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adobe flash player will not update

bamagator62 replied
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Adobe Flash Player is asking me to update when I do it only goes to step 2 of 3 then it dies please help

Adobe Flash Player is asking me to update when I do it only goes to step 2 of 3 then it dies please help

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hello bamagator62, please see if you can get the update to install when you use the full offline installer that is available at http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/distribution3.html (use the windows-exe for plugin-based browsers).

I tried that still having the same issue now Im getting another error messege only 1 instance can run it says

ok, in this case please reboot the pc once and try to run it again...

philipp said

ok, in this case please reboot the pc once and try to run it again...

Philip for some wacky reason it stops at step 2 of 3 if I uninstall flash player I'm in a heap of trouble then. What is the problem that it will not let me go to version 16?

Grab the uninstaller from here: Uninstall Flash Player | Windows Uninstall Flash Player | Mac Then reinstall the latest version.

Flash Player v16.0.0.235 https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/distribution3.html Shockwave Director v12.1.5.155 http://get.adobe.com/shockwave/

philipp said

hello bamagator62, please see if you can get the update to install when you use the full offline installer that is available at http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/distribution3.html (use the windows-exe for plugin-based browsers).

Hi Phillip, My God it worked I now have the latest plugin version thank you for your help I hope I don't run into this problem again but again I thank you so much Bob T