Javascript popup to install flash plugin, but plugin is already installed..

I have plugin checker code in place, checking for Plugin 9.
On a co workers computer at home, she is prompted to download the
Flash plugin via a javascript alert window that says "Install" or
"Don't Install". After doing the install, it continues to happen
over and over. This ONLY happens with Flash Plugin 9. I am about to
revert back to Actionscript 2.0 for this application and use Flash
Plugin 8 to see if that fixes it. Has anyone run into this before
and does anyone have any resolution? If more info is needed let me
know I'll be happy to provide.. Thanks

With my most recent update of Flash on 12/8/2014 I am having the same problem, but the Shockwave Flash Add-On is set to "always activate."
Firefox 34.0
Shockwave Flash Add-On 15.0.0.239

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=O====== M/15.0.0.239 2014-11-30+05-25-06.799 ========
0000 [I] 00000010 "C:\Users\Megan\Downloads\install_flash_player(2).exe"
0001 [I] 00000011 1
0002 [W] 00001036 Software\Mozilla\Firefox\extensions/Plugins 2
0003 [W] 00001036 Software\Mozilla\Mozilla Firefox\extensions/Plugins 2
0004 [W] 00001036 Software\Mozilla\Mozilla Thunderbird\extensions/Plugins 2
0005 [W] 00001036 Software\Mozilla\Thunderbird\extensions/Plugins 2
0006 [W] 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Last CommandLine 2
0007 [W] 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Last CommandLine 2
0008 [W] 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Plugin Path 2
0009 [W] 00001036 Software\Opera Software/Plugin Path 2
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0011 [I] 00000015 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil32_15_0_0_239_Plugin.exe
0012 [I] 00000024 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\plugin.vch
0013 [I] 00000017 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash
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0015 [I] 00000021 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe
0016 [W] 00001106
0017 [W] 00001106
0018 [W] 00001024 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe 183
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I'm a bit confused with your description, as you said adobe flash player couldn't play any vedio. How about Youtube vedio? Does it works fine?
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How can i check PPAPI status of Flash Plugin in Chrome using JavaScript

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I promise to refrain from venting my disgust :-) but when FF 9 blew up the entire web. I had all kinds of issues so I did things like Bill Gates taught us to do. I re-installed windows 7, brand new, formatted HD and all. The very first thing I did was open IE to download FF29 from the mozilla site and it installed. I went to pages I know have fits with flash on purpose, www.nydailynews.com, for instance and got the message that no flash was installed, do I want to install it? Well, yes, I have brand new FF on a brand new computer, so to ahead. Did the usual, installed Flash, shut down, and even rebooted the computer, and golly gee, the web pages tell me I have no flash installed. Its in IE, and of course chrome, and it appears in the installed program control panel, but I can't use flash with FF 29.
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I am not a cry baby, who wants to complain, but will you please fix this issue so I don't have to abandon my favorite browser.. I don't enjoy Chrome, and IE is just not an option for me.
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john
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adobe test page says it is installed. but I said, some pages I visit say I don't have it installed.
I use prefbar ( I delete it and reinstall to make sure its not an issue) usually because it lets me turn off flash and avoid the crashing and locking up but when I check the flash block on prefbar, it says " plugin is not loaded"
I posted from the machine that does not work, but it does not work on my Vista Laptop, or my daughter's computer either. In all cases, I wiped the drives and reinstalled the OS and went directly to Firefox for 29 and to adobe for their latest.
Flash IS installed on my machine... It works in IE, and Chrome, but firefox 29 does not install the flash plugin, even tho the installer says all is well
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I am grateful for your attention. I find that web browsers are very important anymore, an a non functional one makes the web a waste. I mentioned www.nydailynews.com and would really not want to make a long list of every page that demands a flash plugin, for they are legion that I don't have, mostly because when the page wants flash, FF locks up. Its will not even let me copy the URL to try and make a list, but the browser is totally locked up and I have to kill the process I get the message I have been getting for about a year that the shockwave plugin has stopped working. There is no shockwave on my computer.
I know it looks like I have two different problems as the plugin does not load, but for instance, when I got it worrking in FF28, it loaded but constantly crashed an locked up the browser with the shockwave message, even tho I never install shockwave any time
Frustration is the word for the day, or the week :-)
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Kind regards,
John

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This happenned since I migrated from Mageia 1 to Mageia 2, and still doesn't work on Mageia 3, which uses Firefox 17 ESR. I then downloaded and installed Firefox 22 directly from Mozilla, still with no luck. I've reset my profile, tried to use an empty profile, tried disabling all add-ons, still no luck.
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The plugin check page does list something called 'Shockwave Flash." I went to the Adobe site and downloaded and installed the latest version of Adobe Flash but it still does not show up on the plugin check page. I don't see how Adobe Flash can be crashing in Firefox when Firefox doesn't even know that it's installed.

Your System Details List shows the Shockwave Flash 12.0 r0 plugin as installed, so you appear to have the Flash plugin installed.
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*http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player.html
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Start Firefox in <u>[[Safe Mode|Safe Mode]]</u> to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).
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Can't update or install Flash plugin on my iMac

Was asked in Safari 7.1 to update my flash plugin. OK, no big deal, I do it all the time. Only this time it gives me an error every time. I tried several ties including complete clean installs.
Solutions? I need the plugin for a website I need to access. I realize I can just use Chrome instead but I like to use Safari for this website so I can let it play in the background while I use Chrome for my main browsing.
brand new 27" iMac i7
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If a complete uninstall/reinstall isn't working, then try booting into safe mode and doing the uninstall/reinstall.
http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-mac-os.html
To boot into Safe mode, just restart your mac, and hold Shift until it starts loading. You'll know it's working because you'll get a loading bar, and it will take a *really* long time to boot up. Once you're in, try the steps again. Once you've installed successfully (or you run into a failure again), reboot again to get back into normal mode.
My thought is that something that runs in the background has an embedded WebKit instance that's keeping Flash busy. If rebooting in Safe Mode does the job, then we'd be interested in looking at anything you might be running that you think could be a candidate.

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