Vista 64-BIT & Adobe Flash Player

.Lethal · 8 Nov 2007 at 22:32

Sorry for the flow of random threads the last week or so. I have recently got Vista 64 and have had the odd few problems and this being another, anyway.

I'm trying to instal Flash Player which basically does not work. Each time I load a webpage with flash I am asked to instal it, which I always click yes.

I know Flash is only 32-BIT at the moment but that is fine as it says on the website and as most users here know that shouldn't be a problem.

I have tried to download Flash from various websites and all never seem to instal and work for me. Has anyone else experienced this and know how to get this to work?

Thanks.

RumbleBee · 9 Nov 2007 at 01:13

I seem to remember a similar problem where the solution was to

copy the following folder
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed
to
C:\Windows\System32

then go here - http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/welcome/

This page will test both flash and shockwave

.Lethal · 9 Nov 2007 at 09:18

Can anyone else confirm this? Not that I don't belive RumbleBee I just want to make sure what I try won't cause other errors.

modo77 · 9 Nov 2007 at 09:54

yes it works

.Lethal · 9 Nov 2007 at 10:32

Thank you!

.Lethal · 9 Nov 2007 at 18:56

Well I feel stupid. I was using the 64-BIT version of IE and not the 32-BIT version of IE which I should have been doing. I already copied the Flash folder over though and cannot delete it now which is quite annoying since it doesn't need to be there.