Flash Player Pro for Windows

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Key Details of Flash Player Pro

Convert Flash movies between SWF/EXE formats.
Last updated on February 26, 2016
There have been 4 updates
Virus scan status:
Clean (it’s extremely likely that this software program is clean)

Editors’ Review

Download.com staffFebruary 26, 2016

The typical media player can't handle Flash videos, so a variety of specialized players have sprung up for this purpose. Flash Player Pro is one such program, promising to both manage your library of Flash videos and allow you to download new ones. We tried out the trial version of the program, which is limited to 15 days of use and has a few other limitations. It worked well enough, but strange error messages caused us to waste time troubleshooting problems that didn't actually exist.

The program's interface is dated and not particularly attractive, but it's easy enough to figure out. A tree hierarchy lets users navigate to the directories where their Flash videos are stored; a pane below the tree hierarchy displays the contents of each folder. The large pane on the right holds the actual player. Flash Player Pro had no problem playing Flash videos that we already had, but downloading new ones proved to be unnecessarily confusing. We copied the URL of a video we wanted to download, posted it into the appropriate box on the interface, and clicked Go. The program displayed a list of Flash videos contained on the Web page, with check boxes allowing us to select which ones we wanted to download. This was all fairly straightforward, but every time we tried to download, the program displayed a vague error message at the end of the download causing us to think that it had failed. We were about to write Flash Player Pro off completely when we discovered that, in spite of the error messages, it actually had downloaded everything we'd asked it to. We liked some of its other features, such as its ability to take screen captures and set images from the videos as our desktop wallpaper. Perhaps our favorite thing about Flash Player Pro was that it let us convert the videos into screensavers, although these contained a green box noting that they had been created with the unregistered version of the software. The program comes with a Help file that's adequate, if not particularly thorough.

Weird error messages and funky interface aside, we were impressed with Flash Player Pro's features. It's worth checking out if you do a lot of work with Flash videos. The program installs and uninstalls without issues.

Editors' note: This is a review of the trial version of Flash Player Pro 5.3.

What’s new in version 5.3

Version 5.3 supports Windows 8.

Flash Player Pro for Windows

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Full Specifications

GENERAL

Release: July 30, 2012

Latest update: February 26, 2016

Version: 5.3

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows ME
Windows 98
Windows 7
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Windows NT
Windows 2003
Windows 2000
Windows 10

Additional Requirements: Macromedia Flash Player 6 ActiveX control or higher

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 1,050,877

Downloads Last Week: 8

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User Reviews

2.3/5

20 User Votes

Scam, sponsored by Cnet as usual
poetryboySeptember 1, 2016
Pros
Shows Cnet is bribed by this crap
Cons
Complete crapware
Summary
Why does this kind of crap always have better stars than it should, one would almost think Cnet or company put their own reviews on here!
this is a scam!
BillGod69April 4, 2013
Pros
there are none
Cons
Crashes.. its a scam.. why not just use adobe flash instead of installing this software that causes crashes and installs all kinds of junk software.
Summary
the only good review is 5 stars and points you to another website with more good reviews.. HMMMM looks like the software manufacturer is posting reviews.
Dont Waste your Time
olvanmasonMarch 23, 2013
Pros
None. It's not worth the risk!!!!!
Cons
Installs too many things besdies the flash player. Just go to WWW.Adobe.com and download teir flashplayer. The worst that could happen is that it install Google Chrome with the download.
Summary
To many add ons.
Deceiving, will mess up your Internet searching
NancySJ32March 10, 2013
Pros
Easy and fast to uninstall.
Cons
This is *NOT* an Adobe product, despite its deceiving name. It will automatically pop up on your PC as a "Would you like to update Flash Player Pro?" notification. Default setting for the install is the "Quick (Recommended)" option, which if you read the small print says it will change your browser home page settings, use Bing as your search engine, and other undesirable changes to settings. (Note that using the "Advanced" install simply gives you the option to decline these changes ... what a crock.) Also by default you will get three or four other new installs of junk software.
Summary
Too bad Adobe is using a name like Flash Player that can apparently be so easily mimicked as to deceive users into installing unwanted software.
I'm tried of Flash crashes
cabowaboFebruary 20, 2013
Pros
Works but crashes!
Cons
Works but crashes!
Summary
TRAP When I D/L it...
Ravensfire1September 23, 2011
Pros
Nothing never downloaded
Cons
Spyware trojon attached
Summary
What is happening to Cnet when what U download isnt what you expected?
My system has not crashed since I downloaded this
tex46becJuly 30, 2011
Pros
I like it and am glad I downloaded it
Cons
No problems yet
Summary
This is a good thing
sucks like casy anthony
duke716July 10, 2011
Pros
not worth it
Cons
sucks big time
Summary
Not worth the trouble
should be free
allendouglass714March 23, 2011
Pros
demo was free
Cons
should be free
Summary
nice product, should be free
Has a virus
apit2010December 16, 2010
Pros
It's helpful
Cons
This program has virus! AVG says
Summary
You must fix this program

Developer’s Description

By GoldSolution

Convert Flash movies between SWF/EXE formats.

Flash Player Pro is a handy flash tool kit designed as Adobe Flash player and manager. It has several powerful flash tools download flash movies, preview and browse flash movie, capture flash image and set it as wallpaper, create flash screensaver with ease, and make conversion between SWF and EXE flash movies. All of these features will help you enhance and extend the usage of existing flash files.