User question
Hello.
I am trying to watch a video on the same site, but Firefox and Chrome browsers write to me that the Adobe Flash Player plugin is outdated and therefore blocked.
I tried to download and install the new version of the plugin - but the Adobe website says that I have the latest version on my computer. Now, I don’t know what to do. How do I update my flash player correctly?
Good day everyone!
In fact, now on the sites there are a lot of different flash animations and in case of problems with Adobe Flash Player,it is impossible to watch it (it can be games, videos, music, various animations and other elements).
In general, with such a snag, one of the first recommendations is to update the flash player (but it is not always possible to do this). Actually, this is what today's article will be about (by the way, I will build it in the form of popular questions / problems about the flash player, which I often have to answer).
So...
👉 Important!
Adobe announced that it will stop supporting the Flash Player at the end of the 20th year. Browsers are now warning about this event with might and main.
More details ->
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Configuring and updating Adobe Flash Player
How to update Adobe Flash Player to the latest version
Automatically
Perhaps this is the very first and main thing that helps to solve the problem when the browser refuses to play some video and reports that the Flash Player plugin has been blocked.
To update your flash player - I recommend using only the official website (link is given below).
Important!
Adobe official site: //get.adobe.com/ru/flashplayer/
To update and install your flash player, always use only the official website (given above). Update packages on third-party sites may contain viruses and unwanted software (then annoying ads appear, which are far from easy to remove 
).
As a rule, by going to the page on the link above, your browser and operating system will be automatically detected (by the way, pay attention to this, if the definitions are incorrect, then you will need to select the version of the player manually, more on that below) .
Also note the check marks next to additional applications, such as "McAfee Security Scan" (I, for example, refuse them).
Install Now / Clickable
In principle, if the browser and OS are defined correctly, you have indicated additional sentences, then there is only one button to press. "Install now" ... After downloading the installation file - you just need to run it and wait for the installation to finish. I think there is nothing further to comment on ...
Important! Before installing the flash player, close your browser (in principle, the installer itself will warn you about this when you run the installation file).
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Manually (up to the latest version)
It so happens that when you go to the official website from Adobe (note: //get.adobe.com/ru/flashplayer/) to auto-update the flash player - it either redirects somewhere, reporting an error, or detects the wrong version of your browser or OS. Naturally, if you download the wrong thing, the videos on your site will not work because of this ☺.
Therefore, for this case, there is another link on the official Adobe website (I give it below).
Flash Player version selection page - //get.adobe.com/ru/flashplayer/otherversions/Basically, by clicking on the link above, you will only need to select the version of your OS (Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10) and specify your browser. Then the system will automatically select the optimal version of Flash Player and offer you to download it. In general, everything is simple and fast.
Selecting the Adobe Flash Player version
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Manually (select archived version)
Flash Player Archived Versions (New + Old Versions) - //helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions.htmlThis page contains various versions of the flash player. There are both new and old ones. In some cases (for example, when a new version of the player does not work - this happens in very rare cases), it may be necessary to install an older version of the flash player. So, without this page, it would be difficult ...
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Why Adobe Flash Player is not working in Google Chrome
Most often, the reason lies in the fact that, by default, in the Chrome browser, Flash Player will start only after your permission. On the one hand, this increases security, on the other hand, it creates inconvenience for novice users (and it wastes time ☺).
How to enable the flash player:
- first, open the browser settings - page: chrome: // settings / content
- (you can get to this settings page, and just go to the browser settings, then in the "Personal data" section click on the "Content settings" button)
- then in the "Flash" section, set the position of the slider to "Allow" (see the example in the screenshot below).
Flash // Chrome
In general, the Chrome browser already has its own built-in player plugin (and it updates automatically!). Sometimes there are problems with this component, therefore, I recommend checking in the "manual" version:
- go to the page chrome: // components /
- then find in the list of components "Adobe Flash Player" and click on the button "Check for updates". See example below.
Check for update // Chrome
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Flash Player is disabled in Firefox and does not update
In Firefox, the Flash Player can be found in the Add-ons under Plugins. To open this section: click on the "three stripes" icon in the upper right corner of the browser, and then select the section "Add-ons" (note: puzzle icon, example below).
Firefox add-ons
Further in the section "Plugins" there is an addition "shockwave flash" (this is the player). There is a switch on opposite it - put it in the mode "Always include" ... In addition, please note if there is a proposal to update it (as, for example, in mine in the screenshot below).
To update - just click on the button of the same name. By the way, in the Firefox browser settings, you can set it so that all add-ons are updated automatically (see the icon 
above the list of all plugins) without your participation (which is very convenient!).
Firefox - shockwave flash
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How to install Flash Player in Windows 10, EDGE browser
If you have Windows 10 and you use the Microsoft Edge browser, then the Flash Player is already built into the browser itself and you do not need to install it additionally. Here the question, more often than not, is different - the fact is that for some reason it is turned off for many in the browser settings ...
To enable the flash player plugin in Edge, you need to:
- in the upper right corner of the browser, click the "three dots" icon (settings) and open the "Options" section (see the screenshot below);
- then scroll through the list of settings to the end and click the "View additional parameters" button;
- in the list of parameters, put the switch in "On" opposite the desired item.
How to enable Flash Player in Edge browser
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How to remove Flash Player completely from Windows
In general, usually, there is no need to uninstall it to update Flash Player (unless you want to install an older version, or the update is not installed until you uninstall the old version of the player).
Here are a couple of ways.
Method number 1
Probably the simplest and most obvious one. Also, as you uninstall any program, you can uninstall it. You need to open the control panel (how to do it) Windows (address: Control Panel \ Programs \ Programs and Features ), find the player in the list of programs and uninstall it
Uninstalling via Windows Control Panel
If it so happened that there is no player in the list of programs, or when you uninstall you get an error that it is impossible to do this, try special. a utility to remove other programs cleanly from Windows.
I wrote about such a utility here: //ocomp.info/programma-dlya-udaleniya-programm.html
Method number 2
There is a special utility on the Adobe website ( note: called as uninstaller) to remove the flash player from your computer.
Uninstaller link - //helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-windows.html#main_Download_the_Adobe_Flash_Player_uninstaller
So, you just need to download it, then close the browser (and other applications that use the flash player), and then run it to completely remove the player from Windows. In general, the utility itself will do everything for you.
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That's all for me.
As the site lives, the page will be supplemented ...
If you have your own recipes for solving problems - thank you in advance for the addition ...
Good luck!
