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Adobe installation. How to download and install Adobe Flash Player

The question is how to install " Adobe Flash Player", is being discussed more and more actively, because modern internet can no longer do without this decision, it is a fact. Games, music, videos and other content support this technology.

A few words about technology

Next, we will look in detail, Flash Player"on any computer running an operating system Windows systems but first some theory. This technology has a number of significant drawbacks, and many experts are waiting for its closure and replacement with a more convenient HTML5.

Note that a certain part of YouTube videos does not require an installed player from now on, as it works using HTML5 technology. However, the flash remains in demand for all its excessive demands on resources.

When should I install "Adobe Flash Player"?

Probably, if you are interested in this publication, you already know why the player is needed. But let's try to bring some clarity. Most often, the browser or individual sites inform the user that for proper operation it is necessary to install the "Adobe Flash Player" plug-in (in the case of the browser).

to use the audio service, you must install a Flash player." And video hosting "YouTube" reports: "In order to play the video, "Adobe Flash" is required. On other sites where such messages do not appear, simply individual elements may not work.

If the site needs the specified add-on, at the top of the page you will in most cases see a suggestion to install the latest "Adobe Flash Player". If there are problems with a previously installed player, it must first be properly uninstalled.

Refresh your browser!

First you need to update your browser to the most latest version so that conflicts do not arise in the future. Now we will look at how to do this with the most popular browsers.

Let's start with Opera. This browser During each launch, it automatically checks for updates and offers to install them. It should be noted that new versions of this browser appear quite often. In order to manually check if the update has passed you by, you need to go to the "Menu", then open "Help" and "Check for updates".

If a new version is available, install it. If not, you don't need to do anything.

The installed version can be found in the "Menu", section "Help", subsection "About".

"Google Chrome". This browser actually. In order to check this fact, you need to go to the "Menu" item "About the browser". If an update is necessary, the browser will inform you about it.

"Internet Explorer". This browser is also updated automatically. You need to check the corresponding checkbox in the "Menu", section "Help", subsection "About".

In this case, you need to go to the "Menu", then go to "Help" and select "About FireFox". The browser will check for new versions and, if there are any, offer to apply them, apply them. Important point: If your browser contains add-ons that are incompatible with the latest version, you will receive a notification.

Congratulations! Browsers updated! If something doesn't go according to plan,

be upset, in any case, proceed to the installation of the player.

Let's move on to installing the player

In the following, you will see that it is very easy to install "Adobe Flash Player" for free, and we will show you how to do it. We pass to the main thing. At this step, everything is intuitive. We go to the official site, where you will be prompted to install "Adobe Flash Player 12" or more new version. Download the installer, run it. Let's discuss the details next.

Check if the language and operating system deployed on your computer has been correctly detected. If it is incorrect, then click on the appropriate item and indicate your option. Please note that there are two installation options: directly for the Internet Explorer browser, as well as for all other browsers.

How to install "Adobe Flash Player": what are the nuances

In order to install the correct version, you need to go to the site from the browser for which you want the player. If a version other than "Internet Explorer" is selected, the plug-in will be installed in all browsers available on the computer: "FireFox", "Opera", "Chrome" and others. As for the "IE" version, it is only compatible with this browser.

It should also be noted that "Chrome" already has "Flash Player", but it is not updated

as often as the official version of the product does. From time to time, a built-in plugin conflicts with one that was installed manually.

To install "Flash Player", you need to uncheck the box that is responsible for installing additional programs and add-ons, and click "Download". You will see a window for saving the installer. Save it, run it and follow the wizard. Note that at this stage, running browsers should be closed.

If you have problems with the installation, check for any running processes running browsers, or restart your computer, and then re-run the installer. When asked about the future method of updating the player, we recommend choosing the first option and allowing "Adobe" to install updates in the future.

Check if the player is installed correctly

If you still have doubts about the normal operation of your player, this can be easily checked. If banners appeared on sites that include moving elements, then everything went well, and if gray squares appear in their place, "Flash" does not work for some reason.

Activation in browsers

If necessary, you can also check the plugin activity in browsers. Make it easy. If you have an Opera browser, enter in the address bar of the browser: "opera: plugins", look for "Shockwave Flash" in the list. Please note that this add-on must be enabled.

If you are using " Mozilla FireFox”, go to “Menu”, then “Add-ons”, then open “Plugins” and find the item “Shockwave Flash” in the list. If the extension is disabled, enable it.

For "Internet Explorer" the instruction is as follows: go to the "Menu", go to "Internet Options", open "Programs", then "Manage add-ons" and, finally, "Toolbars, extensions". In the list that appears, find "Shockwave Flash".

Now let's discuss "Google Chrome". Type in the address bar: "chrome://plugins", look in the section called "Flash Player".

