Reason why Player not working

[JibbaJabba15]

The reason that many websites are asking you to upgrade Shockwave Player is
because of the method that is being used to determine which ActiveX control you
have installed. With the latest version, Macromedia stepped away from their
regular convention of using an integer value to append to the class name in the
registry. Instead, this time they used SWCtl.SWCtl.10.1.1. Just like with
Flash Player, web pages will loop on integer values and attempt to create an
ActiveX object with that registry name. Now, each page that uses this method
will have to create a nested loop on 3 different integers.

Search your Windows registry for SWCtl.SWCtl or ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash
to see the progression of version numbers and class names. Macromedia could
easily fix this issue by adding a secondary name to the registry
(SWCtl.SWCtl.10) that contains the same CLSID, as they have done in the past.

This is only an issue on Windows IE because only that browser uses ActiveX
controls. Firefox and Netscape use plugins and those are detectable in a
different manner.

Non-technical opinion: Does Macromedia know about this issue and is not doing
anything about it because they are in some manner retaliating against IE for
putting in the "Click to activate this control" box on their flash plugins?
Probably not but it is interesting to think about. At least for a geek like
me.

[teresabeesa]

:) FINALLY!!! after 11 days...i got shockwave to download...i tried mozilla
and everything!!! The only thing i can possibly think of is that i finally got
all of the old shockwave out (i was having trouble with that) and i turned off
my yahoo pop up blocker. dunno..all i know is i'm now playing my much missed
pawkeet! teri

[pkizilos]

This is a very good post. Thanks! The issue I am facing is that we have
produced lots of code using the "create an object" test method for detecting
the player. swctl.swctl.7 will create an object when version 7 (or higher) is
present on the client, except for version 10.1.1r016. For the new player, this
line of script will put a user in an endless install loop, because the code
will never detect the new player. The problem is that I no longer have access
to all the code to make the change! I don't feel that it's right to require me
to track it all down, either. The new player should be backward compatible with
the detection methods that have functioned wonderfully for years.

[Thexternal]

I have had the same issues with Shockwave for the past few days. I and a few
users can not access certain websites that use Shockwave. I installed it on a
machine with a brand new image installed and it worked great. When i try it on
existing setups it keeps taking me to the Macromedia page and instructing me to
download it again.

I have repeatedly uninstalled the program as well as registry entries and IE
objects to no avail. I have also downloaded Netscape and Firefox and still
get the same errors.

Any help would be apreciated.

Thank you.

[rocksarkgirl]

hey teresa, this is to you, tytytyty...i guess the love for the pawkeet won out
and after i read your post, i totally deleted the shockwave/flash from my
computer and reinstalled, and WALLAAAAAA....pawkeets...grrr
matey....lmao...dont know why i never tried that in the first place...lol...

[laney2677]

i have been having the same problem that the rest of you have...shockwave just
wouldnt work...anyway..im no expert..but i did alot of research and tried alot
of things that different people suggested on these forums...i ended up
combining a few of them...i completly removed flash, shockwave, and internet
explorer...then i put internet explorer back on brand new...then flash..then
shockwave...and about fell over when it worked...i was so happy...i missed
playing lingo..lol..i really hope this helps you guys..if so..pass it on..maybe
we can beat this thing...