Adobe Flash Player 13 failed to register on Windows 7. Why?

I also had the same 'Failed to Register' problem with Flash Player 12 update install. Was only able to recover by doing a system restore which stopped it asking me to update and then failing. I didn't try to update after the system restore so don't know what is on my machine now.
I've downloaded the cleanup from adobe and ran the program as administrator and nothing worked. I even deleted a registry entry which also had no effect.

Same problem. Flash player 12 just stopped loading one day in IE (only browser I have on this PC) - all I saw was green boxes any time a flash object like a video would try to load. So I tried reinstalling Flash Player and it failed consistently stating that it couldn't be registered. I tried installing the new v13 but I get the same "can't register" errors. This happens with online or offline installer. I ran the Flash Uninstaller utility and rebooted but that didn't help. I found an article in Adobe's knowledge base about running some batch file with SubInACL but that didn't work - it did a bunch of stuff but it still wouldn't install. That file was made for Flash 11 and I see no sign that one was made for either versions 12 or 13.

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Perform a clean install as described in https://forums.adobe.com/thread/928315

Why is Adobe Flash player still is not released on Windows Phone 7.5 ????

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i would like to install the adobe flash player. so i visited the adobe homepage and chose the right version. after downloading, i opned the installation program. i closed all required program. but suddenly after it was starting with the download it said: installation failed (see below).
i'm sure that i chose the right version mac os x 10.4 to 10.5, then i have mac book 10.5.8 intel. (btw i also tried the newer version). i've also tried the download with safari and firefox.
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Adobe Flash Player (General install error) *****! Mach_Kernal missing?

Never had a problem updating Adobe Flash Player over the last maybe 10 times, It downloads to 50% and then bottoms out with a (general install error) message. So the I uninstalled and tried to re-install to no avail.
I don't know if I updated since updating to 10.8.5 but I read that the (Mach_Kernal) was found on people's (Documents) folder and some people deleted this but I don't remember if I ever got this when I updated. This was a blunder when updating to 10.8.5 and Apple was aware of it.
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I tried several Sudo commmands in Terminal to find the invisible (Mach_Kernel) file but when I type that in it just comes up with a message (No such thing found) Then I tried another Sudo command which would install it if it was missing and it comes up with the same thing (no such file or directory found).
Anyone know where this file resides and what folder it's in and can direct me exactly how to get to it to find out if it's still on my machine? As I said the Sudo commands came up with no results.
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I don't know what you mean by clone your setup. Exactly what the whole OS? on an external drive. I do have an external drive but don't know how to back up the whole OS.
You use a separate partition (much preferably on a different physical drive) to make an exact copy of your current startup drive. At any time, you can choose to boot to it. Time Machine is a nice idea in that it automatically keeps various iterations of your data for you so you can go back to older versions of a document and such, but is (in my personal opinion) the clumsiest way possible to restore a hard drive.
You can create a clone with Disk Utility, SuperDuper!, or Carbon Copy Cloner. The last two are third party apps which can perform extra abilities to make clone backups easier. I use the registered version of SuperDuper! myself, but CCC works just as well.
Once you make a clone of your startup drive, it is just what it implies. You have an exact copy of whatever drive you clone to another drive/partition. So instead of going through the very roundabout way of restoring a drive by reinstalling the OS and attaching a Time Machine backup to the reinstall on the fly, you simply boot to your clone and copy it back. Done. Takes way, WAY less time to get back up and running.
But if I do a re-install from that it'll bring back my lost stuff but will also bring back the old crap again. So what good would it do.
Yes, that could be an issue, but at least you'd be back to your last Time Machine backup state.
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Where did you read that Apple fixed this 10.8.5 Kernal problem?
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Well it wouldn't do me any good if I brought it back from Time Machine because the error is in the back up.
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Furthemore if it's in your past purchases (You should't have to pay for it)! Why would I pay for it when it's in my past purchases with a download button?
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Problems installing Adobe Flash Player 14.0.0.125.

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The system hangs forever looking for resources

Hopefully, you'll be installing the 14.0.0.145 Flash update very soon - however the same problem you experienced persists with that.
Fortunately there is a simple solution.
There appears to be a problem with Adobe Flash Player Install Manager - the simple answer is to let the system install the flash update instead:
When you use the Flash updater, it downloads a disk image to a temp folder (inside /private/var/folders but you don't need to know that). This is automatically mounted (briefly) while the app 'Adobe Flash Player Install Manager' launches. Adobe Flash Player Install Manager is supposed to manage the whole instillation but in some case it gets stuck. If this process fails for you (such as hanging on 95% completion), there is a very simple route forward which doesn't require you to open your browser or manually download anything.
It only requires 3 steps and you can be 100% sure you are getting the correct update - the one Adobe tried to install but failed. I've broken these down into detailed but very simple substeps (further down this post) for anybody who is unsure, but experienced users can probably just follow these three steps:
Force quit Adobe Flash Player Install Manager
Locate and mount the Flash Player Installer disk image with Disk Utility
Locate the Adobe Flash Player installer package within the Install Manager app and run the installation from Finder
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Those steps in detail (as carried out in OSX 10.6.8).
1. Force quit Adobe Flash Player Install Manager
Press these three keys together: Cmd + Option (or Alt) + esc
Select Adobe Flash Player Install Manager in the popup window titled "Force Quit Applications"
Hit return or click the button labelled "Force Quit"
2. Locate and mount the Flash Player Installer disk image with Disk Utility
Open Disk Utility (in Applications/Utilities folder or find it with Spotlight)
On the left hand side, your attached drives and mounted volumes are listed above a horizontal line. Below that line you should see one or more disk images (named e.g. something.dmg). These are recently accessed disk images - including one containing the adobe updater.
At or near the bottom of that list you should see something called decryptedFile.dmg
Under that you might see a (greyed out) volume image called Flash Player
Double click decryptedFile.dmg (or the Flash Player volume if you can see it - it makes no difference).
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The volume "Flash Player" will show up in your Finder sidebar and on your desktop (unless you've chosen not to show External Disks in Finder preferences)
3. Locate the Adobe Flash Player installer package and run the installation from Finder
You should by now have a Finder window open showing the contents of the volume "Flash Player". If not, open a new Finder window and click on Flash Player in the sidebar. The sole contents are an app called Install Adobe Flash Player.
Right click the item "Install Adobe Flash Player" and select "Show Package Contents" from the contextual menu that appears.
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Failure to install the update for Adobe Flash Player "A required file (:3) could not be installed."

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Can't seem to post it to the forum directly, so maybe this will get through:
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"C:\Users\Dennis\AppData\Local\Temp\install_flash_player_ax_64bit.exe" -dlm
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0005 00001037 SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adobe
Flash Player ActiveX/ 2
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C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil64_11_1_102_ActiveX.exe
0008 00000016
C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil64_11_1_102_ActiveX.dll
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0010 00000011 1
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"C:\Users\Dennis\AppData\Local\Temp\install_flash_player_ax_64bit.exe" -dlm
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C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil64_11_1_102_ActiveX.exe
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0006 00000016
C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil64_11_1_102_ActiveX.dll
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0000 00000010
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C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil64_11_2_202_235_ActiveX.dll
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