LeveL Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 (edited) I am installing Flash Player v9.0.28.0 on an unattended install and it istaking a long time to install - something like 10 minutes! It should takeless than one minute, or normally does.I am installing Firefox, then a few other apps and Flash Player last, soit can install into Firefox and is all set up.Anyone else had this happening? It takes so long I am considering justleaving it out completely which I never wanted to do but I am not havinga file thats less than 2Mb taking ten minutes to install, its ridiculous.This installs before the first login, maybe swapping it to when Windows islogged in might make it install like it should? Edited February 6, 2007 by LeveL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shark007 Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 This installs before the first login, maybe swapping it to when Windows islogged in might make it install like it should?A solution you may consider is visiting my repository for ready made switchless installers.There is one for the Flash program, and a separate installer for the firefox plugin.shark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeveL Posted February 6, 2007 Author Share Posted February 6, 2007 (edited) This installs before the first login, maybe swapping it to when Windows islogged in might make it install like it should?A solution you may consider is visiting my repository for ready made switchless installers.There is one for the Flash program, and a separate installer for the firefox plugin.sharkThanks, I forgot to say the Flash Player I am using is switchless, I made itinto an SFX with WinRAR.Hmmmm, the batch file run from the SFX says in english terminology...."if the plugin is installed already - don't install it".It covers three browsers, sheesh, I will cut all that out and see if it fixes itbut I still don't understand why this should make it not install as fast. Edited February 6, 2007 by LeveL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeveL Posted March 15, 2007 Author Share Posted March 15, 2007 (edited) Oh. My. Goodness. Its. Doing. It. Again. Flash Player is taking LONGER THAN WINDOWS to install!What causes this?I have already bypassed this stupid ten minute long installfor Firefox and Opera by putting the DLL file "NPSWF32.dll"in both the plugin folders for those browsers but what aboutInternet Explorer? Where would the file "NPSWF32.dll" go ifI wanted to do it as a plugin for Internet Explorer? Edited March 15, 2007 by LeveL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ver Greeneyes Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Not a solution (and rather painstaking, I'd imagine), but maybe you could have a look to see what RyanVM does to install it in his Update Pack? (or you could use the update pack, of course) The installation procedure he uses was recently revised, so apparently installing it for IE -is- a pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeveL Posted March 30, 2007 Author Share Posted March 30, 2007 I want to set Windows up so when it installs, you can just go straight toto Google Video or YouTube in IE7 and it works.Yes, I know there are silent installers for Flash Player, but they taketen minutes to install for some reason. I don't want to "install" it, I justwant to put the flash DLL in the right place to make Google Video andYouTube work.This is no problem with Firefox or Opera but when it comes to IE7, its tough,WHERE IS the plugins directory for IE7? It doesn't even have a GD pluginsdirectory!Even if I try to install Flash Player normally it says it cant find my browsersplugin directory. If I go to YouTube, it want to install some "ActiveX" versionor something... d4mn man this is ridiculous...Does anyone know where the flash DLL should go for IE7? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ver Greeneyes Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 (edited) Possibly the same place where IE6 got its flash dll. Your best bets would be RyanVM's update pack (which includes Flash) or Shark's switchless Flash installer for IE.Edit: after a quick search, try here: C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\FlashIf it isn't there, the file you want is an ocx file, not a dll, and there's a Flash Player Helper executable as well. Edited March 30, 2007 by Ver Greeneyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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