Fix "Shockwave Flash" crash on "Google Chrome"

There can be no problem if you use only "Google Chrome". But many use several browsers at the same time for different purposes. "Google Chrome" is attractive with a built-in flash player. But other browsers do not have such a solution, and you have to install the player separately. It turns out "porridge". "Chrome" connects during startup all the plug-ins: its own and all those installed on the computer that it finds. It is at this point that the error occurs. To solve the problem, disable the extra "Flash" modules, leaving only one. To do this, go to the plugin settings. You can do this using the menu or simply by inserting the inscription: "chrome: // plugins" into the browser line. In order to get to your destination through the menu, go to "Settings", then " Additional settings", after that "Content settings" and "Disable modules".

Summing up

Now we will try to answer briefly how to install "Adobe Flash Player" on your computer. In the very simple form installation can be reduced to the following actions: a quick automatic transition to the official website of "Adobe", downloading the program and launching the appropriate installer.

Despite the fact that HTML5 technology is actively trying to replace Flash, the latter is still in demand on many sites, which means that users need Flash Player installed on their computer. Today we will talk about setting up this media player.

As a rule, setting up Flash Player is required in several cases: when solving problems with the operation of the plug-in, for the equipment (webcam and microphone) to work correctly, and also for fine tuning plugin work for different websites. This article is a small tour of the Flash Player settings, knowing the purpose of which, you can customize the plugin to your taste.

Option 1: Configuring Flash Player in the Plugin Management Menu

First of all, Flash Player runs on a computer as a browser plug-in, respectively, and you can control its operation through the browser menu.

Basically, the plugin management menu enables or disables the Flash Player. This procedure is performed for each browser in its own way, therefore this question in more detail has already been consecrated in one of our articles.

In addition, configuring Flash Player through the plugin management menu may be required for troubleshooting. Today, browsers are divided into two categories: those in which Flash Player is already embedded (Google Chrome, Yandex.Browser), and those for which the plugin is installed separately. If in the second case, as a rule, everything is decided by reinstalling the plug-in, then for browsers in which the plug-in is already embedded, the inoperability of Flash Player remains unclear.

The fact is, if you have two browsers installed on your computer, for example, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, and Flash Player is additionally installed for the second, then both plug-ins can conflict with each other, which is why in a browser that already has in theory, a working Flash Player is preinstalled, Flash content may not work.

In this case, we need to make a small adjustment to Flash Player, which will eliminate this conflict. To do this, in a browser in which Flash Player is already "embedded" (Google Chrome, Yandex.Browser), you will need to follow the following link:

chrome://plugins/

In the upper right corner of the window that appears, click the button "More" .

Find Adobe Flash Player in the list of plugins. Two might work in your case Shockwave module Flash - if so, you will immediately see it. In our case, only one module works, i.e. there is no conflict.

If in your case there are two modules, you will need to disable the work of the one whose location is in system folder Windows. Please note that the button "Disable" you need to click directly related to a specific module, and not to the entire plugin as a whole.

Reload your browser. As a rule, after such a small tweak, the flash Player conflict is resolved.

Option 2: General settings for Flash Player

To access the Flash Player Settings Manager, open the menu "Control Panel" and then navigate to the section "Flash Player" (this section can also be found through the search in the upper right corner).

Your screen will display a window divided into several tabs:

1. "Storage". This section is responsible for saving some site data on HDD computer. For example, settings for video resolution or audio volume can be stored here. If necessary, here you can both completely restrict the storage of this data, and set up a list of sites for which storage will be allowed or, conversely, prohibited.

2. "Camera and microphone." This tab configures the operation of the camera and microphone on various sites. By default, if access to a microphone or camera is required when navigating to a Flash Player site, a prompt will be displayed on the user's screen. If necessary, such a plug-in question can be completely disabled or a list of sites for which, for example, access to the camera and microphone will always be allowed is compiled.

3. "Playback". In this tab, you configure the peer-to-peer network, which is aimed at improving stability and performance due to the load on the channel. As in the case of the previous paragraphs, here you can completely disable the use of peer-to-peer network for sites, as well as set up a white or black list of websites.

4. "Updates". An extremely important section of Flash Player settings. Even at the plugin installation stage, you are asked how you want to install updates. Ideally, of course, so that you have activated automatic installation updates, which, in fact, can be activated through this tab. Before you can select the desired update option, click on the "Change update settings" button, which requires administrator confirmation.

5. "Extra". Final tab general settings Flash Player, which is responsible for deleting all Flash Player data and settings, as well as deauthorizing the computer, which will prevent playback from using Flash Player of previously protected videos (this function should be used when transferring a computer to a stranger).

Option 3: Setting via context menu

In any browser, when displaying Flash content, you can call a special context menu that controls the media player.

To select such a menu, click on any Flash content in the browser right click mouse and in the displayed context menu select item "Parameters" .

A miniature window will appear on the screen, in which several tabs have managed to fit:

1. Hardware acceleration. By default, Flash Player has hardware acceleration enabled to reduce Flash Player's load on the browser. However, in some cases given function may cause the plugin to fail. It is at such moments that it should be turned off.

2. Access to the camera and microphone. The second tab allows you to allow or deny the current site access to your camera or microphone.

