Flash install--Mozilla-Firefox

[mob...@att.net]

The current Flash is not installing on my ffox, on which I have many
bookmarks. The problem is that it wants the Mozilla files to be
closed. I have two sets of files, Moz... and Fire.... Can I
uninstall or delete the Moz... files without fouling my machine?

[Martijn]

Flash should just install fine.
Afaik, you should only close the browser, during the Flash install, so
the installer can update the plugin.

Regards,
Martijn

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[Martijn]

On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 5:18 PM, W.S. <mob...@att.net> wrote:
> Well, Martijn, you've apparently spurred a solution!
>
> I did go into Task Manager. No Ffx or Moz in the first "Applications" tab.
> BUT, I thought I'd take my naive PC skills to the "Processes" tab. And
> there, uniquely to Ffx or Moz, halfway down was a "mozilla.exe" entry. This
> being strange territory I was very hesitant to delete, but did and guts-it
> through the "Are you sure . . . ." screen.
>
> Then ran the Flash install, then a known Ffx flash use. Voila! So far all
> now OK w/Ffx. (I suppose at some point the reason for mozilla.exe may or
> may not be evident. Possibly just some supplier kernel of some kind. In
> the jurassic period, I used to know those things.)
>
> Thanks for your quick attentions -- it looks like you've saved me much pain.

Ok, I'm glad you got it working.
The mozilla.exe process getting stuck as a process seems to me like
that was from the old Mozilla Suite (1.7), btw.
You don't have to be that afraid of deleting processes in the task manager.
The alert seems scary, but if you see things like "mozilla.exe",
"firefox.exe" or any other program you know you have installed, you
shouldn't be too scared that something terrible happens with your
system.

Regards,
Martijn

>
> Bill
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martijn [mailto:martijn...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 10:46 AM
> To: W.S.
> Subject: Re: Flash install--Mozilla-Firefox
>
> Maybe Firefox is still running in the background after close?
> You could stop the Firefox.exe process in the task manager (when you
> press ctrl-alt-delete).
> You can mail to me directly, but I advise you to also keep CC-ing the
> dev-apps-firefox mailing list.
> I may not be able to answer your problems (or I may not be answering at
> all).
>
> Regards,
> Martijn
>
> On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 4:46 PM, W.S. <mob...@att.net> wrote:
>> Martijn, this little problem won't go away, even on reboot. Perhaps you
> may
>> know of another expert place.
>>
>> ----
>> Here's what happens:
>>
>> I click on the downloaded desktop "flash install" icon, and a small window
>> pops up:
>> Adobe Flash Player Plugin Setup
>> The following applications need to be closed before the Adobe Flash
>> Player Plugin can be installed.
>> [in a subwindow] Mozilla
>>
>> If Firefox is left running, it also appears under Mozilla.
>> ----
>>
>> In Start-"Program Files", there are both Mozilla and Firefox folders. I
>> don't know what Mozilla does, but seemingly it loads something on boot.
>>
>> So, the Q. is, "Can I delete or uninstall the Mozilla folder."
>>
>> (IE works fine, incidentally.)
>>
>> Bill

>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Martijn [mailto:martijn...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 8:28 PM
>> To: mob...@att.net
>> Cc: dev-apps...@lists.mozilla.org
>> Subject: Re: Flash install--Mozilla-Firefox
>>
>> Flash should just install fine.
>> Afaik, you should only close the browser, during the Flash install, so
>> the installer can update the plugin.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Martijn
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 2:02 AM, <mob...@att.net> wrote: