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April 3, 2016
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Firefox, flash player blocked by webbrowser??

  • April 3, 2016
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dear,

i don't find any results when i search it up:

when i disable shockwave and enable it again, i still get at websites: Adobe Flash Player is blocked by your browser. Please check your settings or follow these instructions to enable it.

when i check my version, i have the correct version, when i check if it is enabled, it is enabled,

but when i want to test it at adobe test page, it doenst work, i just get a white screen.... ....

already removed firefox and reinstalled it, but still the same

this started suddenly today, and i just refreshed my page...

any help pls...

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Correct answer jeromiec83223024

As an aside, on Win10, you're going to have a much better experience if you're using 64-bit Firefox.  I believe they serve it up by default at this point, but you might want to check in Task Manager to see if Firefox says (32-bit).  

You can explicitly get the 64-bit version here:

Mozilla Firefox Web Browser — Download Firefox in your language — Mozilla

Here's what I'd do:

1.) Go to Firefox > Help > Restart with Add-Ons disabled

     If Flash starts working, there's a third-party plugin in play. 

     Disable everything and re-enable them one at a time until the problem comes back and you'll know which one it is.

2.) If that doesn't work, make sure that Flash Player is enabled in Firefox

     Go to Menu (the hamburger icon on the right-hand side of the toolbar) > Add-Ons > Plugins > Shockwave Flash

     Choose Always Activate from the pulldown on the right-hand side.

3.) If that was already set, do you have an off-brand security suite or software firewall installed? 

     If so, you may need to actually uninstall it to get Flash working, depending on the product.  I don't want to call people out, but there are some frequent fliers.

4.) If not, let's uninstall and reinstall the NPAPI Flash Player for Firefox

  

     Uninstall Flash Player - Windows:  (This will uninstall all of the shared Flash Players on your system (IE and Chrome bundle Flash, so they're unaffected)

     https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-windows.html

     Download Flash Player using Firefox from here:

     http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

    

     Follow the installation instructions

5.) If Flash Player *still* doesn't work, post your installation logs:

Where do I find the Flash Player installation log on Windows?

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jeromiec83223024
Inspiring
April 4, 2016

Are you using something like an ad blocking or anti-tracking plugin that might affect how JavaScript is parsed?

Participant
April 4, 2016

Dear,

the problem started when refreshing the page, so i was playing flash games, refreshed the page, and then it happened, even on Edge it doesn't work...

i have Opera now, and it works on this browers, strange.... :s

but i like to turn back to mozilla firefox...

i do have Ad block in mozilla, but when i shut if off and try it again, it's still the same.

Don't know about that anti-tracking plugin tbh...

thnx

jeromiec83223024
jeromiec83223024Correct answer
Inspiring
April 4, 2016

As an aside, on Win10, you're going to have a much better experience if you're using 64-bit Firefox.  I believe they serve it up by default at this point, but you might want to check in Task Manager to see if Firefox says (32-bit).  

You can explicitly get the 64-bit version here:

Mozilla Firefox Web Browser — Download Firefox in your language — Mozilla

Here's what I'd do:

1.) Go to Firefox > Help > Restart with Add-Ons disabled

     If Flash starts working, there's a third-party plugin in play. 

     Disable everything and re-enable them one at a time until the problem comes back and you'll know which one it is.

2.) If that doesn't work, make sure that Flash Player is enabled in Firefox

     Go to Menu (the hamburger icon on the right-hand side of the toolbar) > Add-Ons > Plugins > Shockwave Flash

     Choose Always Activate from the pulldown on the right-hand side.

3.) If that was already set, do you have an off-brand security suite or software firewall installed? 

     If so, you may need to actually uninstall it to get Flash working, depending on the product.  I don't want to call people out, but there are some frequent fliers.

4.) If not, let's uninstall and reinstall the NPAPI Flash Player for Firefox

  

     Uninstall Flash Player - Windows:  (This will uninstall all of the shared Flash Players on your system (IE and Chrome bundle Flash, so they're unaffected)

     https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-windows.html

     Download Flash Player using Firefox from here:

     http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

    

     Follow the installation instructions

5.) If Flash Player *still* doesn't work, post your installation logs:

Where do I find the Flash Player installation log on Windows?