trouble installing Flash Player 11 and Internet Explorer

[smithned]

Half way thru installing it stops and tells me to close Internet Explorer to continue.  I close it and it does not continue. Any hints?

[C_F_McBlob]

RIght click your Task Bar and open the Task manager. Under Processes, look for iexplore.exe. click it and click "End Process" Click OK and it will be fully closed. I have WIndows 7 and IE absolutely WILL NOT close all the way unless I do this, even several minutes after I close the window.