What Is a Multimedia Flash Player?

Adobe Flash Player ^[1] is a widely used, proprietary multimedia program player. It was originally written by Macromedia and continued to be developed and distributed by Adobe after Macromedia was acquired by Adobe. Adobe Flash Player was originally designed to play 2D vector animation, but it has since become a tool for developing and creating rich Internet applications and streaming video and audio. Flash Player uses vector graphics technology to minimize file size and create files that save network bandwidth and download time. As a result, Flash has become a common format for small games, animations, and graphical user interfaces embedded in web pages.

Adobe Flash Player

Adobe Flash Player is a player used by the advanced client runtime. It is short and powerful, and can be used on various browsers, operating systems and mobile devices. It is powerful and compatible. Adobe Flash Player is installed on more than 1.3 billion Internet-connected desktop computers and mobile devices, enabling companies and individuals to build and deliver a great digital experience to end users. Enables you to enjoy the most expressive and engaging experience on the web, combining interactive, rich content with video, graphics, and animation.

In September 2005, Macromedia introduced Flash Player 8, which provides revolutionary new expressiveness and rendering performance, including

Supports keyboard input at full screen, while solving the problem of audio delay, and brings better support for Gatekeeper in OS X Mountain Lion, users can complete the upgrade through automatic updates. The new Air brings more benefits to developers, such as support for iOS5.1 and iPad retina display.

(Released July 26, 2012) Adobe Flash Player 11.3.300.268 (129 MB) ^[3]

Some of the common problems that Care personally collected for netizens during the installation of "flashplayer":

1. "The download of the flash player timed out or the download time was only 47%" ^[7]

2. "Install Flash Tip: This application can only run one instance"

3. "Unable to download flash player and unable to install flash player solution" ^[8]

4. "This publisher has been prevented from running software on your computer" ^[9]

5. "Installation of flashplayer indicates that reliable resources cannot be reached" ^[10]

6. "Solution to install flashplayer only to 50% or 12%" ^[11]

Related tutorials

1. "flash player" uninstall tutorial ^[12]

2. "flash player" installation tutorial ^[13]

3. Check if it is the "flash player" that makes the video unavailable (unavailable in QQ space or other QQ products) ^[14]

Frequently asked questions will not be updated, I hope the above frequently asked questions can help everyone.

Vulnerability issues

On January 26, 2015, according to foreign media reports, Adobe released a new version of Flash on Saturday. The most important purpose of this version is to provide bug fixes. Flash has long had an undisclosed vulnerability that allowed remote attackers to gain control of a Mac or PC. Adobe urges users to upgrade immediately to prevent hackers from exploiting this vulnerability.

Adobe defines the vulnerability as "critical", which means "if the vulnerability is used to execute malicious code locally, users will be completely unaware of it." Adobe also stated that "the vulnerability can be used to actively attack Windows 8.1 and the Internet it runs on via stolen downloads Explorer and Firefox browsers. "" Run-by-download "attacks mean downloading software to a user's computer without the user's awareness to complete a remote attack.

Solution: Users can check the installed version of Flash by entering Adobe's official website or right-clicking Flash content in the browser and selecting "About Adobe (or Macromedia) Flash Player". Then, enable automatic updates or manually update the Flash version. ^[15-16]

Update Flash Player error

First, clear all windows update cache

1. Press Windows + X and select "Command Prompt (Administrator)";

2. Enter: net stop wuauserv and press Enter (the service will be reminded to stop here);

Flash Player

3. Delete all files in C: \ windows \ softwareDistribution \ Download and DataStore folder;

4. Enter again: net start wuauserv and press Enter (the service will be reminded to start here);

5. Finally, in Windows Update, try to check for updates again.

Second, confirm whether the windows update & BITS service settings are turned on

1. Press Win + R to enter "services.msc" (don't put quotation marks when entering), and press Enter. If the User Account Control window pops up at this time, please click "Continue".

2. Double-click to open the Background Intelligent Transfer Services service.

3. Click the "General" tab and make sure "Startup type" is "Automatic" or "Manual". Then click the "Enable" button under "Service Status".

4. Follow the same steps to enable the four services "Windows Installer", "Cryptographic Services", "software licensing service" and "Windows Update". ^[17]

Phone version

Adobe Flash Player is an important feature of the Android system. This Android software allows your Android phone to access

Mobile version interface (2 photos)

Website features such as videos, games, interactive media, web applications made by Flash.

Flash Player will enable a complete web browsing experience. Flash Player provides access to your favorite interactive content.

Android Flash Player mobile version ^[18]

(Released on September 12, 2013) Android Flash Player 11.1 (11.1.115.81) ^[1]

(Released on June 27, 2012) Android Flash Player 11.1 (11.1.111.10) ^[19]

(Released May 18, 2012) Android Flash Player 11.1 (11.1.102.52)

(Released on March 19, 2012) Android Flash Player 11 (11.0.1.153)

(Released December 28, 2011) Android Flash Player 10.3 (10.3.186.7)

(Released July 05, 2011) Android Flash Player 10.2 (10.2.157.51)

(Released on April 15, 2011) Android Flash Player 10.1 (10.1.106.17)