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November 14, 2020
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adobe flash download issue

  • November 14, 2020
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last night I got a pop up saying I needed to uninstall adobe flash.... so stupidly I did so.  Now I can not watch or hear anything.   Ive tried to download Adobe Flash again and it is having an issue choosing Crome as my player 

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    Correct answer jeromiec83223024

    In all likelihood, rebooting the computer will probably solve this.  We don't force you to close Chrome to uninstall because it's inconvenient, but the consequence of that choice is that Chrome might still think Flash is installed.  Rebooting should eliminate any possibility that something running is simply confused.

     

    What's weird here is that Chrome ships its own copy of Flash Player, and our uninstaller doesn't delete it (a future Chrome update will drop support for Flash Player and remove its encapsulated copy).  I'm happy to help dig into this more (uninstalling and reinstalling Chrome is a decent brute-force approach to fixing it, but I'm curious about what's actually happening), but I bet that the reboot solves it.

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    Inspiring
    November 16, 2020

    In all likelihood, rebooting the computer will probably solve this.  We don't force you to close Chrome to uninstall because it's inconvenient, but the consequence of that choice is that Chrome might still think Flash is installed.  Rebooting should eliminate any possibility that something running is simply confused.

     

    What's weird here is that Chrome ships its own copy of Flash Player, and our uninstaller doesn't delete it (a future Chrome update will drop support for Flash Player and remove its encapsulated copy).  I'm happy to help dig into this more (uninstalling and reinstalling Chrome is a decent brute-force approach to fixing it, but I'm curious about what's actually happening), but I bet that the reboot solves it.

    Nancy OShea
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    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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    November 15, 2020

    Chrome, Safari and other major browsers don't want you to use Flash Player anymore for security reasons.  Flash content developers had 3 years to prepare for this. If they haven't switched to other technologies by now, it's unlikely that they ever will.  Old Flash sites & games will be obsolete after Dec 31st.

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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    November 14, 2020

    It's just as well you found out, since Flash Player is going away forever at the end of the year. Some questions for you, 

    1. You say you cannot watch or hear anything? You mean on particular web sites? Can you nane a site or two for us to check?

    2. You say there is an issue with Chrome. Please give the messages you get exactly.

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