Learning flash builder

So first an intro. I've only previously owned flash mx which was enough as all I used ti for was making simple animations and such. But recently, I've wanted to get into game development. I tried learning actionscript on it, but many of the online tutorials are far advanced for my outdated flash mx. I then learned adobe has its own game development software in the form of flash builder. So I thought I'd try it out cause I'm not sure if I'm cut out for game development and would like to use this trial version to learn as much as possible and perhaps build something in the process. Keep in mind I'm completely new to this so this thread will be filled with newbie questions about flash builder. Well, here we go.

okay. my first question is. i downloaded the flashbuilder via the creative cloud but when i try to run one of the gaming samples(inwawayders) in the sdk. i get the following errors.
C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\plugins\NPSWF32.dll
Flash Builder cannot locate the required version of Adobe Flash Player. You might need to install the Flash Player or reinstall Flash Builder.
Do you want to try to run your application with the current version?
after that i am told
File not found: file:/C:/Program%20Files/Adobe%20Gaming%20SDK%201.1/Samples/Away3D/Invawayders/bin-debug/ Main.html
similarly for files like hungry hero. i get the following errors
Process terminated unexpectedly.
application descriptor not found
Launch command details: "C:\Program Files\Flash\Adobe Flash Builder 4.7\eclipse\plugins\com.adobe.flash.compiler_4.7.0.349722\AIRSDK\bin\adl.exe" -runtime "C:\Program Files\Flash\Adobe Flash Builder 4.7\eclipse\plugins\com.adobe.flash.compiler_4.7.0.349722\AIRSDK\runtimes\air\win" "C:\Program Files\Adobe Gaming SDK 1.1\Samples\Starling\Hungry Hero\bin-debug\HungryHero-app.xml" "C:\Program Files\Adobe Gaming SDK 1.1\Samples\Starling\Hungry Hero\bin-debug"

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