Many Internet surfers often encounter the fact that videos cannot be played on visited resources, it is impossible to start online flash games, the multimedia content of pages is displayed incorrectly, etc. The reason for this is the missing or deactivated Adobe Flash Player plugin. How to enable it in different browsers, and at the same time eliminate some problems with its operation? This will be discussed later in the article.
Why doesn't the Adobe Flash Player plugin work?
The plugin belongs to the category of add-ons that have an almost paramount impact on the playback of multimedia content on web resources. In some browsers, its presence is assumed initially (Google Chrome), in other programs, the extension must be installed additionally.
However, even if this add-in is present in the system, it may not work correctly or may not function at all. The following are commonly referred to as causes:
- incorrect installation or damage to plugin files;
- accidental or intentional deactivation;
- lack of updates.
For now, let's leave the problems associated with the player’s inoperability and its update, and dwell on the issues of its inclusion in the most popular browsers. It’s worth mentioning right away that activation of the add-in is almost identical in all programs without exception (the names of the menus and sections of the corresponding settings differ).
Adobe Flash Player: How to enable the plugin in Google Chrome
Access to extensions in one of the most revered browsers called Google Chrome is via the address bar, where, depending on the version of the software, two types of commands can be written: either chrome: plugins or about: plugins.
In the plug-ins window, you should find the Adobe Flash Player plugin and click on the “Enable” hyperlink, located just below the name. You can also check the box "Always allow" so that when you open the appropriate content on a web resource, the program does not constantly prompt the user to play the content.
Activation extension in Mozilla Firefox browser
As for the question of how to enable the Adobe Flash Player module in Firefox, everything is simple.
Access to the corresponding add-ons is carried out in the menu, called by pressing the button with three horizontal dashes in the upper right panel, where the add-ons icon is selected (access to this section can also be obtained if the command about: addons is entered in the address bar). In the new window, the plugins menu is selected, where all available modules are listed. We find the corresponding module. You can enable Adobe Flash Player or use the Adobe Shockwave element using the drop-down menu box to the right. Here you need to select the option "Always enable".
Enable add-ons in Opera browser
Now a few words about another popular browser called Opera. You can enable the Adobe Flash Player plug-in through the main menu, called by clicking the button with the browser name located in the upper left.
Here, the transition line to the settings is selected. In the new window on the left there is a section "Websites". After accessing it, you need to find the plug-in block and use the hyperlink to disable some of them, which is located just below the control button. Again, here you need to find the Adobe Flash Player add-in. How to enable the extension? Yes, in the same way as in other browsers - just click on the appropriate control (“Enable” button).
Separately, it is worth saying that some sections in different versions of the browser may be missing, and sometimes access to the plugin settings can be obtained from other menus. But in general, this does not affect the situation.
Update Issues
With the inclusion of sorted out. Note, after activating the plug-in in any browser, the browser program will need to be restarted. But what to do when the extension seems to have an active status (enabled), and the plugin itself does not work? Here the whole snag in the absence of updates.
As a rule, during the initial installation of the player in the system, the integration of its own update tool takes place, which, with a constant Internet connection, monitors the release of new versions of the plug-in.
If the updater issues a notification that the update is ready for installation, it is better to immediately agree, go to the official website and download the latest release of the add-on. After that, however, it will be necessary to install it manually, using the downloaded installation file for this.
But here, not everything is as simple as it seems. The fact is that the installation process for updating has practically nothing to do with it, since it is not updating the old version, but only installing the new one, often not even on top of the existing modification, but in parallel with it. In turn, this can cause conflicts.
Therefore, before installing a fresh release, you should completely remove the old versions. You can do this from the programs and components section in the Control Panel, or use specialized utilities like iObit Uninstaller, the advantage of which is that they can delete both the residual program files and the corresponding registry keys that may remain after deletion core application components.
And only after that it is possible to install the extension, after which make sure that it works, by checking the settings in the appropriate browsers.
Conclusion
That's it for the Adobe Flash Player plugin. How to enable it, I think, is already clear. We did not consider browsers such as Internet Explorer, Edge and programs created on the basis of Google Chrome (Chromium, Yandex Browser, Amigo, etc.). There are no fundamental differences in the methods for activating the Adobe Flash Player add-on. Basically, the differences concern only the menu names and the location of some controls. Otherwise, no user should have problems.
As for the updates, it is best to follow the recommendations given and to remove all obsolete modifications before starting the installation of the latest version. In addition, if for some reason downloading the plug-in is not possible, you can download the distribution kit from the official site through proxy anonymizers on the Internet or manually change your location in the browser or geolocation settings.