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Anonymous

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cannot update Flash, Chrome on WinXP

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October 18, 2017
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older PC with XP and Chrome PPAPI

Flash is 22.0.0

Update box shows checked for auto updates

Installer downloads, but double clicking or opening does not occur

have tried numerous times ?

notice at top of web page says "blocked" due to old version.

clicking that box to update does nothing other than instructions

any ideas would be welcome

[moderator: added browser and OS to title for clarity]

cannot update flash player

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sdfox7

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In June 2017 I posted a comprehensive step-by-step guide (with pictures) on how to update Flash Player (PepperFlash) for Google Chrome on Windows XP.

Part of that solution includes changing the version number on the folder

C:\Documents and Settings\Stephen Fox\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\PepperFlash\28.0.0.137

(You must replace "Stephen Fox" above with whatever the name of your user account name is.)

After pasting the updated file in that folder, the version number must be updated, otherwise the chrome:\\plugins flag will not correctly detect the correct version of the plugin that is inside the folder.

Here is what I believe to be the simplest procedure for updating Adobe Flash Player for Google Chrome on Windows XP

jeromiec83223024

Inspiring

Chrome dropped support for Windows XP several months ago, and Windows XP itself is well past it's end of life. Unless you're running WinXP SP3, it also lacks the cryptographic support necessary to run our installers, although it will let you proceed if you ignore the security warnings.

More importantly, Windows XP is missing about 15 years worth of progress in operating system security, in an era where the population of hackers has moved from kids in basements to industrial-scale organized crime and state-sponsored professionals. When we teach people system penetration testing, we use Windows XP as the target operating system when they're first getting started. It's way easier than attacking anything current.

It's time to upgrade to a current operating system, especially if you're doing anything sensitive with the machine (healthcare, banking, etc.).

If price is an issue, you can get a decent Chromebook for $200. A decent economy Win10 laptop will run you about $450, and both Amazon and Walmart sell refurbished Apple hardware. If you don't mind having something a couple models behind, you can pick them up pretty cheap.

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Anonymous

Thanks for you quick response and advice. To bring you up to date. We have other PC's with Win 7 and IE updated to your 27.0.0. The XP PC with Chrome is in a reading room and is a device for streaming music.

I did install SP3 . Great. That allowed me to download the installer and actually install the new Flash, or so I thought. Showed installation bar for both Flash and McAfee Sec. 100% complete and let me "finish" install. Your web page comes up saying "thank you & enjoy" and at the top a bar once again saying Player is Blocked Out Of Date.

Going to check to see what is actually is installed ..... sure enough still shows vrs. 22.0.0

Did that install three times. Same results.

Nothing ever came about about security warnings. ?

Any suggestions ? Thanks

_maria_

Legend

The version of Chrome you have has Flash Player embedded and expects Flash Player to be at a specific location (usually within the Chrome directory). It will not load Flash Player from any other location. When you install Flash Player it installs to C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash (and C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash if this is a 64-bit OS). The version of Chrome you have doesn't know about these locations. You would need to copy the Flash Player plugin to the location Chrome is aware of, and even then it'll continue to report the wrong version, and may not work. If you want to give it a try, do the following (these instructions assume you have 23-bit Windows XP):

Launch Chrome and navigate to chrome://plugins
Click +Details in the upper right to expand the plugin details
Locate the Flash Player entry and make note of the Flash Player Path
Close Chrome
Rename pepflashplayer.dll and manifest.json to something else (e.g. append .original to the file name) or move them to a new folder (this is to back them up in case these instructions don't work)
Go to C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash and copy pepflashplayer32_VersionNumber.dll and manifest.json files and paste them in the directory obtained in step 3
- If the directory obtained in step 3 is a user location (it's not \Program Files directory on Windows, or /Applications directory on Mac), you'll need to rename the Flash Player folder name to the version of Flash Player you are using. For example, if the folder name is '22.0.0.209', you'll need to rename that to '27.0.0.170' or whatever version you are using.
Rename the pepflashplayer32_VersionNumber.dll file to pepflashplayer.dll
Launch Chrome

This is a workaround and may or may not work. Chrome will continue to report the old version of Flash Player, not the newer version.

<edited: fixed incorrect file names>

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