completely bound in, I wonder if it could be found in a temp directory if the installer extracts a bunch of files. Could you cancel/terminate the installer, find the DLL, and either replace it with a Win2K compatible version, or just delete it so it uses the main system copy?

Hi out there,

there's a way to install newest updates anyway. There exists a wrapper which includes used procdure call.

You may find a howto on my blog

http://www.ortwinpinke.de/2012/02/29/adobe-flash-player-11110262-unter -windows-2000-installieren/

But i also would prefer a solution for a "normal" installation under win2000.

regards from germany

Ortwin

Doh! Of course, thanks.

Funny: I logged into my computer today, and Adobe popped up saying Flash needs to be udpated!!

Wow, what a lovely bunch of people you are! Pat, I shall attempt the above tonight. Your instructions seems very clear, but my brain is something else (not clear, that is).

I used a "test" Windows 2000 pc and was able to download and install the "WRAPPER" program via its installation batch file.  On my first try I was unable to install the latest version of flash and got the same "SetDllDirectoryW..." error when I launched the installer, so I uninstalled the "WRAPPER" via its uninstallation batch file.  This particular test pc has two partitions (C: and S:) and I had extracted the zip file (using my favorite 7-zip program from http://www.7-zip.org ) onto the S: partition.  I thought it might not have liked that, so I copied it to the C: partition and tried the installation batch file from there.  Once again I got the "SetDllDirectoryW..." error, so I read over the README.TXT file.  (It always kind of scares me a little when I see typos and bad English in files like that, but I know programmers might excel in coding more than in grammar.)  I read something about needing to reboot, so I tried that.

Yes.  You need to reboot after installing the "WRAPPER" program via its installation batch file before you try to install the Flash Player.

I was hoping the pc would start up OK (it did), so I tried the installation again following the reboot.  Flash version

11.1.102.62 failed with the following "Unable to locate DLL" error:  "The dynamic link library d3d9.dll could not be found in the specified path ..."  So I decided to try flash version 10.3.183.15 instead.

OK.  Putting Flash v10's installation programs into the "bin" folder and running them from there worked!

Here are the MD5 hashes for the files I used (I put a "Z" at their beginnings so they'd go to the bottom of the list):

d515fa4149ef0d2d2f32aff4fd274aa4 *Zinstall_flash_player.exe

8f3c6c389b21d999ccbb079aa6e15c45 *Zinstall_flash_player_ax.exe

I think I tried the v11 files again but got the error about not being able to find the d3d9.dll file.  I then removed the "WRAPPER" program via its unistallation batch file and rebooted and all was well.  (I probably didn't have to do that -- I just wanted to see what would happen.)  Granted, this is a test machine and I would probably totally ghost any of my "good" pc's before I modify them like this, although I would think it's probably safe to throw caution to the wind with this "WRAPPER" thing and install it, use it, and then keep it installed.

In case you're wondering what you see when you install the "WRAPPER" program via its installation batch file, here are the lines I saw (I was a little anxious initially when I saw the "system could not find the file specified" line, but it was OK.):

---------------------------------------- TOP of what you can expect to see ----------------------------------------

This script will create a folder C:\XPDLL and add it to your

system's PATH environment variable.  Your registry will be changed so

ExcludeFromKnownDlls is 'KERNEL32 ADVAPI32 SHELL32 USER32'.

C:\XPDLL will be overwritten if already exists. Ok?

[y,n] y

Creating directory...

The system cannot find the file specified.

Copying files...

C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\ADVAPI32.DLL ---> C:\XPDLL\ADVAPI32_ORG.DLL

        1 file(s) copied.

C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\KERNEL32.DLL ---> C:\XPDLL\KERNEL32_ORG.DLL

        1 file(s) copied.

C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\SHELL32.DLL ---> C:\XPDLL\SHELL32_ORG.DLL

        1 file(s) copied.

C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\USER32.DLL ---> C:\XPDLL\USER32_ORG.DLL

        1 file(s) copied.

