RE: [Flashcoders] OT: Flash player keeps 'downgrading' itself
So I have been struggling with this as well and I think I have found a work around/fix. And it has to do with what John mentioned and uninstalling the player sort of, because I can remember running the uninstaller and it not fixing it. So here is what I did. Go to this directory C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash And find the Flash.OCX file. All I did was rename it to something different so IE wouldn't be able to find FP7 and I would be able to track down what site it was reverting on. But to my surprise it seems like it's working now. It's been over 3 days without having to re-install the player. So if you do uninstall the player go to that directory and make sure that that file isn't there. I hope that helps. Julian Dolce Senior Creative Technologist Fuel Industries, INC [ p ] 613-224-6738 x241 -Original Message- From: Mike Mountain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 10:52 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] OT: Flash player keeps 'downgrading' itself OK I know for sure I'm not the only one this is happening to, but I wanted to get a consensus of how common this is. My Flash player keeps silently reverting to version 7, I don't know if it's a website I visit forcing a silent 'downgrade', or something to do with my PC (win XP). Anyone else experiencing this on the list? Solutions? Causes? Etc. Cheers Mike ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] OT: Flash player keeps 'downgrading' itself
More info: http://blog.fuelindustries.com/archives/000108.htm -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Mountain Sent: 25 October 2005 09:46 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] OT: Flash player keeps 'downgrading' itself It's ie 6.0.2800 It happens with the full 8 player and the 8.5 alpha. I don't know which site is doing it (because it happens invisibly) It happens a lot (at least twice a month) Its been happening since the beta 8 player came out (I didn't have flashpaper then) It's most annoying. M ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] OT: Flash player keeps 'downgrading' itself
Same think was happening to me ... but not until I installed the Flex 2.0 Alpha. --Jeff Hindman -Original Message- From: Mike Mountain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 7:52 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] OT: Flash player keeps 'downgrading' itself OK I know for sure I'm not the only one this is happening to, but I wanted to get a consensus of how common this is. My Flash player keeps silently reverting to version 7, I don't know if it's a website I visit forcing a silent 'downgrade', or something to do with my PC (win XP). Anyone else experiencing this on the list? Solutions? Causes? Etc. Cheers Mike ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Flash player keeps 'downgrading' itself
I haven't noticed that in firefox, I have the 8.5 plugin installed in firefox and left 7 in windows exploder. I've been to quite a few sites that use 7 and I watched the osflash conference using 8.5 fine... Maybe its just some rogue site ? :) Grant - Original Message - From: Hindman, Jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: 10/24/05 1:31 PM Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] OT: Flash player keeps 'downgrading' itself Same think was happening to me ... but not until I installed the Flex 2.0 Alpha. --Jeff Hindman -Original Message- From: Mike Mountain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 7:52 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] OT: Flash player keeps 'downgrading' itself OK I know for sure I'm not the only one this is happening to, but I wanted to get a consensus of how common this is. My Flash player keeps silently reverting to version 7, I don't know if it's a website I visit forcing a silent 'downgrade', or something to do with my PC (win XP). Anyone else experiencing this on the list? Solutions? Causes? Etc. Cheers Mike ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] OT: Flash player keeps 'downgrading' itself
IE 6.0 ... I fixed the problem by re-installing the Alpha and only checking Firefox as a browser to load the Flash 8.5 plug-in into. -- Jeff -Original Message- From: Merrill, Jason [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 10:42 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] OT: Flash player keeps 'downgrading' itself I am using the Flex 2.0 Alpha as well, but I haven't seen this happen, at least with Firefox. What browser is this happening with? Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hindman, Jeff Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 1:34 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] OT: Flash player keeps 'downgrading' itself Same think was happening to me ... but not until I installed the Flex 2.0 Alpha. --Jeff Hindman -Original Message- From: Mike Mountain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 7:52 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] OT: Flash player keeps 'downgrading' itself OK I know for sure I'm not the only one this is happening to, but I wanted to get a consensus of how common this is. My Flash player keeps silently reverting to version 7, I don't know if it's a website I visit forcing a silent 'downgrade', or something to do with my PC (win XP). Anyone else experiencing this on the list? Solutions? Causes? Etc. Cheers Mike ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders NOTICE: This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged or confidential information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of this e-mail by you is prohibited. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Flash player keeps 'downgrading' itself
