Do I need to uninstall Adobe Flash Player?

I have been trying to download the up to date Flash Player for months now.  When I try, I get the message that it couldn't be downloaded.  I've been through help sites that guided me to adjust Internet Explorer security setting and everything looks good.  I, also, check the google crome settings and they were fine, too.  I tried disabling my McAfee firewall.  No luck.  I can't download Acrobat documents, now. For example, I couldn't download a Acrobate version of an old credit card statement. 
Do I need to unintall all of my Adobe programs and reinstall them to make things work correctly.  I'm using Windows 7.

uninstall your flash player, http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-windows.html
then download and install the flash player needed by your web browser:
Flash Player for ActiveX (Internet Explorer)
Flash Player Plug-in (All other browsers)

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