Flash Player has to be installed with each computer start up.

Flash Player NPAPI Plug in Version 15.0.0.223
PPAPI Plug in Version 16.0.0.228
Browser Opera
Windows Vista
For a few months now, I have had to install Flash Player every time I start my laptop. I have posed the question 'why?' on various web sites, all to no avail. For some reason I have never come across this site. Yesterday, I followed the instructions you give for installing a bit of software (Subinacl), into C: Program Files/Windows Resource Kits/Tools.
After installing what was suggested, Flash Player showed up in the Opera 'DeveloperTools> Plug ins', as Enabled.
This morning, on start up, Flash Player has vanished again. It is showing in 'Control Panel', but has vanished from Opera. Neither does it work in Firefox (it is missing from the Firefox plug in section.).
I have uninstalled Flash Player numerous times via the correct site and have even used Revo Uninstaller this last time, but it will still not stay installed.
Suggestions please

Try it from a fresh start:
Download the following files by right clicking and selecting "Save target as".
Flash Player Uninstaller
Shockwave Player Uninstaller
Flash Player for ActiveX (Internet Explorer)
Save ALL files to your Downloads folder - DO NOT RUN anything yet.
Reboot your system.
BEFORE opening anything else, go to your Downloads folder and run the UNINSTALLERS to remove the Flash Player and Shockwave plugins.
Go to: C/Windows/System32.
If there's a Macromed folder there, delete it.
Go to: C/Windows/SysWOW64.
If there's a Macromed folder there, delete it.
Open your Registry Editor (Start>Run or press the Windows key+R and type "regedit", then click OK)
Under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE delete the Macromedia folder.(If it's there)
Under HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software delete the Macromedia folder. (If it's there)
Close the Registry Editor.
Next, run the ActiveX Installer.
Then go to: http://get.adobe.com/shockwave/otherversions/ and download &install the Shockwave FULL installer for Windows (Internet Explorer)
Once it's installed, see:Enabling Flash Player in Internet Explorer and: ActiveX Filtering in Internet Explorer to make 100% sure that Flash Player is enabled and NOT being blocked by ActiveX controls.

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the task of spending 15 minutes installing and or upgrading flash
on 250 pcs.
THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. what kind of QA did you do on this
release, because im pretty pissed right now.
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http://dontpokebadgers.com/axaa/
) which approves the classID, but this does not seem to work. I am
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1) Provide a method to disable auto updating the flash active
x control
2) Provide group policy settings that will enable seemless
installation in the background. This would ideally be registry
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need to bundle into a startup script.
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4) Silently fail to update flash, as the old flash still
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There already is a method for disabling auto-update, as well
as control over many other options for your users... So this isn't
a bug at all. This is auto-update doing what it's supposed to do.
As the network admin you have to disable it.. Read on...
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http://www.adobe.com/licensing/
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Flash Player Administrator's Guide:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/articles/flash_player_admin_guide.html
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support channels. They're peer-to-peer support. So in the future
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Try it from a fresh start:
Download the following files by right clicking and selecting "Save target as".
Flash Player Uninstaller
Shockwave Player Uninstaller
Flash Player for ActiveX (Internet Explorer)
Save ALL files to your Downloads folder - DO NOT RUN anything yet.
Reboot your system.
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Go to: C/Windows/System32.
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Go to: C/Windows/SysWOW64.
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Open your Registry Editor (Start>Run or press the Windows key+R and type "regedit", then click OK)
Under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE delete the Macromedia folder.(If it's there)
Under HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software delete the Macromedia folder. (If it's there)
Close the Registry Editor.
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What about if you tried those steps, and it's still not working? Have the same issue; flash keeps uninstalling itself, and tried that solution. Reinstalled flash, said it worked. Downloaded the thing from Windows, downloaded the attachment and extracted to the same folder, ran it as admin. Little DOS box seemed to work fine. Restarted the computer, and yet again, flash is missing. I get nothing at all when trying to view videos. Becoming very frustrating! Using the latest Firefox, Windows Vista (64-bit), and never had issues before. All was fine till quite recently (past week). So, what next?
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Zoltan71 wrote:
I just bought this computer. My Internet Explorer is version 11.0.1
I have the box checked to Install new version automatically, but it has not done any upgrading.
I can't get the computer to update anything as far as I can see.
The flash plug in does work with the Crome browser but it will not work with Internet explorer.
I looked in the manage add-ons and it says enabled.
I also went into the safety tab and deselected
Active X filtering.
Restarted and still does not work.
I need help.....
Chrome uses a different and separate plug-in.
There are things about IE you need to know, especially 11. Specifically:
"User-Agent Strings"
That doesn't mean a lot, I'm sure, but it's the root of your problems, and Flash Player has nothing to do with it.
Microsoft "rewrote" the User-Agent Strings for the abomination they call their latest and greatest browser. User-Agent Strings are what websites use to identify the browser you're using and provide the proper content for it's browser engine, like ActiveX stuff, and Flash or HTML5 video. Thanks to the geniuses in Redmond, WA, the User-Agent Strings for IE11 (which has a Trident engine), ID it as either "Gecko" (Firefox) or "Webkit" (Chrome). Problem is: when the site the directs to the content for one of these two engines, the Trident engine in IE can't intepret it and the site then sees IE as an "unidentified" browser.
The problem with an unidentified browser is that the plug-ins in that browser aren't recognized either, so even though you're up to date, it says you need the latest Flash Player when you use IE11. YouTube... has converted to HTML5 video so if it doesn't detect Flash Player, it can display HTML5 (MP4) video which requires no plug-in to play. Facebook can't do that, because HTML5 doesn't apply to games... only video.
Microsoft has no plans to "fix" the mess they've created because they think it's a great idea to block you out of the websites you visit.
They recommend using "Compatibility View" and pretending that you're using an older verison of IE... Problem with that is that it's seen limited success, and you have to enable it for EVERY page that has problems... individually.
I'm not big on "pretending" so I recommend actually using another browser.
Firefox (from Mozilla)
Opera (from Opera)
Safari (from Apple)
Chrome (from Google)
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I installed OSX Yosemite about 4 weeks ago, no problems until now.
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And the following version of Adobe Shockwave Flash Player was downloaded and installed as a plug-in for Mozilla Firefox on 8/15/2011: Shockwave Flash 10.3.183.5
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http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/interchart/interchart.asp?symb=DJIA&time=20
For example it stopped supplying daily data for longer Timelines. Then yesterday the panel on the left side of the webpage appeared garbled. I had been continually getting crashes of the Flash Player for months but never got any notice that I was not up to date.
The following is the message after the successful download from within Microsoft Internet Explorer and Installation of Adobe Flash Player on 8/17/2011: You are now running Adobe Flash Player 10.3.183.5
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