Installs Flash Player repeatedly

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Since a few days ago, IE 6 will keep prompting to install Flash Player
whenever I click on multimedia content like the news videos at msnbc.com.

The latest Flash Player is already installed. I tried uninstalling it and
also checked if there was any security and add-on settings that might
prevent this add-on. But could find none - or did not know where to look.

Never happened before. I don't know if this is related, but now Firefox also
keeps prompting for Flash Player even though that plug-in has been properly
installed and is indicated so in its settings.

Thanks for any insight.

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[Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]]

Since a few days ago, IE 6 will keep prompting to install Flash Player
whenever I click on multimedia content like the news videos at msnbc.com.

The latest Flash Player is already installed. I tried uninstalling it and
also checked if there was any security and add-on settings that might
prevent this add-on. But could find none - or did not know where to look.

Never happened before. I don't know if this is related, but now Firefox
also keeps prompting for Flash Player even though that plug-in has been
properly installed and is indicated so in its settings.

Thanks for any insight.

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Try this: http://docxp.mvps.org/b1n/FlashRepair.exe

If still no joy, try uninstalling Macromedia Flash Player with Adobe Flash
Player Uninstaller:
http://www.adobe.com/go/tn_14157
"How to uninstall the Adobe Flash Player plug-in and ActiveX control".
And then reinstall it.

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_19166
"Common Adobe Flash Player install issues ".
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_15511#install_win
"Trouble with Windows installation".
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?catid=184&forumid=44
"Forums"
http://www.adobe.com/support/programs/flashplayer/?tab:contact=1
"Contact Adobe support".

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Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
Windows - Internet Explorer since 2003
My home:
My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/

 

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My response at the bottom:

Try this: http://docxp.mvps.org/b1n/FlashRepair.exe

If still no joy, try uninstalling Macromedia Flash Player with Adobe Flash
Player Uninstaller:
http://www.adobe.com/go/tn_14157
"How to uninstall the Adobe Flash Player plug-in and ActiveX control".
And then reinstall it.

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_19166
"Common Adobe Flash Player install issues ".
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_15511#install_win
"Trouble with Windows installation".
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?catid=184&forumid=44
"Forums"
http://www.adobe.com/support/programs/flashplayer/?tab:contact=1
"Contact Adobe support".

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Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
Windows - Internet Explorer since 2003
My home:
My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/

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Thanks very much for your response. I tried the uninstall of Flash using the
Macromedia/Adobe Uninstallers. And also read through the guides. No "joy".

One says that the disabling of JavaScript sometimes results in content
providers not being able to "read" the presence of the Flash Player. But JS
is fully enabled on this machine!

I shall be doing a SFC /scannow when I get some time later today.

Regards and thanks again.

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