Adobe Flash Player is quite useful and still popular, considering all the issues users have had with it. The computer software is used for content created on the Adobe Flash platform, including viewing multimedia files, creating rich apps, as well as streaming audio and video content.
Adobe Flash Player can be used in a web browser as a browser plug-in or in supported mobile devices. To enable it on your browser, you need to have Adobe Flash Player installed in order to ensure a smooth browsing experience.
However, there is a rather big detail you’d want to know before using the Adobe suite: it holds responsibility, along with a few Java versions, for about 66 percent of the vulnerabilities found in Windows systems.
Even so, some might still want to use it on their browsers. If you are one of these people, this post will show you, step by step, how to install and enable Adobe Flash Player on your browser, whether you use Google Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Microsoft Edge, or Internet Explorer.
Before stepping directly to enabling Adobe Flash Player, you must ensure you have downloaded and installed the latest version of the service on your Windows-powered PC.
Adobe Flash Player on Internet Explorer
- Open the Internet Explorer browser on your computer
- Head over to ‘Settings,’ and select the ‘Manage Add-ons’ option
- Click on ‘Toolbars and Extensions’
- Simply enable the ‘Shockwave Flash Object’ add-on you find on the list
That is all. You now have Adobe Flash Player enabled and ready to use on your IE browser.
Adobe Flash Player on Google Chrome
- Launch the Google Chrome browser on your PC
- Click on the three-dot menu icon you find on the right-hand side of the screen and navigate to ‘Settings’
- Enter ‘chrome://settings/content/flash’ in the address bar
- Next, enable the ‘Allow Sites to Run Flash’ option
You’re all set! Navigate Google Chrome and use Adobe Flash Player at your will.
Adobe Flash Player on Firefox
- Launch Firefox, head over to the menu, and select the ‘Add-ons’ option from the list
- Click on ‘Shockwave Flash’ and browse the drop-down menu to ‘Always Activate.’ Select it
- Save the setting
That’s it! You have Adobe Flash Player enabled on your Firefox browser.
Adobe Flash Player on Opera
- Open the Opera browser on your computer
- Click on the menu icon and head over to ‘Settings’
- Tap on the ‘Websites’ option you find in the left pane
- Click on the ‘Manage Individual Plug-ins’ under ‘Plug-ins’ section
- Enable Adobe Flash Player and save the changes
Ready to go! You can now use Adobe Flash Player on Opera.
Adobe Flash Player on Microsoft Edge
- Launch Microsoft Edge
- Navigate to ‘Settings’ and select the ‘View Advanced Settings’ option
- Enable the ‘Use Adobe Flash Player’ option and save the setting
That is it.
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