3. Local storage management. Here for the open this moment site, you can choose whether or not to store information about Flash Player settings on your computer's hard drive.

4. Microphone setup. By default, the average is taken as the basis. If the service, after providing the Flash Player with a microphone, still does not hear you, here you can adjust its sensitivity.

5. Webcam settings. If you are using multiple webcams on your computer, this menu you can choose which one will be used by the plugin.

These are all Flash Payer settings available to the user on the computer.

Almost any user may need to install or update the Adobe Flash Player plug-in personal computer or laptop. After all, it is Adobe Flash Player that is responsible for the operation of video, as well as browser-based games on the Internet. Moreover, it is regularly updated and with the release of each new update, it becomes necessary to install the latest version of adobe flash player.

Installing and updating the Adobe Flash Player plug-in is the same regardless of the browser. It's just that some browsers have a built-in Adobe version Flash Player and update it automatically.

How to update Adobe flash player?

Main page for downloading and updating to the latest version adobe plugin flash player

Here, in most cases, in the selection fields on the left, your browser and operating system should be detected automatically. But if for some reason this did not happen, then manually select in step 1, and in step 2 your browser for which you install or update Adobe Flash Player.

We also recommend that you uncheck the two checkboxes in the center in the "Additional offers" section, where it is proposed to install McAfee antivirus to exclude installation unnecessary programs and reduce plugin installation time.

After that, click on the "Download" button in the lower right corner and wait for the installation file to finish downloading, which will install or update the Adobe Flash Player plug-in on your computer or laptop.

Let's run the downloaded file. After that, the installation wizard will start in the main window of which we set the switch to the “Allow Adobe to install updates (recommended)” position and click “Next”.

Launching the adobe flash player plugin installation wizard

Almost every user has come across a program called Adobe Flash Player. How to enable it? What will be required for this? How important is this program in general? Why is she needed? All these questions will be answered below. In fact, it is now difficult to imagine a PC user who has never worked with Adobe Flash Player. Why?

Description and getting started

The point is that this application is a kind of graphics module. It allows browsers to work with graphics. With it, you can watch videos, pictures, listen to music, play games and run applications online. Every computer must have Adobe Flash Player. How to enable it?

First you need to install this application. By default, it is not on any computer or in any browser. Therefore, you will have to:

  1. Go to the official page of "Adobe Flash Player".
  2. Go to the "Downloads" section.
  3. Select Last update programs for your operating system.
  4. Download setup file on the PC and then launch it. It is recommended to close the browser during initialization.
  5. Follow the instructions of the installer to complete the installation of Adobe Flash Player. How to enable it after that? Usually a simple restart of the browser is enough.

Only sometimes this technique does not work. due to system failure or incorrect operation browser, the app being studied is disabled. It has to be activated manually. How?

Opera

It all depends on which browser the person is using. A few leaders will be discussed next. Let's start with Opera. Regardless of the operating system, the user will have to follow a specific algorithm of actions.

The fastest solution is the following statement:

  1. Open Opera.
  2. Write opera://plugins in the address bar. Enabling Adobe Flash Player after that is not difficult.
  3. A menu will appear with installed plugins. It is necessary to find the program mentioned earlier there.
  4. Click on the Enable button.

If the plugin is not in the specified window, it will have to be installed according to the previously proposed scheme. You can visit the "Plugins" section in Opera by opening the "Settings" menu and selecting the appropriate line.

Work in "Yandex.Browser"

The next browser you plan to work with is Yandex. This is a relatively new application that has won the hearts of many users. How to make "Flash Player" work here?

In general, the algorithm of actions will not change. Necessary:

  1. Open Yandex.Browser. It is recommended to close all open tabs before starting the process.
  2. In the line at the top of the screen, enter browser://plugins. Enabling Adobe Flash Player after this is easier than it seems.
  3. To find desired program in the list that appears.
  4. Click on "On." in the corresponding window.

Nothing else is needed. You can bring your idea to life by going to the "Add-ons" - "Plugins" section. There will be a corresponding application.

Google Chrome

The next browser is Google. It is one of the most popular among all applications that allow you to work with the Internet. Need to get started with Adobe Flash Player? How to enable it?

Would need:

  1. Launch Google Chrome on your computer.
  2. Type chrome:plugins in the address bar. Press "Enter" to go to the corresponding menu item.
  3. Click on the "Enable" button in the Adobe Flash Player window.
  4. Check the box next to "Always allow". So the application will work constantly.

The given examples indicate that with all browsers the process of turning on Flash Player proceeds approximately the same. It is enough to visit the "Plugins" menu item, having previously installed the application on the PC.

Mozilla FireFox

Finally, consider working with another popular browser - Mozilla FireFox. What to do with this application?

  • Launch Mozilla.
  • Go to "Tools" - "Add-ons".
  • Open "External modules".
  • Find "Adobe Flash Player" in the corresponding field. Click on Enable at the bottom of this window.

After that, Adobe Flash Player is activated. How to turn it on this program in one browser or another? Now you know the answer to this question.

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