
Not sure if yours will be the same as mine, but scroll down until you come to the Adobe Systems Incorporated (not for Adobe Reader, below that) and you should see Shockwave Flash Object and below that Shockwave Active X Control.

But it might not show Shockwave or Active X, so you will need to click (on the left column about half-way down) on the Show: "all add-ons". Open IE - click on - Tools then click on - Manage Add-Ons - which opens the Manage Add-Ons menu. I couldn't get the Adobe Flash Player 10.045 to install using IE. I use Firefox as my primary browser, but still on occasion use IE. I understand that you might have already received the correct reply to your IE issue, but I did have the same problem and thought I could share what I had to do to fix my similar issue. If neither of these options work, please contact Microsoft for assistance, since they are the ones that embed Flash Player in their system (and lock the files so that they cannot be easily deleted by the end-user).I sincerely apologize for the confusing emails, but I did reply to the thread with my possible solution:īTW, I too have Windows XP Pro SP3 32-bit It's recommended you back-up your system before performing either of these, especially the system refresh. If that doesn't work, you an try refreshing Windows:.You can try the following options to repair the system: Since Microsoft embeds Flash Player in IE/Edge browser on Windows 8 and 10 the Flash Player uninstaller completely ignores Flash Player for IE/Edge on those platforms. Please visit the Flash Player Help page for instructions on enabling (or disabling) Flash Player in various browsers.

These instructions are NOT applicable to Flash Player included with Microsoft Edge or Internet Explorer on Windows 8 and later or with Google Chrome on all supported operating systems.

What fix on the Adobe site to uninstall and install it again are you referring to? The Uninstall Flash Player for Windows tech note specifically states:
