What is Adobe doing with plugin downloads?
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What is Adobe doing with plugin downloads?
Apparently Adobe is insisting that only Firefox should be allowed to download the installer for a Flash plugin. I had to fake a Firefox user-agent in SeaMonkey before I was able to download the latest one. Why do that? It makes no sense to me.
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Re: What is Adobe doing with plugin downloads?
So this page does not work? https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/
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Re: What is Adobe doing with plugin downloads?
It works.
I just downloaded flashplayer and installed 30_0_0_154 from https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
I'm on windows 7
I just downloaded flashplayer and installed 30_0_0_154 from https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
I'm on windows 7
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Re: What is Adobe doing with plugin downloads?
Doesn't work for long time - there is available Adobe Download Manager only.James wrote:So this page does not work? https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/
To download full offline installer fellow must use direct URL:
Mozilla (NPAPI)
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http://fpdownload.adobe.com/get/flashplayer/pdc/30.0.0.154/install_flash_player.exe
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http://fpdownload.adobe.com/get/flashplayer/pdc/30.0.0.154/install_flash_player_ax.exe
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Re: What is Adobe doing with plugin downloads?
Actually, that link does still work.Doesn't work for long time - there is available Adobe Download Manager only.
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Re: What is Adobe doing with plugin downloads?
This always provides the latest version of Flash for me:
https fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/latest/help/install_flash_player.exe
https fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/latest/help/install_flash_player.exe
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Re: What is Adobe doing with plugin downloads?
(A user on Pale Moon forums ran into issue downloading.
I would expect https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ to simply work, but haven't used that in ages.
[That link actually downloads a "stub"-installer, & other crap, if you let it, that then downloads what you actually want.]
What @Pav78 wrote it the correct answer, IMO.)
I would expect https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ to simply work, but haven't used that in ages.
[That link actually downloads a "stub"-installer, & other crap, if you let it, that then downloads what you actually want.]
What @Pav78 wrote it the correct answer, IMO.)
Fire 750, bring back 250.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110420 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 Pinball CopyURL+ FetchTextURL FlashGot NoScript
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110420 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 Pinball CopyURL+ FetchTextURL FlashGot NoScript
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Re: What is Adobe doing with plugin downloads?
Not quite the right answer for MacOS, though.
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Re: What is Adobe doing with plugin downloads?
Oh, that's right, you need a dmg.
Very bottom of these pages, will point to the (same direct for) Windows & (similar for) Mac links:
https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/installation-problems-flash-player-windows.html
https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/installation-problems-flash-player-mac.html
Very bottom of these pages, will point to the (same direct for) Windows & (similar for) Mac links:
https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/installation-problems-flash-player-windows.html
https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/installation-problems-flash-player-mac.html
Fire 750, bring back 250.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110420 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 Pinball CopyURL+ FetchTextURL FlashGot NoScript
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110420 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 Pinball CopyURL+ FetchTextURL FlashGot NoScript
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Re: What is Adobe doing with plugin downloads?
Funny thing! Your URL and my URL should gave the same files... but they are not the same!Pav78 wrote:This always provides the latest version of Flash for me:
https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/f ... player.exe
EXE file from "latest" folder has older digital signature then "30.0.0.154" folder.
SHA256 check sums:
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d4a083f7d1b191af30a64c67be3c4ffadf0b491c841acff7fbe560ae03ce5467
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6e16f016cc05fb79aacaa626cb48d5b28ff1d59958aeb63a60620b94d831af5f
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Re: What is Adobe doing with plugin downloads?
Yep as you can download the latest version for Windows, Mac or Linux regardless of what OS you are using as it is the "Need Flash Player for a different computer?" link on https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/DanRaisch wrote:Actually, that link does still work.Doesn't work for long time - there is available Adobe Download Manager only.
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Re: What is Adobe doing with plugin downloads?
therube wrote:A user on Pale Moon forums ran into issue downloading.
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- More information and the explanation/solution to this problem in the same thread ....
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Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20240318 SeaMonkey/2.53.18.2
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20240416 SeaMonkey/2.53.19
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Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20240318 SeaMonkey/2.53.18.2
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20240416 SeaMonkey/2.53.19
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Re: What is Adobe doing with plugin downloads?
Both hashes are correct.
Not quite sure what the /pdc/ means, though there is at least one "pdc" URL (if that means anything?):
> https:// www .adobe.com/lib/mobile/pdc/apple.html
Appears that other then a couple bytes at the beginning of the file, the only other difference may have something to do with the certificate? (Both are signed by symantec :evilgrin:.)
So I'll take it that both are equally valid, though slightly different in packaging leading to different hashes.
The one, in order to use, you must know the current version number - in order to get the current version.
The other, theoretically, should always return the most current version.
Not quite sure what the /pdc/ means, though there is at least one "pdc" URL (if that means anything?):
> https:// www .adobe.com/lib/mobile/pdc/apple.html
Appears that other then a couple bytes at the beginning of the file, the only other difference may have something to do with the certificate? (Both are signed by symantec :evilgrin:.)
So I'll take it that both are equally valid, though slightly different in packaging leading to different hashes.
The one, in order to use, you must know the current version number - in order to get the current version.
The other, theoretically, should always return the most current version.
Fire 750, bring back 250.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110420 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 Pinball CopyURL+ FetchTextURL FlashGot NoScript
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110420 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 Pinball CopyURL+ FetchTextURL FlashGot NoScript
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Re: What is Adobe doing with plugin downloads?
That did not work. I tried that. It sort of worked if I gave SeaMonkey a fake Firefox user-agent, but did not work with any other browser. Therube's second link works, so thanks for that.James wrote: Yep as you can download the latest version for Windows, Mac or Linux regardless of what OS you are using as it is the "Need Flash Player for a different computer?" link on https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/