Phenomic Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 The installer complains about some missing API. No more Flash support for Windows 2000? The uninstaller "uninstall_flash_player_32bit.exe" doesn't work either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomasz86 Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phenomic Posted April 12, 2012 Author Share Posted April 12, 2012 Thank you, what does it mean? There's actually a modified/updated kernel32.dll? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomasz86 Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 There's actually a modified/updated kernel32.dll? and a lot of other system files too:http://bristols.zxq.net/windows2000/updates/or if you're lazy http://www.ryanvm.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9254 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ppgrainbow Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 (edited) The installer complains about some missing API. No more Flash support for Windows 2000? The uninstaller "uninstall_flash_player_32bit.exe" doesn't work either.The latest version of Adobe Flash Player that last worked on Windows 2000, unofficially was version 11.1.102.55 (dated 2011-11-11). Starting with Flash Player 11.1.202.62 uses a dependency SetDllDirectoryW which will only work on Windows XP Service Pack 2 or newer.There are ways to get around this on a unmodified Windows 2000 machine:1. From a Windows XP SP2+ computer, copy the following files. Flash32_11_x_xxx_xxx.ocx, FlashUtil32_11_x_xxx_xxx_ActiveX.dll and NPSWF32_11_x_xxx_xxx.dll and transfer it to a Win2k machine.2.Make a backup directory in \WINNT\system32\Macromed\Flash and call it Backup-11.1.202.55.3. In the \\WINNT\system32\Macromed\Flash\Backup-11.1.202.55 sub-directory, make a backup copy of the following files, Flash11e.ocx, FlashUtil11e_ActiveX.dll and NPSWF32.dll incase something goes wrong.4. In the \WINNT\system32\Macromed\Flash subdirectory, delete the old Flash11e.ocx, FlashUtil11e_ActiveX.dll and NPSWF32.dll files and then rename the following files in order to make it work: Flash32_11_x_xxx_xxx.ocx to Flash11e.ocx, FlashUtil32_11_x_xxx_xxx_ActiveX.dll to Flash11e_ActiveX.dll and NPSWF32_11_x_xxx_xxx.dll to NPSWF32.dllIn Internet Explorer 6 or Firefox 11, test the latest version of Flash Player that you're running and it should run okay. Apparently, Adobe did this to prevent the installer and uninstaller from working on a Win2k machine. The DLL files that I mentioned above are no longer tested on Win2k. Edited April 13, 2012 by ppgrainbow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phenomic Posted April 14, 2012 Author Share Posted April 14, 2012 There's actually a modified/updated kernel32.dll? and a lot of other system files too:http://bristols.zxq.net/windows2000/updates/or if you're lazy http://www.ryanvm.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9254Thank you, I found the ryanvm.net thread. Where does one download it from? All the links point to servers that require a paid membership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arminius Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 In Internet Explorer 6 or Firefox 11, test the latest version of Flash Player that you're running and it should run okay. Apparently, Adobe did this to prevent the installer and uninstaller from working on a Win2k machine. The DLL files that I mentioned above are no longer tested on Win2k.Interesting that the ActiveX version of Flash Player 11.x will work with IE6. The release notes for Flash Player 11.x state that it requires IE7.0 and above. That's why Adobe had parallel releases of 10.3x and 11.x until very recently, 10.3x supposedly being for those who still used IE6 in XP.It draws a clear distinction between new versions of software that are no longer "supported" under an old OS and new versions that no longer work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ppgrainbow Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 In Internet Explorer 6 or Firefox 11, test the latest version of Flash Player that you're running and it should run okay. Apparently, Adobe did this to prevent the installer and uninstaller from working on a Win2k machine. The DLL files that I mentioned above are no longer tested on Win2k.Interesting that the ActiveX version of Flash Player 11.x will work with IE6. The release notes for Flash Player 11.x state that it requires IE7.0 and above. That's why Adobe had parallel releases of 10.3x and 11.x until very recently, 10.3x supposedly being for those who still used IE6 in XP.It draws a clear distinction between new versions of software that are no longer "supported" under an old OS and new versions that no longer work.Yep the DLLs still work on Windows 2000, Windows XP RTM/SP1 and Windows Server 2003 RTM, but I do agree the SetDllDirectoryW dependency was used to prevent the installer and uninstallers from working on those affected platforms. We have not tested beta versions of Adobe Flash Player 11.3 at this time. As these Flash Player versions are no longer tested on Windows XP SP1 and below, this deprecation will most likely serve as a warning that the support code that made the DLLs work on Windows XP SP1 and below will most likely be deliberately removed in the near future...possibly in Flash 12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackwingcat Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 You can install them with offline installer with KDW wrapper on Windows 2000without extended kernel, if you hope. I think that It is only the negligence in Adobe.Because Flash Player 10.3.183.19(most recent version 10.3) has same problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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