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Cant view any flash in IE?
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    Cant view any flash in IE?

    I seem to be having issues trying to watch a youtube flick or any other kind of flash /video files? When it tells me too download adobe, and I do, nothing happens, I know Im an idiot but what am I missing here?


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    Re: Cant view any flash in IE?

    Do you get any sort of popup at the top of the IE window asking you to allow the software download?

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    Re: Cant view any flash in IE?

    From your sig it says you are using Vista x64. The default IE browser used in Vista x64 is the 64 bit version of Internet Explorer. The last time I checked Adobe has not made a 64bit version of the flash player. The 32bit flash player wont work with the 64bit version of IE. So to fix your problem you need to use the 32bit version of IE, its also included with Vista x64, or some other 32bit web browser like Firefox.

    Hope this helps you fix your problem.

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    Re: Cant view any flash in IE?

    Unless I am mistaken, my system without any tweaks whatsoever, is running IE *32bit* by default whenever I ask it to run IE. My Launch IE shortcut is also the 32bit version,

    In fact, my Start menu shows IE and IE 64bit:

    ie-32-vs-64.jpg

    However, it's still possible that the OP *is* in fact using IE 64bit instead of IE 32.

    Skiddy, look at your IE about page and see what it says. 32bit looks like this:

    ie.jpg

    And 64bit looks like this:

    ie-64.jpg

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    Re: Cant view any flash in IE?

    Yes I get a popup at the start of the download.

    And this seems to be the 32 bit version.

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