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Tuesday, April 04, 2006
How to Install the Flash Player 7 for Pocket PC
Several people have contacted me about having difficulties installing the Flash Player 7 for Pocket PC onto their devices. Unlike the FP6 for PPC which was a desktop .exe file, the FP7 for PPC is a CAB file that can be installed directly on your PPC.

Here's what you need to do:

1) Uninstall the FP6 from your PPC
2) Remove the FP6 for PPC installer from ActiveSync
3) Restart your PPC
4) Copy the FP7 for PPC CAB file to your PPC
5) Double click the CAB file to install directly onto your PPC
6) View SWF content ;o)

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37 comments

Hi bill,
I have a question for you.
This installer ".cab" allow me to execute directly a SWF file ?
Because I canīt do it.

Regards..

By Anonymous luchyx , at Wed Apr 05, 05:58:00 AM PDT  

I would suggest right clicking on the .cab file and making it read-only, that way, you get to 'keep' it and not have it disappear.

By Anonymous Tari Akpodiete , at Thu Apr 06, 05:04:00 PM PDT  

Yup, im also looking for how to view content, so does it work inside a browser, if so which browsers did it install to, or is it a standalone player similar to FlashLite, can we have some info please.

thanks

By Blogger matt , at Fri Apr 07, 03:00:00 AM PDT  

hi bill,
i am a flash mobile developer is there anyway to disable the flash popup menu (when i press for more then 2 secounds on the screen (you know like the right click on the pc)
Thanks Navot.

By Anonymous Anonymous , at Sun Apr 09, 02:03:00 AM PDT  

The installer looks like it worked, but no FLASH PLayer application or association with .swf files gets created.

How do we actually "view" .swf files?

Thanks

By Anonymous Bill , at Sun Apr 16, 03:03:00 PM PDT  

hello to all. i am trying to install
Macromedia Flash Player 7 for Pocket PC. The ppc is a dell axim x51v using microsoft windows mobile version 5.0
( os 5.1.70 ). from this url address
http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashplayer_pocketpc/downloads/player.html
i have downloaded the zipped file (fp7_ppc_en). Inside the zipped file are three files ( 000flash.001, 000setup.999, active~1.000 ). i have copied all files onto the ppc. what do i do now?

By Anonymous anthony , at Tue Apr 18, 07:47:00 PM PDT  

you don't unzip file on your desktop, just copy it to your Dell and double tap the CAB file and it will install the FP7 for PPC directly.

By Blogger Bill , at Tue Apr 18, 10:57:00 PM PDT  

thanks bill. that worked perfect!

By Anonymous anthony , at Wed Apr 19, 05:05:00 AM PDT  

I installed Flash Player 7 on my Sprint (UtStarcom/Audiovox) PPC-6700 and everything seemed right but when I use Internet Explorer to try to go on www.myspace.com, the page loads and then I get an error message that pops up. Does anyone know the fix to that?

By Anonymous Anonymous , at Sun Apr 23, 09:40:00 PM PDT  

Hello all, I installed Flash Player 7 on my Sprint (UtStarcom/Audiovox) PPC-6700 and everything appeard as it went well with the install according to the instructions. I even went to the flash website and i saw the animated "flash sucsessfully insalled" It even told me which version I was running but when I attempted to browse www.myspace.com, the page seemed to load and just when it almost finished loading, the following error page appeared:


The page cannot be foundThe page you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.
Please try the following:
Make sure that the Web site address displayed in the address bar of your browser is spelled and formatted correctly.
If you reached this page by clicking a link, contact the Web site administrator to alert them that the link is incorrectly formatted.
Click the Back button to try another link.
HTTP Error 404 - File or directory not found.
Internet Information Services (IIS)
Technical Information (for support personnel)
Go to Microsoft Product Support Services and perform a title search for the words HTTP and 404.
Open IIS Help, which is accessible in IIS Manager (inetmgr), and search for topics titled Web Site Setup, Common Administrative Tasks, and About Custom Error Messages"

Does anyone know of a fix for this? could use the help. Thanks.

VillanuevaJustin@gmail.com

By Blogger VillanuevaJustin , at Sun Apr 23, 09:51:00 PM PDT  

Hi, Anyone know the performance of the flash player on ipaq 4700 ?

By Anonymous tzechienchu , at Mon Apr 24, 08:49:00 PM PDT  

The installer looks like it worked, but no FLASH PLayer application or association with .swf files gets created.

