downloaded the activex and plugin windows .exe files, but neither is an .exe file.

[Guest]

Neither download is a .exe file as they were just 4 days ago.  Both now download as some strange file which windows does not recognize and asks for which program to open with.  This is wrong.

Downloaded from the distribution page.

[Vivek_Negi]

Hi ,

Please try to download flashPlayer offline installer from below link:

Installation problems | Flash Player | Windows

-Vivek

[_maria_]

Hi ginom29,

What is the file extension that is being saved as?  The files are posted as EXEs.  What OS and browser (including version) are you using to download the files?  Are you using the English version of the page, or a localized version?  If localized, which locale?

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Maria

[mplayer1]

The download default is what it's being saved as.  Windows 7 on two different pc's, i.e. 10 & 11.  Yes using the English version.  Never had the issue prior to this week.

Gino.

[_maria_]

Hi mplayer1,

I'm not sure what 'download default' means. What file extension is being used? The Windows installers on that page are EXE and MSI file types (you can verify this by hovering over the link, or copying and pasting the link).  If the file is being saved as some other format it's possible something on the system changed.

I did find this article, Default File Type Associations - Restore - Windows 7 Help Forums, but I'm not sure if this is what you are referring to or not, and can't vouch for the solution as I've not used it before.

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Maria

[Guest]

Hi Maria,

   In other words, when you click the .exe file link we are not changing anything.  The file comes in as being provided by Adobe.  For some reason Adobe is not sending the file out as a .exe file.  I did some further testing to verify that.

   If you manually add the .exe to the file save option the file does come across correctly.  I never had to do that before this week so apparently Adobe's server is not providing the file as it should.

Can you please check with your internal server admin to find out why the files are not being provided correctly?  Again this issue is on multiple computers which used to download the same files fine just a week ago.

  I hope this helps you.

Thanks,

Gino Mollica

[_maria_]

Hi ginom29,

Myself and several others are not able to reproduce. Has anything changed on these computers since the last time you were able to download without experiencing this issue?  Did you review the page I linked to previously?

Does this happen with just the EXE installer links on the page, or can you reproduce with other file types (e.g. MSI)?

Are you able to reproduce with other browsers?

Do you have anti-virus software enabled?  If so, please try disabling and downloading the file

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Maria

[mplayer1]

it's just the .exe files.  The .msi files download properly.

Tried using Chrome browser, same results as with i.e.