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[Guest]

I have Windows 7-64bit and IE 9. A few days ago, I got a popup asking if I want an Adobe Flash update. I answered Yes, and it supposedly installed successfully; yet, every time I go into a page with flash, Adobe tries to reinstall the same update again and again. Chrome works fine, but some websites only render properly in IE. I've so far spent two days on this. It's driving me crazy!

Steps I took to in an unsuccessful attempt to resolve:

• I went into http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/find-version-flash-player.html to confirm that I had the latest version of Flash Player.
• I ran the Adobe Flash Uninstaller.
• Java version was old, so uninstalled Java.
• I deleted four folders: C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash, C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash, %appdata%\Adobe\Flash Player, and %appdata%\Macromedia\Flash Player.
• In Folders System32 & SysWOW64, I made sure I have no more flash*.exe or flash*.cpl files.
• I uninstalled IE 9 (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/how-do-i-install-or-uninstall-internet-explorer-9 ). This caused rollback to IE 8.
• I restarted my laptop.

• I ran cCleaner64 for both the laptop users, to delete all temp files. Also ran it on the registry.
• I ran Norton quickscan.
• I turned off Norton's firewall & antivirus,and disabled all SpywareBlaster protection.
• I ran SuperAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes quickscans.
• Restarted.

• Reset Internet Zone to its defaults. Turned off IE SmartScreen filter. Enabled Protected Mode. Again, I turned off Norton's firewall & antivirus.
• I reinstalled Java.
• I reinstalled Flash Player from Adobe.com,allowing Adobe to install updates automatically.
• I closed IE.
• I reenabled Norton
• I tried with IE 8. Same problem.

• I disabled Norton and Protected Mode.
• I uninstalled and reinstalled Flash Player again. Same problem.

• Turned on Protected Mode. Same problem.
• Updated to IE 9 and tested. Same problem.
• Turned on SmartScreen filter.

Please help!!!

[RickCP]

Woao... it seems you've unluckily tried too many changes already. Lets start where you ended:

LindaSue365 wrote:

I have Windows 7-64bit and IE 9...

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• I reinstalled Java. <-------------------------------------- What version?
• I reinstalled Flash Player from Adobe.com <---------- What version?

• I disabled Norton and Protected Mode.
• I uninstalled and reinstalled Flash Player again. Same problem.

• Turned on Protected Mode. Same problem.
• Updated to IE 9 and tested. Same problem.
• Turned on SmartScreen filter.

Try from here >

< Enabling Flash Player in Internet Explorer 9 >

  http://forums.adobe.com/thread/885448?tstart=0

< ActiveX Filtering in Internet Explorer 9 >

  http://forums.adobe.com/thread/867968?tstart=0

< How do I do a clean install of Flash Player? >

  http://forums.adobe.com/thread/92How do I do a clean install of Flash Player?8315?tstart=0

< Installation problems | Flash Player | Windows >

  http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/installation-problems-flash-player-windows.html

Please tell us how it goes - Good Luck!

[Guest]

Thanks, RickCP,

I have Java 7, Flash Player 11.4.402.265, Active X Filtering is off.

As you can see from my original post, I already did a clean reinstall.

How can I check my permissions, please?

Thanks again.

[Sunil_Bhaskaran · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Could you please follow the steps provided in this post? http://forums.adobe.com/message/4323109#4323109

Thanks,

Sunil

[Guest]

Thank you for your help. The permissions seem to have been the problem.

[Guest]

[Guest]

Thanks, lokikffh,

As I indicated, the permissions seem to have been the problem, so your response was VERY helpful.

Resolved.

[VinceG77]

Hello,

I have the same problem with Flash Player and was wondering if anyone could help me. I ran the script to update to permissions but since I am on a spanish platform I had to change all the adminitrators to "administradores" and the users to "usuarios" however there are a few lines granting the user user permissions such as:

subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D4304BCF-B8E9-4B35-BEA0-DC5B522670C2} /grant=user=r

and I'm wondering to what user does that apply, the one under which we are running the script?

I have tried to run this script on a couple of affected machine but to no avail so I am inclined to think that this part of the script has to be modified for the spanish platform.

I would really apreciate any help on this, thanks in advance.

Vincent

[chris.campbell]

Hi Vincent,

They should be granted to the names "administrators", "system" and "users".  From what I can tell, "users" is a generic account that should apply to everyone on the system.

You might also want to try temporarily disabling Internet Explorer's protected mode to see if that makes a difference.

Thanks,

Chris

[VinceG77]

Hi Chris,

thanks for taking the time to answer but I'm not sure I understand, the script is granting permissions to several users or groups and one of these users is called user (whithout the s like the line in my first post). The only part of the script that does not work is when it references this user. I'm not even sure if it is important or not but the fact is that running the script does not resolve the problem.

I haven't tryed yet disabling Protected Mode yet, I'll get round to it and post pack the results.

Thanks,

Vincent

[chris.campbell]

Hi Vincent,

This looks to be a typo on my part.  From the documentation, this group should be named "users" on English systems.  Thank you for pointing this out, I'll correct this now.  Where you able to try the protected mode or work around this issue?

Thanks,

Chris

[VinceG77]

Hi Chris,

thanks for clarifying this, I had tried the protected mode but no luck. However we are trying out the new version of Flash Player and so far so good, this issue seems to be fixed.

Thanks for your reply.

