Flash Tutorials – How to Fix Flash OCX Errors

Adobe Flash Player is one of the most popular mediums for viewing multimedia content. While enjoying flash videos on web browser or media player, you may encounter Flash OCX error. It is a common problem for most Windows computer, and will continually show when you attempt to use the Adobe Flash. Fortunately, it is quite easy to fix Flash OCX errors. This tutorial will describe how to repair a Flash OCX error on your computer.

Flash OCX error is likely being caused by the way in which Windows can’t load the Flash Player program correctly on your system. In order to fix this problem, you should unregister and delete significant control files from your system and reinstall a new copy of Adobe Flash Player.

Instructions of How to Fix Flash OCX Error

Part 1: Uninstall Adobe Flash Player
Step 1: Click the “Start” button and choose “Search”, then “All Files and Folders” to open a new search window.
Step 2: Type “flash.ocx” in the search box to locate the folder that contains your corrupted copy of the Flash OCX file. Write down the full path name that holds the file, for example, c:\windows\system32\macromed\flash directory.
Step 3: Click the “Start” button and choose “Run” to open a new run command box. And type: c:\windows\system32\macromed\flash\flash.ocx /u. This will unregister the Flash OCX file from your Windows system.
Step 4: Back to your search window and type “enterflash.ocx” in the search box. And then delete the file from the menu.
Step 5: Type “swflash.inf” in the search box and delete the file. Then you are ready to proceed with reinstallation.

Part 2: Reinstall Adobe Flash Player
Restart your computer. Open your Web browser and go to the Adobe Flash Player installation website to download the Adobe Flash Player setup program. Then, follow the on-screen prompts to reinstall Adobe Flash Player on your computer.