Why does Adobe sneak Google software into Flash Player updates?

Why does Adobe sneak Google Toolbar and Google Chrome into Flash Player updates? I am tired of waiting for this alien software to download and, in some cases, having to uninstall it.

We don't like this yet tolerate it becaue ADOBE is unconcerned with OUR opinions and there is no suitable replacement for Flash or Reader as of yet. However, I am certain that the "Land of Opportunity" will soon provide an alternative to accepting this deceiptful practice and we will abandon Adobe Flash en mass. Only when this policy affects the price of stocks will Management take this seriously. Once it hits their pocketbooks, they will take notice but the question then will be "is it too late?" I am also looking for alternatives to Google and would appreciate any suggestions.

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Why does Adobe keep telling me I need an update for my Flash Player?

When I say OK, it says my system won't support it. Shouldn't it know that before telling me I need an update? I am runing Snow Leopard.

What is your installed Flash Player version?
You can try to download the latest version from http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/licensing/mac/install_flash_playe r_11_osx.dmg

Does Adobe sell a web embedded flash player

I need to embed
a flash player into a website. As the flash player will enable my client to play nearly all formats. The problem is that Adobe do not sell a player. Why not?
Geoff

geoffrey edwards wrote:
Thanks Mac+Win=Me
Time to learn how to use the program then. What about playlists can they be added with Flash CS3?
Using ActionScript, yes, Playlists can be added.
There's a forum for that too when the time comes.

Why does my mac have issues with flash player videos

I was trying to watch a couple different videos last night for work and they wanted to use flash player.. however every time i tried to click on them to open them my macbook pro popped a message up saying that the flash player crashed that it would send a report to apple. how can i get pass this and fix it? i already tried downloading another flash player

Install Flash from here an try again
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
Also download and run ALL the cleaning and maintenance aspects of the free OnyX and reboot.
http://www.titanium.free.fr/
OnyX won't hurt anything, it will clean out all the cache and other files that might be corrupted and causing your problems, they will get rebuilt and your problem may disappear.
Also if there is something else wrong, OnyX's checkers may catch a larger issue which you tell us here so we can recommend further actions based upon that information.
Always backup your data to a external drive, cd/dvd's, (in addiiton to TimeMachine if your using that) so whatever happens at least that's safe.

Apparent unwanted software with flash player update

I had to update flash player on firefox to access hulu.com .
The download indicated it was adding google chrome, mcafee virus scanner, and something from adobe.
I killed the mcafee virus thing because it caused a warning from my existing virus scanner. I cant find the other things though.
This took about an hour to download and install, and then try to find and delete.
whats happening here , why is this stuff bundled , and how do I get rid of it ?
thanks

When I went to hulu and chose a video to watch I got a screen saying flash needed to be updated and then a screen popped up with this url
Adobe - Install Adobe Flash Player
It seemed to be the actual adobe website.
I could not find google chrome or the other downloads, only McAfee vieus which I removed. I dont have chrome or lightbox(?) so I dont know what it was downloading.
regards

SWFobject does not work with the latest flash player update in IE

So I get an installer show up this morning for the new flash
player after installation and testing of my site. It appears
SWFobject is not working in IE anymore. But it still works fine in
everything else.
What the hell is going on!?

quote:
Originally posted by:
Krolben
The bug comes from the newest automatic Microsoft updates for
Win XP. I've noticed it on quite many major sites and testes on
several computers. Those that have not yet been updated with the
latest Win XP patches access the site fine. Those that have been
patched seem to fail when the site checks the flash plugin version
in IE 7.
This is tested on sites using both swfObject and the Adobe
runActiveContent solution.
He is right. I am a Web designer and after a windows update
tonight all pages using swfobject stopped working unless I add the
code "?detectflash=false" into the address bar. This problem has
even rendered a major site like www.fox.com unusable in IE7.

