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adobe flash player help needed urgently!

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Jul 08, 2014 Jul 08, 2014

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cannot locate adobe flash player (AFP) after installing in windows 7, ie11.. wanted to open an animation and it suggested installing AFP... can anyone help urgently?

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Jul 08, 2014 Jul 08, 2014

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  1. Launch Internet Explorer and navigate to http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/find-version-flash-player.html
  2. If you see an animation playing, then Flash Player is enabled.
  3. If you don’t see an animation playing, then Flash Player is not enabled. In that case, click on the Tools icon in the top right corner of Internet Explorer. (The icon looks like a cogwheel.)
  4. In the drop-down menu which appears, click Manage Add-Ons.
  5. In the dialog which appears, select Toolbars and Extensions.
  6. In the list of Add-ons, look for “Shockwave Flash Object” – which is another name for Flash Player.
  7. In the Status column, check to see whether Shockwave Flash Object is Disabled. If it is, click the row for Shockwave Flash Object to highlight it.
  8. In the bottom right corner of the Manage Add-ons dialog, click the Enable button.
  9. Close the Manage Add-ons dialog.
  10. Click Refresh to reload the webpage. If you see the animation playing this time, then Flash Player has been successfully enabled.

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Jul 08, 2014 Jul 08, 2014

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thanks Vijay for the fast reply.. already enabled but I wanted to open an animation from my thumbdrive and it says "cant open this file"... followed by:

1) use the web service to find the correct program - it suggested AFP, installed but still cannot play

2) select a program from a list of installed programs - installed AFP, but cant locate it

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Jul 08, 2014 Jul 08, 2014

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Try turning off ActiveX filtering in internet explorer settings.

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Jul 08, 2014 Jul 08, 2014

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shld hv informed you that I've already done both before posting in the community.. anyway I got the animation playing after using Chrome to download AFP... called the local adobe helpline n they said I needed to pay.. load of craps! only the forum help is free... what nonsense!

thanks for the replies!

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Adobe Employee ,
Jul 08, 2014 Jul 08, 2014

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You can use this link to download the updated version of flash player - http://download.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/licensing/win/install_flash_player_ 14_active... and this wold work!

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Jul 09, 2014 Jul 09, 2014

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GouLou wrote:

I wanted to open an animation from my thumbdrive and it says "cant open this file"...

Flash Player is a browser add-on to play online Flash content.

To play local content you need the standalone player (Projector); you can download it from https://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html

Note that the download is the player, not an installer, so you need to make the .swf file association manually.

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