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This section provides a tutorial example on how to verify that Adobe Flash Player is installed properly for IE 8 on Windows systems

After finishing the installation process of Adobe Flash Player for IE, how do you know it is installed properly? Here is what I did to verify the installation:

1. Open the installation log file, FlashInstall.log, in C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash. The log file contains these lines:

... "C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Program Files\FP_AX_CAB_INSTALLER.exe"
    /RegServer
... Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayerActiveX/PlayerPath 2
... SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adobe Flash
    Player ActiveX/ 2
... C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash\Flash10k.ocx
... C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil10k_ActiveX.exe
... C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil10k_ActiveX.dll

2. Run "Add or Remove Programs" in Control Panel. You see "Adobe Flash Player 10 ActiveX" listed as an installed program.

3. Run IE 8 and visit the Adobe Flash Player test page at http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/. You see "You have version 10,1,85,3 installed" displayed in the "Version Information" box in the middle of the page.

Now I am sure that I have installed Adobe Flash Player ActiveX 10.1.85.3 for IE 8 on my Windows XP system.

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Introduction of Adobe Flash

 Adobe Flash Player Plugin for Firefox

 Adobe Flash Player Plugin for Chrome

 Adobe Flash Player Plugin for Safari

 Adobe Flash Player ActiveX for IE

 Using "object" Elements for Flash Files

 Using "embed" Elements for Flash Files

 "mp3player" - MP3 Music Player

 SWFObject - Hidding "object" behind JavaScript

 Flash Player Projector

 SWFTools - SWF File Manipulation Tools

 SWFC Script to Generate Flash SWF Files

 ActionScript Embedded in SWFC Script

 AS3Compile - ActionScript 3 Compiler

 Adobe Flex SDK 4

 SWF File Structure and Tags

 SWF File Processing Rules

 SWF Files for Video and Audio Streams

Outdated Tutorials

 Outdated: Missing Adobe Flash Player Plugin on Firefox 26

 Outdated: Installing Adobe Flash Player 13 for Firefox 26

 Outdated: Adobe Flash Player 13 Installation with Adobe DLM

 Outdated: Verifying Adobe Flash Player 10 Installation for Firefox 3

 Outdated: Adobe Flash Player 10 Installation with Adobe DLM

 Outdated: Missing Adobe Flash Player ActiveX on IE 8

Outdated: Verifying Adobe Flash Player Installation for IE 8

 Outdated: Displaying Images as "object" Elements on Firefox 3

 Outdated: Displaying Images as "object" Elements on IE 8

 Outdated: Playing Flash as "object[@data]" on IE 8

 Outdated: Displaying Images as "embed" Elements on Firefox 3

 Outdated: Displaying Images as "embed" Elements on IE 8

 Outdated: Playing Flash as "embed" Elements on IE 8

 Outdated: Downloading and Running Flash Player Projector 10

 References

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