Why am I having so much trouble installing Flash Player 17?

Hello,
I have installed and updated Flash Player since 1999, but never with so much trouble as with the latest version- 17.
My pc runs Windows 7 64-bit with Internet Explorer 11. I have tried all the troubleshooting steps listed on the Adobe website with no luck.
I am logged in as administrator, but when I go to a website the permission message pops up at the bottom of the page, as normal after updating,
"This webpage wants to run the following add-on; ' Adobe Flash Player' from Adobe Systems Incorporated'.
Whether I click on Allow or click on the dropdown and click on Allow for all websites, does not matter. It will not work and the permission bar stays up.
Can somebody please help??
Thanks,
Dake

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=O====== M/11.3.300.257 2012-06-11+15-35-56.121 ========
0000 [I] 00000010 "C:\Users\cad 01\AppData\Local\Temp\install_flash_player.exe" -install -iv 8 -au 0
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0002 [W] 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayerPlugin/PlayerPath 2
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0005 [W] 00001037 SOFTWARE\MozillaPlugins\@adobe.com/FlashPlayer/ 2
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0000 [I] 00000010 "C:\Users\cad 01\AppData\Local\Temp\install_flash_player.exe" -install -iv 8 -au 0
0001 [W] 00001036 Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayerPlugin/Version 2
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0005 [W] 00001037 SOFTWARE\MozillaPlugins\@adobe.com/FlashPlayer/ 2
0006 [W] 00001037 SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adobe Flash Player Plugin/ 2
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0018 [I] 00000021 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe
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=X====== M/11.3.300.257 2012-06-11+15-36-04.249 ========
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