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Firefox users - i need your help

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sherpasrock
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ok for some reason its not letting me install flash player. i went to the support site to get some help but i got no luck. i know you have to download the install application from macromedia's webpage. but when i go to use it the status bar fills up instantly and nothing happens after that. the install window just closes (i do have firefox closed like it says). can anyone help?
Dec 7 2005 11:25PM
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CooksCorner
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I have no idea why your having a problem. Didn't give me any trouble. Firefox is the best.
Dec 7 2005 11:31PM
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sherpasrock
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normally i would agree. this is the only problem im having. maybe after i reformat my comp it will work better - i gotta do that anyway.
Dec 7 2005 11:34PM
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co_rider
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When I installed flash I went to a page with that needed flash. Then the info bar popped up with an install plugin button. Then you can just install it through the browser. Do you have the latest version of firefox? They just released 1.5 that could fix the problem.
Dec 7 2005 11:38PM
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jsg
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fire fox is the BESTEST!
Dec 7 2005 11:39PM
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sherpasrock
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do you know that site? whenver i go to macromedia's webpage it makes me download it to the desktop and then it doesnt work. fricken retarted.
Dec 8 2005 12:10AM
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co_rider
Posts: 230 - Karma: 10
any site that uses flash. So you can go somewhere like miniclip.com and that info bar will pop down.
Dec 8 2005 1:02AM
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sherpasrock
Posts: 2382 - Karma: 10
sweet, now its not flash thats not working its the quicktime plugin. arg
Dec 8 2005 9:57AM
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sherpasrock
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Dec 8 2005 10:01AM
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co_rider
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It looks like qt is trying to take over flash. I grabbed this from the flash faq it might help:
When you install QuickTime, or change your QuickTime settings, it may take over handling of Macromedia Flash files. However, this can be fixed quite easily. To stop QuickTime from handling Flash files, do the following:

1. Close Mozilla (or Firefox)
2. Open the QuickTime Control Panel
3. Select "Browser Plug-in" from the dropdown menu
4. Open up the MIME Settings dialog
5. Make sure "Flash file" is not selected. This is listed under Miscellaneous.
6. Click OK, and close the QuickTime Control Panel
7. Remove the file pluginreg.dat from your Profile Folder. This file will be recreated next time you start Mozilla
8. Remove npqt*.dll from your Mozilla or Firefox plugins folder. These files are not required, and can cause problems when QuickTime is upgraded

After doing this, you may need to reinstall Macromedia Flash Player. These instructions should be the same for both Windows and MacOS X, with the exception of the last step.

The rest of it is here:http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/faqs/flash.html
Dec 8 2005 11:51AM
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~Cork_1080~
Posts: 2212 - Karma: 5
^ if that doesnt work download the new firefox.
Dec 8 2005 11:52AM
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sherpasrock
Posts: 2382 - Karma: 10
i did that. it didnt help but im at school right now so ill have to check out those instructions.
Dec 8 2005 12:05PM
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Sknsnw9
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^ follow his instructions! i had the same problem, but now it works great!
Dec 8 2005 12:06PM
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