Flash Player Update Dialogue

I have Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit with IE and Firefox and am still confused as to what the Flash Player Update Dialogue updates so I'll explain this as best I can. I realize IE uses Flash Player ActiveX and Firefox uses the Flash Player Plugin. Now in the past I've clicked "Install" in the Flash Player Update Dialogue window when it appears and IE opens the download page for the latest Flash release. I then install the update from the download page and that updates the Flash plugin that FF uses even though IE is set as my default browser. I have to manually update Flash Player ActiveX by opening IE, going to Adobe's website and downloading it from there. THIS IS the method I've always preferred however with the last 2 Flash releases the Flash Player Update prompt has followed the same procedure as always by opening the download page in IE but instead my Flash Player ActiveX is updated and I'd have to manually download the update for the Flash Plugin in Firefox. This has never happened with previous versions of Flash so why is the Flash's updater suddenly doing the opposite of what it had been doing? Has Adobe changed which plugin the Flash Player Update Dialogue downloads or is this a problem with my computer, perhaps the result of 1 or 2 registry entries I had CCleaner delete? Any help would be much appreciated! Thank you!

On my Windows 7 machine, if I set IE as the default browser, when I open the Flash Player (32bit) settings manager in the Control Panel, the ONLY plug-in that appears in the Advanced tab is the ActiveX version for some reason.
If I set Firefox as my default, BOTH plug-ins appear. My system may be screwed up, but it's only two months old and aside from Office 2010 and Creative Suite 5.5, four browsers, Reader and Flash Player are ALL that's installed on it, so it's not likely.
When the ActiveX is the only plug-in that shows, the updater takes me directly to the ActiveX download page. When Firefox is the default, it goes to the page with dropdowns to choose the OS, and browser.

Why does adobe photoshop elements 6.0 not show up for a download choice of putting my photos into my computer, I'm on windows7. I'm sure it did when I first got my computer. Could it be that I have lots of other photo software that may be interfering?

why does adobe photoshop elements 6.0 not show up for a download choice of putting my photos into my computer, I'm on windows7. I'm sure it did when I first got my computer. Could it be that I have lots of other photo software that may be interfering?@@

If you open the Organizer and go to Edit>Preferences>Camera or Card Reader, do you have Auto Launch Adobe Photo Downloader on Device Connect checked?
Try checking that if you don't.

WHY DOES ADOBE FORCE FEED ME GOOGLE CHROME WHEN I UPDATE FLASH? IT REALLY TICKS ME OFF!

WHY DOES ADOBE FORCE FEED ME GOOGLE CHROME WHEN I UPDATE FLASH? IT REALLY TICKS ME OFF!

It doesn't. How did you update - via website?

Why does Adobe try to trick us into installing Chrome and the Google toolbar?

Why does Adobe try to trick me in an underhand way to install Chrome and the Google toolbar?

In a word... "Money"

Why does Adobe Flash plugin still crash even after executing FlashAid?

This report was generated by Flash Aid:
Ubuntu Architecture
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Ubuntu Version
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DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04
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/usr/bin/firefox: symbolic link to `../lib/firefox-3.6.13/firefox.sh'
/usr/local/bin/firefox: ERROR: cannot open `/usr/local/bin/firefox' (No such file or directory)
/opt/firefox/firefox: ERROR: cannot open `/opt/firefox/firefox' (No such file or directory)
Firefox divertion
/usr/bin/firefox.ubuntu: ERROR: cannot open `/usr/bin/firefox.ubuntu' (No such file or directory)
Sources
google-earth.list.save
lucid-partner.list
lucid-partner.list.save
medibuntu.list
Flash packages
adobe-flashplugin install
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/usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so
/windows/.Trash-john/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
/windows/.Trash-john/john/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
/usr/lib/firefox/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so
/usr/lib/iceape/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so
/usr/lib/iceweasel/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so
/usr/lib/midbrowser/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so
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/usr/lib/xulrunner/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so
/usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so
Flash symlinks
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so: ERROR: cannot open `/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so' (No such file or directory)
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so: symbolic link to `/etc/alternatives/mozilla-flashplugin'
/etc/alternatives/mozilla-flashplugin: symbolic link to `/usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so'
/usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so: ERROR: cannot open `/usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so' (No such file or directory)
/usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so: ERROR: cannot open `/usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so' (No such file or directory)
/usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so: ELF 32-bit LSB shared object, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, stripped
/usr/lib/lightspark/lightspark.so: ERROR: cannot open `/usr/lib/lightspark/lightspark.so' (No such file or directory)
/usr/lib/swfdec-mozilla/libswfdecmozilla.so: ERROR: cannot open `/usr/lib/swfdec-mozilla/libswfdecmozilla.so' (No such file or directory)
/usr/lib/gnash/libgnashplugin.so: ERROR: cannot open `/usr/lib/gnash/libgnashplugin.so' (No such file or directory)
/var/lib/flashplugin-installer/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so: ERROR: cannot open `/var/lib/flashplugin-installer/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so' (No such file or directory)
/var/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so: ERROR: cannot open `/var/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so' (No such file or directory)
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PROBLEM SOLVED. There were two versions of Flashplayer installed. I re-ran Flash Aid and it sorted the problem.
Why does Adobe not resolve this problem at installation or upgrade time????

