cowboy357 Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 I still cant figure this out. I still cant play Youtube videos. Because it says I dont have the newest, or it is turned off. Once again I may have accidently uninstalled it or deleted it if thats possible. I found 2 file folders in my computer under Java, & They both say there empty. Question # 1, can I reinstall it & from where? #2, is it the same as flash player & do I need to install that & also from where ? I have searched this forum & can,t find anything other than how to update it ,Which I have done. But I dont think You can update something that does,nt exist. Can someone help me sort this out ? Thankyou. Cowboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDPower Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 You can get the latest vesion of Java, Java Runtime Environment JRE 6, here (4th one down): http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp And latest Flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/do...=ShockwaveFlash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboy357 Posted January 19, 2007 Author Share Posted January 19, 2007 Thank,s JD. I downloaded what You said. & still no go. The java wont install, says I need to prove it exists, before it will open & install. The flash player I,ve downloaded again, still never installed. I give up. I didn,t want to watch them anyway I was just irritated I couldn,t . I,m reasonably sure I changed, or uninstalled something I shouldn,t have trying to get rid of that netzero ISP that was constantly freezing My puter with flash ads . Thanks for your help. Cowboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDPower Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Thank,s JD. I downloaded what You said. & still no go. The java wont install, says I need to prove it exists, before it will open & install. The flash player I,ve downloaded again, still never installed. Definitely something strange going on there then, I actually reinstalled them both recently with no problem. Though having said that I know what a pain it is as I also reinstalled Shockwave player and that now refuses to work in IE - always says it needs to install it, I install again and it still says it needs to install it. Haven't got any idea why, just have to open any Shockwave sites in Firefox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DennisD Posted January 19, 2007 Moderators Share Posted January 19, 2007 Thank,s JD. I downloaded what You said. & still no go. The java wont install, says I need to prove it exists, before it will open & install. The flash player I,ve downloaded again, still never installed. I give up. I didn,t want to watch them anyway I was just irritated I couldn,t . I,m reasonably sure I changed, or uninstalled something I shouldn,t have trying to get rid of that netzero ISP that was constantly freezing My puter with flash ads . Thanks for your help. Cowboy Hi Cowboy, I`ve just coincidently downloaded, saved first, and then opened and installed Java RE 6 without any problems. What surprises me is that it doesn`t overwrite the previous versions. Maybe V6 is more of an update rather than an app. in itself. Anyone ?? How can you have 3 versions installed at the same time. V.5.0_5 is 151 mb V.5.0_9 is 119mb V.6 is 95.08mb Can I now remove the earlier ones ? Or are they needed for version 6 to function ??? Another possibility for you cowboy is the Sun Download Manager. It may sort your problem out. Available here: http://www.sun.com/download/sdm/ Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDPower Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 Anyone ?? How can you have 3 versions installed at the same time. V.5.0_5 is 151 mb V.5.0_9 is 119mb V.6 is 95.08mb Can I now remove the earlier ones ? Yes, uninstall them, they aren't needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DennisD Posted January 20, 2007 Moderators Share Posted January 20, 2007 Thanks JD. Just freed up 270mb of disk space. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboy357 Posted January 24, 2007 Author Share Posted January 24, 2007 Ok, Just a quicky to thank, JD & Dennis. I finnaly got it sorted out, I was installing the small file. & thought I,d give the big (12.5mb) file a shot , & it installed & for some reason after that worked, I was able to install the flash player. Thanks again. & I finnaly got to watch that panda movie, fuuny stuff, Thanks Woody. Cowboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Hi Cowboy, I'm glad you got everything sorted out . I have to agree with you though, Java and java flash are unnecessarily complicated. Until I came to this site I kept older versions of java on my system. These should be deleted. Go to control panel Add/ Remove and remove any old versions of Java other than the latest update. All the best, as always, Woody. It is never difficult to distinguish between a Scotsman with a grievance and a ray of sunshine. P. G. Wodehouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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