Adobe updater can't update adobe software

Another common problem is the Adobe Updater. Many people seem to experience problems updating their Adobe software (like Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Photoshop,...). Myself, I had problems updating Adobe Flash CS3.

To update your adobe software, open the program, go to 'Help/Update'.
The updater will now search for new updates and ask you to download them.
In the preferences you can choose which Adobe programms you would like to be updated by (de)selecting them.
I choose for Flash CS3 and downloaded the update.

When Adobe Updater tries to install the update, i get the error message "updater can't find software to be updated"
and thats where it ends, the updater just quits.
Downloading the update from the Adobe website and installing it manually results in the same error.

Apparently Adobe can't find the correct path to install the updates in. So it stops working.
For Windows PC's there are some solutions to this problem by manually changing the path to the correct directory in the installer file. It's not that hard, but you will need some experience in code.
Still in some cases this doesn't resolve the problem, and also Adobe itself doesn't have any answers on this topic yet.

Uninstalling the software and reinstalling it could work in some cases, but even people with a clean formatted system with only the adobe software running came trough this same problem, when they tried to update.

I could figure out any solution yet, so all feedback is welcome to help out people with this problem!


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Quicktime doesn't play video after updating to 7.4

My Quicktime doesn't show any video anymore, but it plays the audio.
It seems to be a common problem for Macusers after updating Quicktime to 7.4

There are a lot of issues like this on many forums, but no one seems to have the correct solution that works for all.
I read a lot about problems with third party software and codecs which could might cause the problem.
Apple doesnt hold itself responsible for third party software so don't expect any help there (although i am very happy with their support).

I also read difficult solutions like deleting codecs etc in your /library

I figured my flip4mac was out of date so i uninstalled it and downloaded the latest version, installed it and the problem is solved.
Sometimes the video still doesnt show, but after refreshing the loaded video, it shows perfectly.
(Maybe for some of you the refresh might do without reinstalling any software.)

It seems more or less logical to me that after a software update like upgrading your Quicktime leads to some broken connections with codecs or other software. so reinstalling some of them might help.
Still developers should be working harder on this matter


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