In the case of computers that are downgrading themselves, how many of you have FlashPaper installed. I think Contribute also has a similar issue. That is whenever you launch MS Office apps after upgrading to Flash 8 it will downgrade you to Flash 7 player. But it is a noticeable downgrade in that when you luanch the app, the installer for FlashPaper or Contribute launches and tries to fix things up. At least that was the case with the Flash 8 beta players. I think they fixed something at the end so it shouldn't do that. However there could be a chance that that particular fix isn't applied to the 8.5 alpha player. This is only speculation of course. Sincerely Mark R. Jonkman - Original Message - From: John Dowdell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, October 24, 2005 1:15 pm Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Flash player keeps 'downgrading' itself Mike Mountain wrote: My Flash player keeps silently reverting to version 7, I don't know if it's a website I visit forcing a silent 'downgrade', or something to do with my PC (win XP). I'm not familiar with this symptom. I know you're on a PC, but am not sure of the browser (IE uses ActiveX Controls; others use Netscape Plugins). To repro it we'd likely have to know the procedure too (visit the site install, background ActiveX, auto-update etc), whether there were things like a system restart after one of the installs, whether it occurs on some pages or any page, whether there have been any alpha or beta versions installed into that browser, how you know which version is being used, etc. I don't know of a way that a webpage can force a silent downgrade, if that's of help. jd -- John Dowdell . Macromedia Developer Support . San Francisco CA USA Weblog: http://www.macromedia.com/go/blog_jd Aggregator: http://www.macromedia.com/go/weblogs Technotes: http://www.macromedia.com/support/ Spam killed my private email -- public record is best, thanks. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Flash player keeps 'downgrading' itself
I for one do not have FlashPaper. On 10/24/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the case of computers that are downgrading themselves, how many of you have FlashPaper installed. I think Contribute also has a similar issue. That is whenever you launch MS Office apps after upgrading to Flash 8 it will downgrade you to Flash 7 player. But it is a noticeable downgrade in that when you luanch the app, the installer for FlashPaper or Contribute launches and tries to fix things up. At least that was the case with the Flash 8 beta players. I think they fixed something at the end so it shouldn't do that. However there could be a chance that that particular fix isn't applied to the 8.5 alpha player. This is only speculation of course. Sincerely Mark R. Jonkman - Original Message - From: John Dowdell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, October 24, 2005 1:15 pm Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Flash player keeps 'downgrading' itself Mike Mountain wrote: My Flash player keeps silently reverting to version 7, I don't know if it's a website I visit forcing a silent 'downgrade', or something to do with my PC (win XP). I'm not familiar with this symptom. I know you're on a PC, but am not sure of the browser (IE uses ActiveX Controls; others use Netscape Plugins). To repro it we'd likely have to know the procedure too (visit the site install, background ActiveX, auto-update etc), whether there were things like a system restart after one of the installs, whether it occurs on some pages or any page, whether there have been any alpha or beta versions installed into that browser, how you know which version is being used, etc. I don't know of a way that a webpage can force a silent downgrade, if that's of help. jd -- John Dowdell . Macromedia Developer Support . San Francisco CA USA Weblog: http://www.macromedia.com/go/blog_jd Aggregator: http://www.macromedia.com/go/weblogs Technotes: http://www.macromedia.com/support/ Spam killed my private email -- public record is best, thanks. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Flash player keeps 'downgrading' itself
I do have flash paper and have not seen this happen. Spike On 10/24/05, Steve Mathews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I for one do not have FlashPaper. On 10/24/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the case of computers that are downgrading themselves, how many of you have FlashPaper installed. I think Contribute also has a similar issue. That is whenever you launch MS Office apps after upgrading to Flash 8 it will downgrade you to Flash 7 player. But it is a noticeable downgrade in that when you luanch the app, the installer for FlashPaper or Contribute launches and tries to fix things up. At least that was the case with the Flash 8 beta players. I think they fixed something at the end so it shouldn't do that. However there could be a chance that that particular fix isn't applied to the 8.5 alpha player. This is only speculation of course. Sincerely Mark R. Jonkman - Original Message - From: John Dowdell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, October 24, 2005 1:15 pm Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Flash player keeps 'downgrading' itself Mike Mountain wrote: My Flash player keeps silently reverting to version 7, I don't know if it's a website I visit forcing a silent 'downgrade', or something to do with my PC (win XP). I'm not familiar with this symptom. I know you're on a PC, but am not sure of the browser (IE uses ActiveX Controls; others use Netscape Plugins). To repro it we'd likely have to know the procedure too (visit the site install, background ActiveX, auto-update etc), whether there were things like a system restart after one of the installs, whether it occurs on some pages or any page, whether there have been any alpha or beta versions installed into that browser, how you know which version is being used, etc. I don't know of a way that a webpage can force a silent downgrade, if that's of help. jd -- John Dowdell . Macromedia Developer Support . San Francisco CA USA Weblog: http://www.macromedia.com/go/blog_jd Aggregator: http://www.macromedia.com/go/weblogs Technotes: http://www.macromedia.com/support/ Spam killed my private email -- public record is best, thanks. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- Stephen Milligan Do you do the Badger? http://www.yellowbadger.com Do you cfeclipse? http://www.cfeclipse.org ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Flash player keeps 'downgrading' itself
On 10/24/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the case of computers that are downgrading themselves, how many of you have FlashPaper installed. I have flash paper installed, but have not used it in a while. I also do not mess with the Flex Alpha or Ver 8.5 of the plug-in. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
