I try to download Adobe Flash Player 9 ActiveX.exe and keep receiving this error message:
Error box titled: Adobe Flash Player 9 ActiveX Setup
red circle w/ white X inside. Error opening file for writing
CWindowssystem32MacromedFlashFlash9d.ocx
Click abort to stop installation
Retry to try again, or
Ignore to skip this file
I have uninstalled previous version
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Flash player 9 is actually not the latest version. If you want to install the latest version which is version 10, follow the steps below:
a. Download the most recent Flash Player uninstaller to your desktop
from the TechNote below. Please read the instructions in the TechNote
before running the uninstaller.
How to uninstall the Adobe Flash Player plug-in and ActiveX control
http://www.adobe.com/go/tn_14157
b. Quit ALL running applications, including all Internet
Explorer windows, other browser windows, AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo
Messenger, MSN Messenger or other messengers. Check the Windows system
tray carefully to make certain no applications which might possibly use
Flash Player is still in memory.
c. Open the following folder: C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash
d. Run Flash Player uninstaller.
e. Check if there are files left in the folder:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash. If there are any files left inside
the folder, delete the files.
f. Download and install the latest Flash player at:
Flash Player 10,0,12,36 Active X (for Internet explorer)
http://tinyurl.com/67twte
Flash Player 10,0,12,36 Plug-In (for Firefox,Netscape,Safari,Chrome,etc)
http://tinyurl.com/8nz9s
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