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NumOneUser
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March 30, 2014
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Flash Player 12 is not working Internet Explorer 11

  • March 30, 2014
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My flash player 12 does not display all of the content.  It seems to work fine with Google Chrome but not with Internet Explorer 11.  I have uninstalled and reinstalled flash player.  Out of desperation, I restored the system to original but I still have the same problem.  I tried disabling hardware acceleration but nothing has fixed it yet.  My display adapter is up to date.  Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.

Even some simple images from Adobe do not work.  Please help.

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C_F_McBlob
C_F_McBlob
Inspiring
March 30, 2014

It works with Chrome, because Chrome uses a proprietary, and separate, plug-in, but your IE problems can be summed up in three words:

"User-Agent Strings"

That doesn't mean a lot, I'm sure, but it's the root of your problems, and Flash Player has nothing to do with it.

Microsoft "rewrote" the User-Agent Strings for the abomination they call their latest and greatest browser. User-Agent Strings are what websites use to identify the browser you're using and provide the proper content for it's browser engine, like ActiveX stuff, and Flash or HTML5 video. Thanks to the geniuses in Redmond, WA, the User-Agent Strings for IE11 (which has a Trident engine), ID it as either "Gecko" (Firefox) or "Webkit" (Chrome). Problem is: when the site the directs to the content for one of these two engines, the Trident engine in IE can't intepret it and the site then sees IE as an "unidentified" browser.

The problem with an unidentified browser is that the plug-ins in that browser aren't recognized either, so even though you're up to date, it says you need the latest Flash Player when you use IE11. YouTube... has converted to HTML5 video so if it doesn't detect Flash Player, it can display HTML5 (MP4) video which requires no plug-in to play. Facebook can't do that, because HTML5 doesn't apply to games... only video.

Microsoft has no plans to "fix" the mess they've created because they think it's a great idea to block you out of the websites you visit.

They recommend using "Compatibility View" and pretending that you're using an older verison of IE... Problem with that is that it's seen limited success, and you have to enable it for EVERY page that has problems... individually.

I'm not big on "pretending" so I recommend actually using another browser.

Firefox (from Mozilla)

Opera (from Opera)

Safari (from Apple)

Chrome (from Google) which you've already discovered, works.

ANY of those will work where IE11 won't, with the Flash Player Plug-in (For all other browsers), and Chrome doesn't even need that because it has its own Flash Player plugin built in.

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