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Do I have to change my flash player when I install Firefox

diamondketo
diamondketo
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I am thinking about changing my Internet Browser (IE) and I want to ask do i have to change the version of my flash player and other features because I usually download them on IE. For Example some programs have different kind of Mirror Links and they are usually seperated by which Internet Broswer people have. I'm just wondering if this is a yes because I previously downloaded Firefox and I tried to play flash games and videos and they don't seem to work and alot of my programs don't work.

I am thinking about changing my Internet Browser (IE) and I want to ask do i have to change the version of my flash player and other features because I usually download them on IE. For Example some programs have different kind of Mirror Links and they are usually seperated by which Internet Broswer people have. I'm just wondering if this is a yes because I previously downloaded Firefox and I tried to play flash games and videos and they don't seem to work and alot of my programs don't work.

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the-edmeister
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There are two different versions of Flash. The ActiveX version for IE and the Plugin version for Firefox and many other browsers, like Chrome, Opera, & Safari. You will need to install the Plugin version of you want Flash available for Firefox.

1.Download the Flash setup file from here:
Adobe Flash - Plugin version.
Save it to your Desktop.

2. Close Firefox using File > Exit
then check the Task Manager > Processes tab to make sure firefox.exe is closed,
{XP: Ctrl+Alt+Del, Vista: Shift+Ctrl+ESC = Processes tab}

3. Then run the Flash setup file from your Desktop.

  • On Vista and Windows 7 you may need to run the plugin installer as Administrator by starting the installer via the right-click context menu if you do not get an UAC prompt to ask for permission to continue (i.e nothing seems to happen).

See this:
http://vistasupport.mvps.org/run_as_administrator.htm