How do we actually "view" .swf files?

Thanks

By Anonymous rolf , at Thu May 04, 02:50:00 AM PDT  

Yup, im also looking for how to view content, so does it work inside a browser, if so which browsers did it install to, or is it a standalone player similar to FlashLite, can we have some info please.

thanks

Fri Apr 07, 03:00:08 AM PDT

By Anonymous rolf (who is getting annoyed) , at Thu May 04, 02:52:00 AM PDT  

Lucky people who managed to install the player on a Dell Axim x51v! Tried to repeat what you did, but the cab files never installed when I doubleclicked on it in the My documents file on the Axim. Still have some patience left,Bill?
Per

By Anonymous Anonymous , at Sun May 14, 06:01:00 AM PDT  

[Q1] The installer looks like it worked, but no FLASH PLayer application or association with .swf files gets created. How do we actually "view" .swf files?
[A1] When you install the FP7 for PPC it is installed as an ActiveX control for Pocket IE. Youw can view SWF files that are either embedded in an HTML page or view the SWFs directly by opening them from Pocket IE.

[Q2] Lucky people who managed to install the player on a Dell Axim x51v! Tried to repeat what you did, but the cab files never installed when I doubleclicked on it in the My documents file on the Axim. Still have some patience left,Bill?
[A2] Do you have the FP6 for PPC installed? If so uninstall it first. Restart your device and then make sure you copy over to your Dell the file you downoaded from the site. Double clicking the file should initiate the installation process for the FP7 for PPC.

By Blogger Bill , at Mon May 15, 03:38:00 PM PDT  

Someone please help me out. I have a Ipaq 2795 and I goto websites that are in flash and nothing comes up. Not sure why I though it came installed with swf player in IE. How do I fix this issue and install flash player? Please let me know soon with link and info.

Thanks

By Anonymous Anonymous , at Wed May 17, 05:14:00 PM PDT  

Thanks SO much for explaining how to apply the flash cab to the PPC. I can now play my swf files on my WM5 i-mate JASJAR !
To play the files I either open them in pocket IE or create html "stub" files for each swf file.
eg. PPCFlash.htm
< html>
< body>
< object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
width="640" height="480" >
< param name=movie value="myfilename.swf">
< /object>
< /body>
< /html>
I just replace "myfilename" with the swf filename.

By Anonymous Col , at Wed Jul 12, 05:59:00 AM PDT  

hi bill i just installed the fp7 on to my sprint ppc 6700 it said that it was installed successfully but it still won't let me play any flash contents, it says that either i have the javascript turned off or and old version of macromedia's flash player.

By Anonymous Anonymous , at Wed Jul 19, 12:10:00 AM PDT  

Hi I downloaded the file it ended up being a zip file I can't install the three files inside. I have tried everything can I have some help.

By Anonymous Anonymous , at Tue Aug 15, 07:48:00 AM PDT  

hi my name is mike and I really need someone help installing macromedia flash player into my sprint ppc 6700. If anyone can help me out there I would appreciate it my email is mikemike2k6@yahoo.com

By Anonymous Anonymous , at Tue Aug 22, 06:08:00 AM PDT  

hi... i've tried several times installing the flash player on my PPC and it never opens... it says "it is not a valid pocketPC application"... maybe its because i've been saving it on the storage card ?
should it be saved on the phone ?
help pleaseee :(
my email is
eloadavanco@hotmail.com

By Blogger stelizpf , at Tue Aug 22, 11:28:00 AM PDT  

hi... i've tried several times installing the flash player on my PPC and it never opens... it says "it is not a valid pocketPC application"... maybe its because i've been saving it on the storage card ?
should it be saved on the phone ?
help pleaseee :(
my email is
eloadavanco@hotmail.com

By Blogger stelizpf , at Tue Aug 22, 11:29:00 AM PDT  

I have installed the cab file on my Qtek 9000 and it say's installation complete, but when I qo to websites with flash content all i see is flash player required to view this content please download flash player. I have reinstalled but it never actually lets my view any flash in my pocket ie browser. Any solutions for my HTC Universal/Qtek 9000?

By Anonymous chris , at Tue Sep 05, 11:02:00 PM PDT  

The reason you may not be able to view Flash content on certain web sites is because the SWF files were published as Flash 8 or 9. The ActiveX plug-in for Flash Player 7 will only display SWF files that are published as Flash 7 or lower.

