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Firefox not recognizing Flash version is 18.0.0.209. Thinks it is still 18.0.0.203.

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robdbell
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Updated Adobe Flash plugin to 18.0.0.209. Adobe's test page confirms 209 is installed. But Firefox's plugins page still say I have 18.0.0.203. Why?

Updated Adobe Flash plugin to 18.0.0.209. Adobe's test page confirms 209 is installed. But Firefox's plugins page still say I have 18.0.0.203. Why?

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Mine did the same thing so I did a complete pc restart and that changed the plugin to18.0.0.209. Just restarting FF will not make the change.

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Bootlegger
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robdbell said

Updated Adobe Flash plugin to 18.0.0.209. Adobe's test page confirms 209 is installed. But Firefox's plugins page still say I have 18.0.0.203. Why?
Bootlegger
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Mine did the same thing so I did a complete pc restart and that changed the plugin to18.0.0.209. Just restarting FF will not make the change.

robdbell
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Thanks. Rebooting did fix it. Strange, because I've never seen that situation before.

jhep3304
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Restarting did not help. Been trying for 3 days. Downloaded from within FF and also from an alternate Adobe Shockwave downloader. Everything in my system except for FF says ver ..209 loaded and active

Bootlegger
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Try uninstalling the old version then reinstalling the update.