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How do I know which Adobe programs I need on my computer?

PatFitzgerald1
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My Adobe Flash Player keeps crashing. I just downloaded Flash Player 14 Plugin and noticed that I have 5 other Adobe programs on my computer. How do I know which ones I need to keep? The ones I have are: 

         Acrobat.com installed 7/03/2010; 
         Flash Player 13 Active X installed 5/14/2014; 
         Flash Player 14 Plugin installed 7/09/2014; 
         Reader X (10.1.10) installed 5/19/2014; and 
         Shockwave Player 12.0 installed 9/16/2013.

Since you list the installed plugins below, any information about the ones not needed would be helpful.

My Adobe Flash Player keeps crashing. I just downloaded Flash Player 14 Plugin and noticed that I have 5 other Adobe programs on my computer. How do I know which ones I need to keep? The ones I have are: Acrobat.com installed 7/03/2010; Flash Player 13 Active X installed 5/14/2014; Flash Player 14 Plugin installed 7/09/2014; Reader X (10.1.10) installed 5/19/2014; and Shockwave Player 12.0 installed 9/16/2013. Since you list the installed plugins below, any information about the ones not needed would be helpful.

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You don't need any! But if you don't have them there are "things" you won't be able to do on the internet or read when you download a file that needs an Adobe program or plugin.

Flash Player 13 Active X installed 5/14/2014; = is for Internet Explorer

Acrobat.com installed 7/03/2010; and Reader X (10.1.10) installed 5/19/2014; allow you to view the same type of files - PDF - except the old plugin for Acrobat isn't "seen" by Firefox, might be an IE-only version of Acrobat??

Shockwave Player 12.0 installed 9/16/2013. = isn't used too much any more - I got rid of it (like) 5 or 7 years ago and don't even miss it

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FredMcD
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Your current System Details shows;

Installed Plug-ins

Shockwave Flash 14.0 r0 Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape 10.1.10 Adobe Shockwave for Director Netscape plug-in, version 12.0.4.144

As far as Adobe software is concerned.

I did not see anything on the list you posted. Are you asking about another computer?

the-edmeister
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You don't need any! But if you don't have them there are "things" you won't be able to do on the internet or read when you download a file that needs an Adobe program or plugin.

Flash Player 13 Active X installed 5/14/2014; = is for Internet Explorer

Acrobat.com installed 7/03/2010; and Reader X (10.1.10) installed 5/19/2014; allow you to view the same type of files - PDF - except the old plugin for Acrobat isn't "seen" by Firefox, might be an IE-only version of Acrobat??

Shockwave Player 12.0 installed 9/16/2013. = isn't used too much any more - I got rid of it (like) 5 or 7 years ago and don't even miss it