Newbie: Icons & Clarification

Hi, I am a 60+ yr old computer newbie and have a few very
basic quesions:
a) Can you explain what the difference is between the
following (or maybe they are all one in the same, just called by a
variety of names)
1.Macromedia Flash Player
2.Adobe Flash Player
3.Macromedia Shockwave Player
4.Adobe Shockwave Player
b) I successfully downloaded Adobe Flash Player (and I may
even have a shockwave player, not sure)
How do I get an ICON on my desktop for each of these flash
players and shockwave players ?
c) If it's not too much trouble, how do I find out which
flash player / shockwave player "version" I have on my computer.
For your info, I have Windows Me, 866 MHz, 512 Ram, 40 Gig
Hard Drive
and if you need to know, I do have Adobe Reader Version 6.0.5
downloaded and saved as an icon
Thank You, Richard

adobe took over macromedia so the two different names are
just that names.You do not need icons for these players.Going to a
site where these players are used will activate them to see what
the site is showing.When you go to Adobe to download the player you
see there what player you have.My friend had windows me and had
problems with some applications as ME is a business windows
operating systems.But are usually are on your pc at
windows>system32>..there you will see the macromed folder to
see what version you have.

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