Garmin GPS - Communicator Plugin

Garmin requires the plug-in to register (and download software upgrades into) the GPS.
Through Garmin's site, I downloaded the plug-in and got an "Install Completed Successfully" msg.
In Safari, I click on Help>Installed Plug-ins, and it shows that "Garmin communicator Plug-in v. 2.8.3.0, is installed.
When I try to register the GPS, I get a msg that says, "communicator plug-in NOT detected".
I've tried searching for an .exe kind of file thinking the program needed to be "started up", but I'm not able to find anything.
Any help for an analog brain in a digital world appreciated.

Problem resolved. I found out that I had an old version of Flip4Mac. I updated to the latest version and all is well.

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