By Blogger Bill , at Sat Sep 23, 03:40:00 PM PDT  

Hi Bill,
i have a motorola q and i drag the fp7 .cab file on 2 my phone but when i try 2 install it say "Installation of fp7_ppc_en.CAB was unsuccessful. The installation file is not intended for this device" what the problem?

p.s. anyone with some info on the issue can respond!!!!

By Anonymous Anonymous , at Sun Oct 01, 09:21:00 AM PDT  

The Moto Q is a Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone OS device. You won't be able to use the Flash Player 7 for PPC installer on this device. What you can do is download and install the Flash Lite 2.1 for Windows Mobile 5.0 preview release, available on Adobe Labs (http://labs.adobe.com).

By Blogger Bill , at Sat Oct 07, 10:30:00 PM PDT  

Hi!

I thought with Flash Player 7 installed on an i-mate Jasjar - I could go to "any" web-page using flash and browse and look at the animation, etc. Isn't it so ? Does it depend on how the web-site is made ? Tell me more about this. Also - any tips about web-pages that is mainly made for PC browsing, and requiring for instance Flash 8 - how to browse those on PDA..when only Flash 7 is released - Thank you! :)

By Anonymous Puzzlemind , at Mon Nov 13, 07:51:00 AM PST  

///Puzzlemind - the Flash Player 7 for PPC that you have installed on your device is an ActiveX plug-in for Pocket IE. It allows Pocket IE to render any SWF file that's embedded in an HTML page that was published as Flash 7 or earlier. If Pocket IE encounters a web page that has a SWF file that was published as Flash 8 or 9, then Pocket IE won't be able to render it. This will result in a blank rectangular area within the HTML page where the SWF file would normally be displayed.

When a Flash designer/developer publishes a SWF file they can specify which version of Flash to publish for. Depending on the features and ActionScript they're using it may require to be published as Flash 8 or 9.

By Blogger Bill , at Wed Nov 29, 09:30:00 AM PST  

Hi Bill,
I've downloaded and installed flash player 2.1. I also did that with macromedia activeX so I should be covered right? Well, I still cannot access certain sites that use flash player 7.0. I know I cant access sites that use version 8 or 9 but 7 should work. Could you help me?

By Anonymous Anonymous , at Thu Dec 07, 04:34:00 AM PST  

Hi Bill,
Can you access sites that use flash player 7 but instead of swf it uses sps.
example:http://www.mariasharapova.com/defaultflash.sps
Is it possible to enter sites like these?

By Anonymous Anonymous , at Thu Dec 07, 05:09:00 AM PST  

l got a hp ipaq 4240 mobile 5 and install adobe multimedia flash player 7 and when lm open youtube.com show this: you either have javascript off or old version of flash?? so where l turn on javascribt or if l need flash lite 2.1 for mobile 5.pls help..thanks

By Blogger wichozzz , at Thu Aug 30, 09:05:00 PM PDT  

l got a hp ipaq 4240 mobile 5 and install adobe multimedia flash player 7 and when lm open youtube.com show this: you either have javascript off or old version of flash?? so where l turn on javascribt or if l need flash lite 2.1 for mobile 5.pls help..thanks

By Anonymous Anonymous , at Thu Aug 30, 09:06:00 PM PDT  

how do you download it on your pc because i want to use it on clubpenguin if you do give me directions

By Blogger bmx40 , at Sun Sep 09, 03:43:00 PM PDT  

well how do i view flash content thru the IE? it still says i need to install flash

By Anonymous Anonymous , at Mon Sep 24, 05:21:00 PM PDT  

Bill,
I can see that this has been hashed out a few times. After reading all the comments I am still have an issue with the flash player install. I am using a T-mobile Wing, and can not figure out how to install the 3 files (Active, 000setup,000flash) that downloaded to the desktop of my computer. Could you please go into the specific details on how to make the process work of installing the flash program for the computer impaired?
Thanks

Mike

By Anonymous Anonymous , at Mon Nov 05, 11:30:00 AM PST  

Hey mike, the reason you cannot install it is because those files have been extracted from the cab file. copy the whole cab file onto your device and then run it.

By Anonymous Anonymous , at Mon Dec 10, 08:57:00 PM PST  

hi. i have tried to install it and it says its "not intended for this device" even though i have a pocket pc. what do i do?

By Anonymous Anonymous , at Mon Jan 14, 03:36:00 PM PST  

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