596965 - Flash is not installed correctly

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Jacques Lemire]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; Win64; x64; rv:2.0b7pre) Gecko/20100915 Firefox/4.0b7pre
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; Win64; x64; rv:2.0b7pre) Gecko/20100915 Firefox/4.0b7pre

The web page requires flash
(1) user mode, no restart
(2) user mode, with restart
(3) admin mode, with restart

STLL Flash does not work.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. go to youtube or annay page with flash
2. try to play a video
3.
Actual Results:  
nonthing -- still asking for the plugin

Expected Results:  
flash plays video

Suggestions:

(1)  It should be tested

(2)  Like Chrome flash should be part of the download

(3)  There should be a procedure to install MANUALLY flash regardless

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Do you installed the 64 bit version of the flash Plugin because you are using a 64bit build ?
Do you see the plugin in about:plugins ?

Comment 2

[Jacques Lemire]

(1) 64bit build from http://nightly.mozilla.org/

(2) plugins: Only java applet and so on; nothing about flash

Comment 3

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug was reported using a pre-release version of Firefox 4. Now that Firefox 4.0.1 final has been released, can you please update and retest your bug? A fresh profile would be a good starting place to test, 
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles. If you continue to see the issue, can you please update this bug with your results?

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