Flash Player and Captivate 5 files

So the newest version of FLASH makes the output from the newest version of Captivate broken.
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/879/cpsid_87992.html
My question is, will the NEXT FLASH update fix the problem? My organization has dozens of elearning courses built in Captivate 5 that would require a lengthy republishing process to get them back into our LMS, I am hoping instead the Adobe fixes its own mistake with the next version of Flash so we can just have our users avoid the version of Flash that caused the problem to begin with.
Any help/answers would be most appreciated!
Thank you,
Matthew

You can easily find out by downloading the beta version of Flash Player 10.2.

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Password:
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86-0.9.91.5-1.x86_64.rpm
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Saving to: `nspluginwrapper-i386-0.9.91.5-1.x86_64.rpm'
100%[================================================================>] 52,386 27.0K/s in 1.9s
2008-04-16 10:13:42 (27.0 KB/s) - `nspluginwrapper-i386-0.9.91.5-1.x86_64.rpm' saved [52386/52386]
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--2008-04-16 10:13:42-- http://gwenole.beauchesne.info/projects/nspluginwrapper/files/nspluginwrapper-0.
9.91.5-1.x86_64.rpm
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HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
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100%[================================================================>] 58,545 9.56K/s in 6.0s
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nspluginwrapper-i386-0.9.91.5-1.x86_64.rpm ... Passed
nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5-1.x86_64.rpm ... Passed
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Message was edited by: AnnoyedInOH
well after 3-4 reboots it says it's installed... again... but still does not work. I found another thread here that said it should be under windows/system32/Macromed/ ... something..   I don't have the directory Macro anything directory.
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Make sure you don't repeat the mistake that led you to install the malware. It may have come from an Internet cesspit such as "Softonic" or "CNET Download." Never visit either of those sites again. You might also have downloaded it from an ad in a page on some other site. The ad would probably have included a large green button labeled "Download" or "Download Now" in white letters. The button is designed to confuse people who intend to download something else on the same page. If you ever download a file that isn't obviously what you expected, delete it immediately.
Malware is also found on websites that traffic in pirated content such as video. If you, or anyone else who uses the computer, visit such sites and follow prompts to install software, you can expect more of the same, and worse, to follow. Never install any software that you downloaded from a bittorrent, or that was downloaded by someone else from an unknown source.
In the Security & Privacy pane of System Preferences, select the General tab. The radio button marked Anywhere should not be selected. If it is, click the lock icon to unlock the settings, then select one of the other buttons. After that, don't ignore a warning that you are about to run or install an application from an unknown developer.
Still in System Preferences, open the App Store or Software Update pane and check the box marked
Install system data files and security updates (OS X 10.10 or later)
or
Download updates automatically (OS X 10.9 or earlier)
if it's not already checked.

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