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I have just started to use Firefox & when I try to run a video application (eg from BBC site) I get a msg "You need to install Flash to play - download now" Adobe flash player 10 Activex is already installed on my computer?

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I have just started to use Firefox & when I try to run a video application (eg from BBC site) I get a msg "You need to install Flash to play - download now" Adobe flash player 10 Activex is already installed on my computer and this used to work fine in IE so what do I do?

I have just started to use Firefox & when I try to run a video application (eg from BBC site) I get a msg "You need to install Flash to play - download now" Adobe flash player 10 Activex is already installed on my computer and this used to work fine in IE so what do I do?

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There are 2 versions of the Flash Player, Firefox and IE do not use the same version. The ActiveX version is used by IE, you need to install the version used by Firefox.

A couple of methods to install it, using Firefox go to http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ to install it, or use the manual installers to install the plugin version of Flash, for details see http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/191/tn_19166.html#main_ManualInstaller

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It seems there are 1018 solutions! The only one given doesn't solve my issue. I have the latest download for Firefox and keep receiving the message to download the newest version of Flash player. I cannot watch movies or videos.

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You can find the latest Flash player for Firefox on this page.

For Firefox on 64 bit Windows, you need the 32 bit Flash version version because Firefox is a 32 bit application.

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