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Problems with Shockwave. Can't activate or update it.

flyvendesvaler
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I was going to update Adobe Flash Player because it is old and needs an update. Since my PC doesn't want to update it (it says that the connection went wrong), I have found that I have to get on the Add-ons, and select "Always Activate" on the Shockwave Flash. The problem now is that it doesn't work pressing "Always Activate". And it says that "Shockwave Flash is known to be vulnerable and should be updated". I can't update Shockwave Flash either. (Actually, I can't update anything that has with Adobe to do) I have contacted the Adobe Customer Care, and they couldn't help me. I have also tried to uninstall and reinstall, but it didn't work to reinstall it, so I had to set back the changes on my PC to before I uninstalled it.

I really hope there's someone who can help me.

Thanks in regards.

I was going to update Adobe Flash Player because it is old and needs an update. Since my PC doesn't want to update it (it says that the connection went wrong), I have found that I have to get on the Add-ons, and select "Always Activate" on the Shockwave Flash. The problem now is that it doesn't work pressing "Always Activate". And it says that "Shockwave Flash is known to be vulnerable and should be updated". I can't update Shockwave Flash either. (Actually, I can't update anything that has with Adobe to do) I have contacted the Adobe Customer Care, and they couldn't help me. I have also tried to uninstall and reinstall, but it didn't work to reinstall it, so I had to set back the changes on my PC to before I uninstalled it. I really hope there's someone who can help me. Thanks in regards.

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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First, grab the Adobe uninstaller from here: http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-windows.html

Then download the latest Flash Plugin version from here: Select Plugin-based browsers - the EXE version. https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/distribution3.html

Run the Flash uninstaller program, then reboot your PC. Then install the Plugin version of Flash. So you'll have a clean installation of Flash for Firefox.

flyvendesvaler
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When I start to uninstall Adobe, it pops up that "C:\Users\AS4820TG\Download\uninstall_flash_player.exe is not a valid Win32-program" Is there any other way to do it?