Different flash version numbers reported
I am experiencing a weird discrepancy in the reported version numbers for Showckwave Flash.
If I go to the Add-ons Manager (about:addons), it says I'm running Flash v. 16.0.0.296, but if I go to your online plug-ins checker (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/), it reports that I'm running v. 16.0.0.305 - which is also what's reported by the Flash applet in the Windows Control Panel.
So can you tell me why there's this difference and how I go about fixing it?
Kind regards, Martin
System:
Win 8.1 64-bit
Firefox 36.0
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Hi Martin, those normally are the same.
Have you exited and started Firefox back up again since your last Flash update? It's possible that the Add-ons page has not caught up with what's actually on disk now.
You also could check to see if you have both of those files in the usual place:
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash
The plugin files used by Firefox follow this naming pattern:
NPSWF32_16_0_0_305.dll
where the four-part version number varies. You only need the most recent if there are multiple matches to that pattern.
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Hi Martin, those normally are the same.
Have you exited and started Firefox back up again since your last Flash update? It's possible that the Add-ons page has not caught up with what's actually on disk now.
You also could check to see if you have both of those files in the usual place:
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash
The plugin files used by Firefox follow this naming pattern:
NPSWF32_16_0_0_305.dll
where the four-part version number varies. You only need the most recent if there are multiple matches to that pattern.
Thanks for the swift reply.
I did restart Firefox since the last Flash update, but I just checked the directory you mention, and I do in fact have both DLL- and EXE-files for both versions.
So I think my next step will be to perform a reinstall of Flash and see if that doesn't solve the problem.
After uninstalling, the v. 16.0.0.296 EXE- and DLL-files were still in the mentioned directory, but I was able to delete them as administrator.
However, the files pictured in the attached screenshot could not be deleted, which I find a bit unsettling.
But the reported version numbers after reinstalling are the same, so all is good once again :)
The ActiveX version of Flash Player only works on Internet Explorer or IE and not other browsers as Firefox uses the Plugin based version.
https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/distribution3.html