FlashPlayerEnabler Plugin M.I.A.

Question

Before switching to MAC OSX 10.5 (Leopard), I could verify
disk permissions and re-install flash player to view flash content
minimally: until I shut down a browser; then I had to repeat the
process, which was pretty tedious and frustrating. (see "Flash
Player 9 won't install on Mac OSX(PC)" 5/11/2007:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm
forumid=44&catid=184&threadid=1267248&enterthread=y
But now that I have 'upgraded' to OSX 10.5.1 Leopard, this
'trick' no longer works. I have un-installed, re-installed, tweaked
MIME settings in Quicktime, and just about everything else related
to this issue that has been published, and nothing seems to work.
What I do know is that if I load a .swf movie manually
(opening up a .swf file directly from my hard drive) it works. But
in a browser – forget about it. I'm using Safari 3.0.4, and
occasionally Firefox 2.0.0.11, and neither of will play flash
content.
When I do install (last attempt was FP9.3) It hangs at about
4 remaining items to install, then it eventually loads these and
seemingly installs, until it goes back to the installation
confirmation, where I continue to see – NOTHING! (as far as
flash content, 'cept a quicktime icon w/ a question mark.) When I
open my plug in library, the only files (relative to FP) I see are:
• .../Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin
• .../Library/Internet Plug-Ins/flashplayer.xpt
I seem to be missing .../Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash
Player Enabler.plugin
I'm not sure if this is the issue, but it seems it very well
could be. I'm not sure if there's a way to find just this plugin to
manually drop into my .../Library/Internet Plug-Ins/ folder –
but if anyone knows, I'd sure like to try.
The whole permissions issue: not to sure if this carries much
clout w/ my issue. I'm the only user registered to this Mac. Also,
this didn't start happening until I upgraded from FP8 to 9... and
maybe the Quicktime Release around the time I upgraded. I'm running
"QuickTime™ Version 7.3.0, Player Version 7.3 (7.3)"
Also, now when I verify disk permissions in the disk utility,
it seems to take forevvvvvvvveeeeeeeerrrrrr. This is, however,
probably a Mac issue, but I wonder if that has anything to do w/ my
problem? Just trying to be as descriptive as possible.

Answer 1

quote:
Originally posted by:
tacreate
I have been having the same problem with my PPC MacOSX
10.4.11 using the latest Safari 3 and Quicktime Pro 7.3 versions
with that darned grayed out "Q" and question mark. Grrrr! When I
installed the most recent Flash Player 9 (plug-in?) it takes me to
the Adobe site with the proper image. Yet, when I try to open
another page with a flash image, I get that same "Q." even after
doing a reboot, permission thing, etc. Another thing I noticed is
when I check on my Safari installed plug-ins there are duplicate
listings for Quicktime 7.3 and Shockwave Flash. Why is that and how
does one uninstall these duplicates? I also am missing
the.../Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player Enabler.plugin. There
is some kind of incompatibility issue somewhere between Quicktime
and Flash or Safari. Very frustrating, with no one I've heard on
any forum that has been able to suggest a clear answer. Hopefully,
Apple and Adobe will provide a fix.
tacreate, please try this for me (worked for another QT7.3
user and I need to get it technoted....)
In <drive> Library/Preferences/ drag the following to
the desktop:
com.apple.quicktime.plugin.preferences.plist
com.apple.quicktimeplayer.plist
QuickTime Preferences
Favorites.html
Then reboot and see if Flash Player works. This has worked
for me once before. What I believe is happening is that QT7.3 is
picking up bad preferences from a previous QuickTime
installation...