Flash player versions

[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

[daofcmacg]

Thank you everyone for answering my question. Really stop the responses its killing me.

DA

[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.

[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.

[daofcmacg]

I can't find the stand alone flash player for windows, only the one for Internet Explorer.

DA

[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.

[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

[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.

[daofcmacg]

Yep I have the latest version, but its not the same...very choppy and dosen't respond like flash does.

DA