How to perform a manual installation of Adobe Flash Player using Firefox (without using the Adobe DLM)

Last updated July 26, 2010 9:40 AM

Note - Adobe Flash Player Plugin installation should now be completely automatic on new versions of Mozilla Firefox and on all versions of Internet Explorer 7 and 8. However, many users have had difficulty with Adobe's new Download Manager (DLM) extension. This tutorial will show you how to bypass the Adobe Download Manager and manually install Flash player.

To start the manual installation, click this link. This will bypass Adobe's download manager and simply download the latest version of Flash Player for Firefox. We have found this method to be the most reliable as Adobe's Download manager frequently fails to install Flash correctly. Once you click the link, the following window will appear:-

Choose "Save file". Firefox will now open its download manager and save the file. Once the download is complete, right click on the file and choose "Open" from the download manager, as shown in the picture below:-

The following window will then appear:-

You must now completely close down Firefox, including the download manager window and any other Firefox Windows windows that are open. Now, tick/check the box that is labelled "I have read and agree to the terms of the license agreement" and click on "Install". There will be a short pause while files are copied and configured. When the process is complete, the following window will be displayed:-

Congratulations, you have successfully installed Flash and you are ready to take advantage of the wide range of Flash content on Top-Windows-Tutorials.com and the rest of the web.

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