Standalone Flash will not open sites

Hello, I hope someone can help with the installation of standalone flash.

My browser is Chrome (latest update), and due to problems with CPU at 100% causing game lag and freezing, I decided to try the standalone version.

However, when I paste an address into the standalone, it does not connect - it does nothing at all. I tried disabling the flash in Chrome but this did nothing. I can resize the standalone window and change the quality setting, but nothing else.

I deleted the standalone, then downloaded a fresh one but this is exactly the same. Is it possible that it needs Java to run ? I do not have Java on this computer.

I would be grateful for any suggestions,

Thanks.