Ruggles42 Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Hi, Please be gentle with me I'm a newbie and desperate for some help! I used ccleaner to try and speed my computer up a bit, looked around the forums and found this to be highly recommended..... I followed all the instructions....backed up my registry files. After running ccleaner I found I couldn't play some games that require flash player so I went to my back up and restored the files (eventually....as I had to sort out the file association problem first that I've seen discussed on here previously) The games still won't work, I've uninstalled flash player, reinstalled it, restarted my computer umpteen times, ran system restore twice....nothing is making any difference. The games site I use doesn't detect the flash player even though it is installed...I have tried other things like checking my internet options to make sure flash was enabled, any ideas? I don't know much about computers but I can manage with easy instructions !!! Any help with this would be greatly appreciated as I don't know what to do next Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted January 27, 2009 Moderators Share Posted January 27, 2009 Have a try at unticking adobe/macromedia flash under ccleaner applications tab. Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruggles42 Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 Have a try at unticking adobe/macromedia flash under ccleaner applications tab. Sorry, thats one of the things I've tried, I can't list them all cos I spent all day trying all different things, I can't even remember most of them...! I unticked that and ran ccleaner again but I think the damage was done by then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruggles42 Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 When I restored the registry files from the back up, is there a way I can check that the restore worked properly and that all the files are back as they should be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruggles42 Posted January 28, 2009 Author Share Posted January 28, 2009 Bump! I still need some help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Augeas Posted January 28, 2009 Moderators Share Posted January 28, 2009 Well, you could look at the contents of the registry backup file, if it still exists, with wordpad and then check whether the entries in there are back in the registry, but it would be a thankless task. I think you have to assume that a merge of the beckup file has been successful, barring any messages or indications to the contrary. Unfortunately I am one of the world's worst Flash or games expert, so I can't help much there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruggles42 Posted January 29, 2009 Author Share Posted January 29, 2009 Well, you could look at the contents of the registry backup file, if it still exists, with wordpad and then check whether the entries in there are back in the registry, but it would be a thankless task. I think you have to assume that a merge of the beckup file has been successful, barring any messages or indications to the contrary. Unfortunately I am one of the world's worst Flash or games expert, so I can't help much there. Thanks for that, I'll try that tomorrow when I'm not as tired! Can I just ask, I know where to find my back up file but I'm not sure how to I view a list of my current registry files on the computer so that I can cross check? I'll await your instructions before I dabble anymore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Augeas Posted January 29, 2009 Moderators Share Posted January 29, 2009 You'll have to dig into the registry with regedit. Looking is fairly harmless, but tamper with care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarq57 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Have you installed (or re-installed) the flash player on all the browsers you use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruggles42 Posted January 31, 2009 Author Share Posted January 31, 2009 yes, uninstalled, reinstalled, restarted, uninstalled, reinstalled, restarted etc....you know the drill!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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