[Firefox error after aborted adobe flash player install]

I just got windows vista a few days ago. i downloaded firefox and went to a website and it asked me to install adobe flash player plugin. I clicked to install it and during ith instalation it had an error. Now when i attempt to open firefox a message comes up saying something to the effect of "a program has not finished instalation. firefox will now close to finish instalation. " I have also found that when i attempt to download other plugins or update files the same thing appears. Ive tried restarting my computer but i dont know what else to do. It seems to me that my system thinks it is still installing the file but im not sure how to correct it. Somebody please help me.

 

"You may have to adjust a popup blocker or script blocking setting in your browser, or you may have either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Macromedia's Flash Player." = If you have an old version of flash this is the page you need to download the uninstaller = How to uninstall the Adobe Flash Player plug-in and ActiveX control = http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14157
= completely un-install Flash first and then install the latest version. = http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14157
http://java.com/en/ + http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash = Be sure to take the check-mark out of "Yahoo Toolbar ".
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/ + http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/ + http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer = http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/triggerpages_mmcom/default.html = Be sure to take the check-mark out of "Yahoo Toolbar ".

 

i uninstalled and reinstalled adobe flash player and the problem is still occuring. The exact quote im getting is "A previous install did not complete correctly. Finishing install." Im now having trouble installing or downloading and even opening alot of applications.

 

Welcome to the Forum, Mike 17!

Mike,

Look in your C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox folder for this file: xpicleanup.dat If this file exists, then delete it.

Does this help? If not, then do this:

Make a backup copy of your plugins folder
Uninstall Firefox, using Add/Remove
Next: delete the C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox folder

REBOOT your PC

Now reinstall Firefox,
Copy the backup of the plugins folder and paste it in the C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox folder
Answer YES when prompted to replace the existing plugins folder.

Let us know if this corrected your problem.

 

i tried and it isnt working. is there anyway somone can remote assist me?

 

Mike,

Did you use the Windows Flash Player UNinstaller file located here:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14157
??

 

Did you use the http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14157 , as suggested in my first post above?