Why does adobe premier elements render my video everytime i change something in it even when i have lots more of the video to edit? other editing software only seems to render at the start then lets you edit until your ready to save at the end. Constant

why does adobe premier elements render my video everytime i change something in it even when i have lots more of the video to edit? other editing software only seems to render at the start then lets you edit until your ready to save at the end. Constant rendering means its almost impossible to edit anything. Please help.

H TheGamer
What version of Premiere Elements and on what computer operating system is it running? It will not influence my answer but will give me information in case I need to get into version specifics to detail my answer further.
Timeline rendering is a preview matter. It does not fix anything, but it is your window of opportunity to catch of problem sooner than latter. If the Timeline rendering indicator displays orange (11 or higher) for the line above the Timeline content, that is the project telling you that you are not getting the best possible preview of the playback of that content in the Edit area monitor. And, every time you edit a file, you have altered the file from the time before. So, if you want to see the best possible for what you now have, you Timeline render. This is particularly helpful when you are dealing with titles, effects, transitions, and non native formats. You cannot turn off the Timeline render indicator system, at least none that I have ever found nor seen reported. You can do selective Timeline rendering by having the gray tabs of the Work Area Bar span only the Timeline segment that you want Timeline rendered.
Consequently, you either ignore the Timeline render indicator system, move on in the project, and take your chances in the outcome or you Timeline render to get your best possible preview if the Timeline render indicator is suggesting that you do so.
I am not approving or disapproving of this project feature, just commenting on the what is.
This is not Adobe. Rather user to user. If you want to have your voice heard at Adobe, you might consider filing an Adobe Feature Request Bug Report Form.
https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform
Please consider.
ATR
Add On...it is also possible to do Timeline rendering in a project, save close the project, and reopen it to find your previously "green" lined content now "orange", indicating unrendered. Yet the preview files generated originally by Timeline rendering are still existing in their hard drive save location. That is another story for other time.

Why does Adobe Flash crash all the time? It is reallyt annoying and I'm considering using another browser. Please tell me how to fix this.

Why does Adobe Flash crash all the time? It is really annoying and I'm considering using another browser.
Please tell me how to fix this.

Try to uninstall your current Flash version and update Flash to the latest version.
Troubleshoot Flash Player installation for Windows:
* http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/191/tn_19166.html#main_Uninstall_the_older_Flash_Player_version
*http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+the+Flash+plugin
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Flash

Why does adobe try to force Google Chrome on to my computer and a Google Toolbar! Thats is fasist!

also why does adobe require so many updates! why can't they get it right the first five hundred time i update it!
why cant i update or down load with out having to get google tool bar to be spyied on? WTF? And Google Chrome if i wanted Google Chrome i down load it directly!
Google collecting and storing information is an invasion of privacy! If Adobe is so free thinking and so advanced, ask if we want ******** toolbars downloaded it sucks when you think your down loading something and get a new webpage and toolbars. Dont do business this way. Its arrogant & ignorant

Adobe never installed anything on my computer I didn't want. You can always uncheck bundled software that is offered with the standard downloads, or use the offline installers that are not bundled with any 3rd party software.

Why does adobe flash not work in my firefox. i have down loaded it several times. it will work in explorer and chrome.

why does adobe flash not work in my firefox. i have down loaded it several times. it will work in explorer and chrome.

IE uses a different version of Flash than other browsers use. You need to install the Plugin version of Flash for Firefox.
1.Download the Flash setup file from here: 
[http://fpdownload.adobe.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player.exe Adobe Flash - Plugin version]. 
Save it to your Desktop. 
2. Close Firefox using File > Exit 
then check the Task Manager > Processes tab to make sure '''firefox.exe''' is closed, 
{XP: Ctrl+Alt+Del, Vista: Shift+Ctrl+ESC = Processes tab}
3. Then run the Flash setup file from your Desktop.

Why does Adobe sneak Google software into Flash Player updates?

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