- #Windows vista cannot install adobe flash player upgrade
- #Windows vista cannot install adobe flash player full
The flash player should have reported that the install failed and directed me to the troubleshooting page instead of me having to find and go there myself. If they didn’t, then why are you displaying confirmation about a successful install? This just causes confusion for the user and makes your application look bad. However, this experience had multiple problems.įirstly, when installing applications, the developer should always make sure that they did install successfully. Follow the steps to complete the Flash Player installationĪfter doing this, everything worked just fine.The letter changes with each Flash version, so may be “FlashUtilb.exe” or “FlashUtile.exe” Right-click C:WindowsSystem32MacromedFlashFlashUtil9d.exe.In terms of guidance, this page tells me to uninstall (might as well tell me to reboot first to see if it fixes the problem), download flash, edit ActiveX settings, download SubInACL from Microsoft oh and then about Windows Vista installation failure. The installer wasn’t giving me any errors or guidance to anything going wrong – it was just saying everything was prefect.Īfter a bit of googling, I found my way to “ Troubleshoot Adobe Flash Player installation for Windows“. Tried with firefox – install failed.Īt this point, I got frustrated. Macromedia Adobe site says everything worked successfully.Ĥ) Went back to iPlayer – nothing. IE Protection for addin asks for confirmation. How odd! I just installed it.ģ) Visit the Macromedia Adobe site, install Flash player via the website and not installer. I launched the installer, UAC displays, installer says it installed successfully.Ģ) Visit iPlayer – now says I don’t have flash installed, please re-install. This is the story of what happened when I attempt this.ġ) Visit Macromedia website and download flash installer (1.4mb).
#Windows vista cannot install adobe flash player upgrade
I thought I would just upgrade my Macromedia Adobe Flash plugin and this might fix the problem. Very annoying when your just getting into Dr Who on iPlayer.
#Windows vista cannot install adobe flash player full
Recently I have been using the online TV services in the UK (ITV Catchup, BBC iPlayer, C4 Watch Online) a lot, however every now and again the video would stop and I would have to exit full screen and re-enter.