On 9/14/2014 11:21 AM, David E. Ross wrote:
> On 9/14/2014 10:31 AM, Ed Mullen wrote:
>> Ed Mullen wrote:
>>> SeaMonkey updated to 2.29 on Sept 9.
>>>
>>> Just tried to play a Flash video at nbc.com and SM said I needed to
>>> install a plugin. I let proceed and closed SM when the installer said
>>> to.  Restarted SM.  Went to add-ons manager, no Flash plugin, only
>>> Quicktime.
>>>
>>> Uninstalled SM. Downloaded full installer from Mozilla. Installed.  Ran
>>> Flash installer. Firefox has the Flash plugin, SM does not. Anyone else?
>>>
>>
>> I opened Firefox and entered about:plugins in the location bar. I
>> created a folder named plugins in the SeaMonkey installation folder.  I
>> copied all the plugin dll files from their respective folders into the
>> folder and SM now has it splugins back.  Weird.
>>
>> Bug filed:  <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1067152>
>>
> 
> Flash is one of those plugins that does NOT have to be in the plugins
> directory of the browser.  Have you tried testing your Flash
> installation at <http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/>?
> 
> Also, is it possible you installed only the Internet Explorer version
> and not the version for browsers that use plugins.  (I have no idea how
> IE does it; I don't use IE.)  See
> <http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/distribution3.html>.
> 

I forgot.  Flash might seem to install okay, but it really does not
unless you first remove the prior version of Flash.  For some versions
of Flash, I actually had to remove the old version and then install the
new version TWICE.  I always test at
<http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/>.

-- 
David E. Ross

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