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Flash player versions
Posted: 31 Jul 2006, 15:39
by daofcmacg
ok guys, I am trying to figure out why my IE plugin has updated to Flash player 9.0 but my windows flash player is still at version 7.0, I thought they both updated together and if not how in the hell do I find the exe file for the damn thing???
DA
Posted: 12 Aug 2006, 03:02
by daofcmacg
Posted: 12 Aug 2006, 11:12
by Mooseman
sorry mate, i'm largely a computing ignoramus. Can install a game, and that's about it!!
Hope you manage to find some help tho.
Posted: 12 Aug 2006, 13:00
by VEGETA
ok let me take a swing at this. If I remmeber right, the plugin is just a small component using the flash 9 stough but not a full player. It runs only through the browser. the Windows flash player is a full player that dose not require a browser. If you upgrade your windows one to 9, it normaly well install the plugin for you, but it don't go the other way around.
I could be wrong, but I think thats how it works.
Posted: 13 Aug 2006, 10:46
by daofcmacg
I can't find the stand alone flash player for windows, only the one for Internet Explorer.
DA
Posted: 13 Aug 2006, 20:03
by Jedi Master
I seem to recall Flash was always viewed from within a browser only, never standalone. Unless it was an .exe, which some were.
However, I think Adobe bought Flash, so it's a different company now.
Posted: 14 Aug 2006, 12:52
by daofcmacg
Your right but if you receive a flash file from someone in a download a seperate windows opens that is a flash player and it tells me that the version is 7.0. something or another. There are two seperate entities.
DA
Posted: 14 Aug 2006, 14:11
by Softball
DA, do you have the latest version of Quicktime? I think that plays Flash files outside of IE. Check what version of Quicktime you have.
Posted: 15 Aug 2006, 06:28
by daofcmacg
Yep I have the latest version, but its not the same...very choppy and dosen't respond like flash does.
DA