Vincent

[Guest]

I had not posted here since September, and my flash worked fine all that time. Suddenly, the same old problem came back: Adobe repeatedly kept asking to reinstall flash. I am running Win7-64bit, and I did the steps below:

1. Uninstalled flash player, via Adobe's uninstaller.
2. Ensured ActiveX Filtering (under IE safety tab) was off. Closed IE.
3. Restarted my system.
4. Deleted flash folders in the 4 locations mentioned in Adobe's clean-install page.
5. Downloaded flash installer.
6. Disabled Norton.
7. Ran flash installer. Chrome (my default browser) opened with the message that I now have Flash.
8. Reenabled Norton.
9. Installed subinacl.msi from http://forums.adobe.com/message/4323109#4323109
10. Ran reset_fp11.bat as Administrator.
11. Went into IE9-32bit and tried to get to Flash settings via http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager.html. BUT THE SETTINGS PANEL AREA IS BLANK. So I tested whether I have the latest flash. I do have it, but I cannot change the settings!
12. I tried to get into the settings panel via Chrome, but the page said, "This content requires Flash." But when I then click on "Get Adobe Flash", I'm told I have it already.

ARGHHH! Please help! Thank you.

[Guest]

It took me all day, but I fixed this issue. I won't know till the next release of Adobe flash whether the next update won't corrupt my fix.

[kinetic4307]

Is there a reasonable fix for this yet? I create single frame flash learning courses and i get this problem on every page now. I can't tell every person who takes these courses to follow these steps to fix the problem. These courses work fine in every other browser except IE. It seems like the problem is in flash player 10.3 and later. Player 10.2 (not an available option in flash cs6 and cc) seem to work.

I really wish IE wasn't the company standard browser but unfortunitly it is. This is beyond frustrating...

[Guest]

Hi, kinetic4307!

Sorry it's taken me so long to get back. I was on vacation and ignoring my emails for a while.

But now I'm back...

I've figured out a way to install Adobe, Java, and other hard-to-install add-ons and plugins on Windows 7. It's time-consuming, and I don't know if it'll work for everyone all the time, but it has worked for me since January.

Here are the steps.

• First time only (Warning: Although you never need to do these "First time" steps again, they take a while and they will reset all your IE options):
  1. If User Account Control has been set to the highest level, reset it (from an Adminstrator account) to the next to highest level and restart your computer.
  2. For each user account on the computer, go into Internet Explorer Tools, Options.
     • In Security tab, click to reset all zones to the defaults, and then check the box for "Enable Protected Mode". Then click on Custom, and set "Launching in an iFrame" to "Prompt".
     • In Privacy tab, click on Advanced and check the box to Override Automatic Cookie Handling. Then accept 1st-party cookies, prompt for 3rd-party cookies, but uncheck to always allow session cookies.
     • In Connections tab, click on Lan Settings, and uncheck all except "Automatically detect."
     • In Advanced tab, click on both Restore Advanced Settings and Reset.
  3. Close all browsers.
  4. For each user account, click the Windows button + R (This brings up the "Run" window.) and type "temp" (without quotes.) This brings you into the Temp folder. Delete everything in that folder which can be deleted. Then bring up the "Run" window again, and type "%temp%". Delete everything you can from that folder, too.
  5. Uninstall Adobe from your computer, via http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-windows.html.
  6. Uninstall Java via Control panel.
  7. Close the browser.
  8. For each user account, delete these folders:
     • C:\Users\userid\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Flash Player
     • C:\Users\userid\AppData\Roaming\Macromedia\Flash Player
  9. Delete these folders:
     • C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash
     • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash (if you are using a 64-bit system)
  10. Delete these files:
      • C:\Windows\System32\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl
      • C:\Windows\System32\FlashPlayerApp.exe
      • C:\Windows\System32\FlashPlayerInstaller.exe
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerCPLApp.cpl
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerApp.exe
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FlashPlayerInstaller.exe
  11. Restart the computer.

• Every time you do one of these updates/installations:
  1. For each browser you have, for each user account, make sure the browser is up-to-date. Then delete all history in the browser. Temporarily disable all cookie-blocking add-ons or plug-ins like Ghostery, NotScripts, or DoNotTrack.
  2. In Internet explorer, for each user account: 
     • Turn off popup blocker, Active X filtering, and Smart Screen filter.
     • In Internet Options, Security tab, click on Custom, and then TEMPORARILY allow previously unused activeX controls to run without prompt.
     • In Internet Options, Advanced tab, TEMPORARILY uncheck “Do not save encrypted pages to disk.”
  3. Close all browsers.
  4. For each user account, remove temp and %temp% files, as above.
  5. Temporarily disable your antivirus and anti-malware, like Norton or McAfee. Remember to disable any background anti-malware programs, like Spywareblaster, too.
  6. Download and install the pesky updates.
  7. If you like, turn back on Active X Filtering, Smart Screen filter and/or pop-up blocker, for each user.
  8. Reenable your cookie blocker addons/plugins and reverse the two temporary changes you'd made in #2 above, for each user.
  9. Reenable your security and anti-malware programs.

• First time only:

  1. For each user, in any browser, go into http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager02.html to reset your Adobe settings. (If using IE, you may have to click the icon in your address bar to turn off filtering for this page.) In the Global Security Settings panel, click "Always Ask", but add macromedia.com to the list of trusted locations. If you watch TV stations online via their websites, you may have to add them, too. For example, I had to add ABCLocal.go.com.

Please let me know if this works for you. I'm an amateur, and I spent hours till I'd actually figured out a solution!

Thanks, and Good Luck.

[Guest]

BTW, anybody out there know of a way to automate all or part of the "Every time..." steps in my recent post?