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pscot

(21,024 posts) Wed Jun 12, 2013, 11:39 AM Jun 2013

Flash player headaches

Adobe Flash Player quit working after the last update. I've since downloaded it a dozen times and tried several of the proposed tweaks and fixes found in various internet threads, but none of them helped. It works fine in Chrome, where it's integrated into the browser, but I don't like Chrome. For some reason it just doesn't want to play with Windows-7. Adobe seems to have created a fish that doesn't like water.

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Flash player headaches (Original Post) pscot Jun 2013 OP

have you done a completely clean install ? steve2470 Jun 2013 #1

I have pscot Jun 2013 #2

Trying checking whatever you use for Antivirus/Ad Blocking...see if it's blocking Adobe. KoKo Jun 2013 #3

steve2470

(37,457 posts)

1. have you done a completely clean install ?

Reply to pscot (Original post)

Thu Jun 13, 2013, 05:43 AM

Jun 2013

Meaning, you've deleted any Flash-related files on your hard drive and rebooted ? If you have, my bad.

pscot

(21,024 posts)

2. I have

Reply to steve2470 (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 13, 2013, 10:19 AM

Jun 2013

The issue seems to lie between Flash Player and IE-9, since it works with other browsers. And some videos will play despite the warning that i need to update Flash. I've wasted several hours on this latest cockup, which is not the result of anything i've done. It just makes me tired.

KoKo

(84,711 posts)

3. Trying checking whatever you use for Antivirus/Ad Blocking...see if it's blocking Adobe.

Reply to pscot (Original post)

Mon Jun 17, 2013, 10:42 AM

Jun 2013

Had this problem with Firefox's "Ad Block" suddenly denying Adobe Flash. Had to disable the "AdBlock" add on to get Flash to work. One "help site" said that many of the different "Ad Blocks" people use had started to deny the latest Adobe versions of Flash. Firefox users were at that time having the biggest problem.

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