How do I Install Flash Player 10 without Adobe Download Manager?

How do I get Flash Player 10 (on Firefox) without installing the Adobe Download Manager?

Frank Meulenaar

Posted 2009-10-24T17:50:20.383

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Perhaps related if you're looking for EXE/MSI download for Flash Player 11.3/10.3: http://superuser.com/questions/436870/where-to-download-flash-player-newest-version-for-offline-installation/436871#436871

– jakub.g – 2012-06-14T15:53:10.293

Answers

The important bit is to not allow the download manager (Adobe DLM) to run, but instead click the link where it says 'If it does not start, click here to download'.

HappyDog

Posted 2009-10-24T17:50:20.383

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@HaydnWVN This adobe “help” page( http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/installation-problems-flash-player-windows.html ) has the links at the bottom, and as of Dec 2014 those are working. (interestingly still macromedia.com domains. What is dead will never die™... =)

— and just in case, if someone is looking for hassle-free adobe-reader.

– Frank Nocke – 2014-12-13T09:59:59.557

Still, the answer needs updating to include these links. It is incomplete without these comments (thanks for including the link Fronker) - making the answer below (from qroberts) much more accurate and helpful. – HaydnWVN – 2014-12-22T09:44:59.373

1Note: The link now is to "troubleshooting information", and doesn't seem to offer the link to the installer anywhere (that I could find). The instructions from @Molly7244 below seem to work still. – Tomi Junnila – 2010-05-13T22:57:13.303

2There is currently (2010-06-22) a direct download link for the installer at the bottom of that troubleshooting page. – David Spillett – 2010-06-22T22:38:04.013

2As of 2010-08-09 the "If it does not start, click here" link goes to a page that no longer has the direct download link. I've used that link in the past, so I know what it looks like. But it's definitely gone now. Anyone have up-to-date instructions to avoid DLM? FYI, the fpdownload.adobe.com links in the other responses do still work. – netjeff – 2010-08-09T20:49:00.943

1As of 2011-03-28: Click on the "Click here for troubleshooting information.", then click on: "Troubleshoot Flash Player installation | Windows", there you can select "Download Flash Player with the manual installer" and then you can install it without the download manager. – Ulf Lindback – 2011-03-28T06:13:49.203

-1. Answer needs updating. – HaydnWVN – 2013-06-04T10:17:26.560

Firefox http://fpdownload.adobe.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player.exe

Internet Explorer http://fpdownload.adobe.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_ax.exe

*Note: Just add _ax to the file name and it will download the activex version for Internet Explorer.

qroberts

Posted 2009-10-24T17:50:20.383

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Use Adobe's public ftp site to download without the download manager DLM

For example, flash is here

ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/flash/

and acrobat reader is here

ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/acrobatreader/

Then simply choose version and operating system to get to the actual files

Noah

Posted 2009-10-24T17:50:20.383

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1Best answer by far – squareborg – 2012-01-06T09:12:24.427

Version 10.1: Direct download here

You need to shut down IE and/or FF, etc. when you install it. In my case I had to reboot for changes to take effect.

I think you have to use the DLM, but make sure you are still running firefox, wait for it to download. When you are asked t close firefox, search on your computer for recently changed files (name may be different): install_flash_player_64bit.exe (it's in a temp folder). Copy this to a different directory. You now have a standalone installer file. I tried opening the DLM installer w/ 7zip, but the contents are encrypted, so this was the easiest way.