Adobe Flash Player is a plug-in for web browsers that enables viewing multimedia and interactive content created on the Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash) platform. It is one of the most popular and ubiquitous pieces of software, estimated to be installed on over 90% of personal computers.
Questions tagged [flash-player]
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Where to download Flash Player for offline installation?
I can't find Flash Player download link which will give me the full EXE/MSI file, not the tiny downloader which downloads data from the internet.
What's the proper download site for this?
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How to automatically remove Flash history/privacy trail? Or stop Flash from storing it?
Many people have heard about third-party cookies, and some browsers even block those by default. Some people may even be using Private Browsing modes. However, only few seem to realise that Adobe's Flash player also leaves a cross-browser trail on…
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Turn off Google Chrome's Notification for "Flash Player will no longer be supported after December 2020."
Every time I launch Google Chrome, I get this notification on top. I'm not going to turn it off, and I click on the x button to close it but it pops up again when I restart Chrome.
Is there any hidden setting or workaround to disable this…
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Is there a standalone Flash Player for Linux?
I would like to download a Flash game and play it without using Firefox under Ubuntu Lucid - any ideas how?
I can download the game fine, I'm just wondering how to play it without Firefox. Is there a standalone Flash Player I can use?
Andy
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How can I force YouTube to not use HTML5 player because it is not working on the latest version of Firefox and now I can't see any video?
This is really annoying. Yesterday everything was working fine, now I wake up only to realize that all the videos on YouTube are using the HTML5 player.
Here is what I see when I try to play a video on YouTube:
I tried what was suggested by the…
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Linux flash player settings dialog unclickable
I'm using Slackware 13. When a flash app pops up the allow/deny dialog, I'm stuck because the buttons are unclickable. My adobe flash player version is 10,0,42,34. How can I fix this problem?
Edit: I'm using fluxbox. I'm using an acer notebook with…
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How to play SWF files without browser
I like to play some downloaded Shockwave Flash (.SWF) files without opening my internet browser. Sometime ago, I remember I could do it just double clicking on the SWF item. Then it was opening in a plain Shockwave window. Now XP won't play ball. I…
Mehper C. Palavuzlar
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Flash Player Automatic Updater on Windows Startup
Adobe Flash Player is set to automatically check for updates on Windows startup. I've always wondered where exactly it is set to do this. Checking the running services, as well as msconfig does not yield its location. The message in question…
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How can I automatically update Flash Player whenever a new version is released?
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Flash Player Update Service doesn't run on a reliable schedule, and doesn't automatically download and apply updates when it does run.
Given the importance of having an up-to-date version of Flash Player installed (for those of us who…
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What is Silverlight and how is different from flash? Why should I install it?
I went Microsoft's website and in order to see some videos is requests me to install Silverlight? Is there any benefit?
I don't really feel like installing a plugin from Microsoft, but I wonder is there anything special I might be missing, or is it…
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Dual monitors and flash movie to stay maximized on one of them
I have recently assembled a dual monitor setup.
I often watch live.twit.tv in my browser and I would like to run it maximized while I do other stuff on second screen, but when I click on a desktop the full screen mode rolls back to normal view. The…
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Why is H.264 video so much faster in an FLV container than in an MP4 container?
I am developing a tube site, and currently having issues with H.264 format. I noticed that YouTube put their hi-def videos into an MP4 container, so logically I did the same.
Next, I installed mod_h264_streaming for lighttpd to make streaming and…
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Firefox trying to download local .swf files
I'm quite annoyed with my firefox and Flash files :
When I try opening a .swf file with it:
If the file is on the web (via http://...), it plays normally in browser
If the file is local (via file:///...), firefox only show me a dialog to download…
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Is it possible to get the text of a document being shown by the Flash Player?
I was searching for something, and found a document on a website. It is showing it using the Flash Player. When I wanted to save a copy by clicking "Download this document", it says needs to register, and registration is for free.
So I entered my…
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I don't want Flash, how do I make IE stop asking about installing it?
I don't have Flash installed, so on many web pages I get a dialogue which says something like "this website wants to install the following add-on: Adobe Flash Player".
Can I set this dialogue to never appear? I don't want Flash but I don't want to…
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