How To Update Adobe Flash Player Via Chrome Components - Step By Step Instructions With Photos And Videos

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How to enable and configure Adobe Flash Player in Google Chrome

A site without dynamic content - elements of the engine itself, animations, videos, advertising - is an outdated concept. The Adobe Flash Player program is responsible for their display. Like the Google Chrome browser itself, the Adobe Flash plugin is regularly updated - this is necessary for the full functioning of the site.

Why Google Chrome needs Adobe Flash Player

Adobe Flash Player is not just a plug-in, but a full-fledged program responsible for displaying dynamic content in the browser - advertising banners, website headers in

Another name for the plugin is Shockwave Flash. The first build of Google Chrome running Adobe Flash Player is version 10.2.

Updating Adobe Flash Player in Google Chrome

Updating the Adobe Flash Player plug-in is possible both from the adobe.com off-site and from the menu (store) of plug-ins distributed by the corresponding Google service.

How to update Adobe Flash Player from Adobe website

Go to the plugin download page get.adobe.com/en/flashplayer.

1. Once the Adobe FP download page has loaded, click the Install Now button.

   

   Click the download button for the Adobe FP plugin

2. Run the downloaded plugin file. It is advisable to select Adobe FP auto-update.

   

   It is recommended to choose the automatic update of the Adobe FP plugin

3. Wait until the (re) installation of Adobe Flash Player is complete.

   

   Click the button to complete the plugin installation

Restart Windows, start Google Chrome again, and go to the site where you experienced problems displaying flash content.

Video: How to Update Adobe Flash Player on Windows

How to update Adobe Flash Player in Chrome Components

Components of Google Chrome are opened by the command "chrome: // components", typed in the address bar of the browser.

A list of Google Chrome plugins will open

Click the button (or link, depending on the browser and / or plugin version) "Refresh" PepperFlash (or ShockWave Flash) component.

Click the check for update button next to the PepperFlash header

After downloading and installing the update, PepperFlash will display the component version. Go back to the sites where the dynamic content issue was caused by an untimely update of the Abobe Flash-based components and continue.

Flash Player automatic update using Windows

Adobe Flash is not the only component for the browser, but a set of extensions included in the list of third-party Windows applications.

Old and new Adobe Flash apps in the Windows 10 program list

The line of Adobe Flash Player programs includes:

• Adobe Flash Player / Plugin (the main Flash plugin for browsers);
• Flash Player ActiveX - an engine for active ActiveX content on web pages;
• Adobe NPAPI / PPAPI components - old and new interactive Flash technologies (used, for example, in browser games).

All this is managed by the Flash Player General Settings Manager.

1. Give the command "Start - Control Panel - Flash Player".

   

   Select Flash Player (General Settings)

2. Go to the Updates tab and click the Change Update Settings button.

   

   Click the Reconfigure Adobe FP Updates button

3. Click on the "Change update settings" button and enable the option to automatically update Adobe Flash Player.

Windows will download and install the new version of Adobe Flash on the day the latest version is released. If you don't want to wait, click the "Check Now" button. The default browser (the same Google Chrome) will open and you will be redirected to the Adobe download server.

Select file to download from Adobe server

Open the downloaded file "FlashPlayer32.exe" (filename may differ) and start the installation process.

Wait for the installation to complete

The offline package already contains the full version of Adobe Flash Player. But more often, Adobe offers exactly a phased installation - the installed part of the application is downloaded from the adobe.com server after launching the EXE source.

Enabling Adobe FP in Google Chrome

Once installed, Adobe Flash Player does not require any special settings. Browser performance adjustments may only be required on a PC with below average performance.

After the first installation of Google Chrome and Adobe Flash Player, the latter must be enabled.

1. Click the puzzle icon with the inscription Flash Player activation in place of the Flash banners.

   

   Click on the puzzle button to activate Flash Player

2. Confirm Google Chrome's request to enable the plugin.

   

   Click the confirmation button to launch the Flash Player plugin

When you go to the specified site, Adobe Flash will start without any questions, but this is not always the case. In this case, use the forced inclusion of the plugin in the Chrome settings.

1. Click the information icon in the Chrome address bar.

   

   Click on the site information icon in Chrome

2. Allow the use of Flash technology for the sites you call by enabling the appropriate item.

   

   Turn on Flash technology in your browser

Refresh the page of the site using Flash banners. In place of the puzzle icon, an animation or banner is displayed embedded in the site page.

Video: How to enable Adobe Flash Player on a website in Google Chrome

Correct operation of Flash Player is a guarantee of correct display of site pages. It is not difficult to check and correct the work of Adobe Flash Player in any specific case.