Adobe Flash Player 10 64-bit – Get in the know

Note: This article will be completely irrelevant to regular Blogberry readers, it is only relevant to 64-bit Windows users wanting to get Flash Player working

Over the past few weeks, I have noticed that masses of users have been trawling the Blogberry hoping for a fix on their 64-bit Windows machine.

Adobe: Two years on (nearly), and still not getting it right

I am sorry, but I have bad news for you Adobe does not support it’s own Flash Player software on 64-bit Windows.

This what Adobe’s own self help guide says for 64-bit users:-

“Issue
Adobe Flash Player is not supported for playback in a 64-bit browser. However, you can run Flash Player in a 32-bit browser running on a 64-bit operating system.

Reason
Adobe is working on Flash Player support for 64-bit platforms as part of our ongoing commitment to the cross-platform compatibility of Flash Player. We expect to provide native support for 64-bit platforms in an upcoming release of Flash Player following Flash Player 10.”

Permalink here.

Don’t shoot the messenger!

Don’t ask me why -  I know it’s rubbish that they don’t, but hey, after nearly two years of thetechangel.com providing fixes for users (here, here, and here), this is the way things stand.