Install flash player on Windows 7 64bit

When I go onto certain sites to watch videos I am getting a message which says I need flash player and a button to push saying "go get it". When I click on that I get a lot of bumf that I do not understand. It is saying something about a 64 and a 32 bit.

Can anyone explain in plain English what I need to do to be able to view videos please?

Hi eileenn - Welcome to w7forums

You are probably using the 64-Bit browser version. Windows 7 64-Bit has both 32-Bit and 64-Bit browsers installed. If you look under the start menu, you will see a listing of Internet Explorer (64 Bit) and Internet Explorer. Try using the Internet Explorer link that does not have the (64-Bit) behind the name. This is the 32-Bit version which is the only one that currently has support for Adobe Flash Player Plugin. The 64-Bit browser does not currently support Adobe Flash Player Plugin.

There is a Beta version for the 64-Bit browser, but I'm not going to suggest using it for the mass majority until it comes out of Beta.

I have been using the Beta version without any issues. You can download the non-IE version at this link. http://www.filehippo.com/download_flashplayer_firefox/

Give it a try. If it causes issues, just uninstall.

Enjoy.

Thanks for this. It worked!

Thanks for this it worked.

Where can the beta version be found? I saw two on File Hippo, a non IE one, and one described as 10.1.51.95 Beta 3 (IE). Is this it? And if so, do I need to download and install it from the IE 64 bit browser?

I don't know any of the details. I only heard about the 64-bit beta version.

That's me, too. Only rumors, I follow them, but always come up empty handed. That one that I described above, and the other leads, none of them says anything about 64 bit. I could know for certain if it was described that way. Just saying IE Beta means nothing. That could be the next 32 bit one, who knows? But one thing's for sure, there's a lot of talk about it, and if the truth is known, the heat is on Adobe to produce. Users are demanding a fully functional 64 bit IE for Windows 7. I have called and emailed Microsoft on the matter myself, this is how I know the severity of the demand, I spoke with a rep for at least 20 minutes last week. The rep told me that while he could promise me nothing, the labs were hard at work on the issue, and the complaints from customers are growing daily. I tried poking him for a time frame, but he couldn't give one. But he did say that a solution is being worked on, that's good. And it was good to hear that their phones are ringing off the wall, too. Hopefully, we will get a 64 bit flash player soon.

I wish Microsoft had never put an icon for 64-bit IE in the start menu.

Why? This is 2010, not 2000. Some of the competition has delivered fully developed 64 bit OS's and browsers. Why can't the #1 computing corporation in the world do the same? Many of us has the hardware to support it, and wants it. There are some who has 32 bit, and wants to keep it. That group has no problem. The ones who invested in 64 bit computers and OS's do. Otherwise, what was the point in no longer building 32 bit computers? I don't want anything out of the extraordinary, I simply want what I paid for to be what it was built to be.