C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\WS2_32.DLL ---> C:\XPDLL\WS2_32_ORG.DLL

        1 file(s) copied.

C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\WTSAPI32.DLL ---> C:\XPDLL\WTSAPI32_ORG.DLL

        1 file(s) copied.

C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\IMM32.DLL ---> C:\XPDLL\IMM32_ORG.DLL

        1 file(s) copied.

Wrapped system32 files installed

Setting PATH

C:\XPDLL added to the PATH

Setting ExcludeFromKnownDlls

Press any key to continue . . .

------------------------------------ BOTTOM of what you can expect to see --------------------------------------

So there you go.  You could probably safely use this route to update your Windows 2000 pc's version of Adobe Flash Player to the most up-to-date version 10 that you can get from these links:

http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/completion/?installer=Flash_Player_10 _for_Internet_Explorer

http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/completion/?installer=Flash_Player_10 _for_Other_Browsers

When I checked my Flash version at http://www.abobe.com/software/flash/about it was v10.3.185.15.

Of course, with all this said, I'd rather just have Adobe provide a working version of the Flash 10 installer so we don't have to jump through hoops provided by a benevolent stranger to update to a safe version on our Windows 2000 pc's.

Message was edited by AcroNot to correct the typo in the last URL listed.  The Flash Player version check should be ---> http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about

Ok...For anyone that is interested.. I have Flash Player 11.1.102.63 installed on W2KSP4 using BlackWingCat's KnownDllsWrapper .96k EZinstall available at

http://www7.atwiki.jp/win2000/pages/17.html

I used the EZInstall method as follows:

Create a Temp folder and place the "install_flash_player_32bit.exe" and/or "install_flash_player_ax_32bit.exe" in there (It probably makes sense to make the folder a permanent location as you will be able to just place new install files in there when updates come out)

Run kdllinst from the KnownDllsWrapper package. Choose your Temp folder as the EZINstall folder in the top dialog section, choose kernal32 from the main installer window, and check EZ KD registry from the right hand side. (This will add registry entries for ExcludeKnownDlls and allow the installer to use the wrapper dlls located in the Temp install Folder)

REBOOT the machine. (This MUST be done)

Go into the Temp folder and install the update(s).

As of now it seems that only the installer has the SetDllDirectoryW dependency issue. If at some point down the line the flash executables start having Win2K dependency issues an EZInstall with the required wrapper dlls will need to be made to the flash install folder, but that is not the case at this point.

Hope this helps. Post if you run into any problems.

Message was edited by: J Fortune And of course if you have something installed that protects registry changes like spybot or webroot then you will have to allow the changes or disable before doing the EZinstall to allow the EZ KD registry patch to complete.

Amen!

- Sent from my HTC -

Thanks, Chris, for helping us out to the degree you are able.  It is appreciated.  :-)

Here's something else I just found today from which the rest of you Windows 2000 users might get a chuckle:

Yep.  Good old Windows 2000.

The door to the new economy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCzBS11xPkQ

Mrs Clift wrote:

 

Hi Ortwin, clicked on your link but sadly my German is not that good Have same problem as M_Miller and would like some help. Will go and vote re bug,

Thanks

Hi Mrs Clift,

sorry for that and for the late reply. I have not checked my subscriptions due to illness.

I will try to add an english translation to my blog entry within the next days. Thx for your feedback.

regards from germany

Ortwin

andyross63 wrote:

 

Instead of all this wrapper stuff, how easy (or hard) would it be to copy the installed Flash files from another install on XP or whatever and put them on the Win2K computer. Is that all that is really needed? We just need to find out where the files actually are and which ones need to be updated.

and what registry entries need to be modified. I agree with this line of thought. I searched extensively for some information on a "manual installation" method.

Maybe if someone from Adobe could post a comprehensive list of the install files, where they need to be located, and any additional requirement (like modification to registry entries) we could create a "manual installation" method that would allow updates to be made to W2K installs without needing to resort to wrappers just to run the installer. Anyone have this information?