Computer system reset but now adobe flash player is not working

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  1. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Home Basic 32bit
       #1

    Computer system reset but now adobe flash player is not working


    I recently reset my computer and whenever i go to open ie a window pops up saying how i want to open the file. I just click search on the web and that gets me on the internet. Problem is I need to update my adobe flash player and whenever i try and download it and run it it says what file i want to open it with instead of just running. Have no clue what to do
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  2. Posts : 6,285
    Windows 10 Pro X64
       #2

    Where are you downloading from? I get it from here: Adobe - Install a different version of Adobe Flash Player

    I have a X64 system so what I get is: install_flashplayer11x64_mssd_aih.exe

    What do you get when you download?
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  3. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Home Basic 32bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    thats where i tried to download from. mine comes up as installflashplayer11x32ax_gtba.aih.exe. if i could get it to run itd be fine but it always ask when i want to run it example: internet explorer or windows media player and i tried that and it does nothing
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  4. Posts : 4,049
    W7 Ultimate SP1, LM19.2 MATE, W10 Home 1703, W10 Pro 1703 VM, #All 64 bit
       #4

    It sounds like Windows isn't' recognising the file extension.

    Can you install any other programs on your PC?

    It might be a fake installer (i.e. malware)

    Is "Hide extensions for known file types" still selected (one of the stupidest default settings ever conceived and implemented)?
    Computer system reset but now adobe flash player is not working-hidden-extensions.png
    The installer download may have got corrupted.
    Perhaps you should try downloading it again.
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  5. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Home Basic 32bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    no i can't install anything or bring up anything without it going to the folder asking what i want to use to open the file. thanks ill have to try that.
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  6. Posts : 4,049
    W7 Ultimate SP1, LM19.2 MATE, W10 Home 1703, W10 Pro 1703 VM, #All 64 bit
       #6

    sfc /scannow


    If you can't install anything then there is a problem.

    You may need to open the "Command Prompt" and execute:
    sfc /scannow

    Tutorial:
    SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker
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  7. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Home Basic 32bit
    Thread Starter
       #7

    whenever I click on a program the "choose a program to open with" pops up. very frustrating. i have tried to download adobe flash player and run it but the open with always comes up so i click on a random one and it just goes back to needing to run it again and it does it over and over. if i could delete the .exe part and have it just run that would be fine with me.
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  8. Posts : 3,139
    Systems 1 and 2: Windows 7 Enterprise x64, Win 8 Developer
       #8

    Try creating a new user profile and see if you can run executables there. If it does, you may need to fix a corrupted user profile:

    Fix a corrupted user profile
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  9. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Home Basic 32bit
    Thread Starter
       #9

    i tried that and whenever i click on the button to create a new user nothing happens
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  10. Posts : 4,049
    W7 Ultimate SP1, LM19.2 MATE, W10 Home 1703, W10 Pro 1703 VM, #All 64 bit
       #10

    Malware?


    jml4life said:
    i tried that and whenever i click on the button to create a new user nothing happens
    Do any of your programs still work?

    Does your AV program work?
    Can you run an AV scan?

    Have you tried running the System File Checker?

    lehnerus2000 said:
    If you can't install anything then there is a problem.

    You may need to open the "Command Prompt" and execute:
    sfc /scannow

    Tutorial:
    SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker
      My Computer


 
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