Flash Player not working on Windows 8.1, IE 11

well..the problem my customer was having was not being able to view videos on youtube...so maybe I should have been a little more specific...sorry about that.

I have been dealing with a customer with the same issue and this is what worked for me. YouTube and go to where is says "request HTML5 player" press the button and it worked in IE/Firefox and Chrome.

Hey mismo problema aqui

yo uso los 3 navegadores IE, Firefox y Chrome y necesito los 3 funcionando

pero desde que actualize mi windows 8.1 y este actualizo el flash de mi internet explorer a la version 15.0.0.223 flash no volvio a funcionar mas!!!

por mas que habilito y desabilito el flash en IE 11 este no funciona, cuando ejecuto cualquier aplicacion en flash no lo abre sino lo quiere descargar

por favor adobe o microsoft arreglen este problema, llevo ya 3 dias con este problema y no se repara

At http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/flash-player-issues-windows-8.html, step 3 says to install a specific Microsoft KB patch.If you already have the patch installed, this step will fail.

I fixed my "Flash Player Disabled" problem in Windows 8.1 with IE11 by locating the relevant patch (from step 3)  in my Windows Update history and uninstalling it, and then manually reinstalling it from the Adobe page using the MSU Standalone Installer.

In my case the bad patch was KB3001237.

I spend a lot of time banging my head against the wall on this one,

I have the same issue too! Lets hope that Microsoft will do something to rectify this!

This problem affects not only IE by Firefox as well.  When visiting websites that use flash (such as [url deleted by host]) the screen freezes, controls freeze and after quite some time an error message pops up stating either 1) that Flash has crashed or 2) Flash Shockwave experienced problems and needs to RETRY (which results in total program freeze) or DISABLE (which disables any video on that website).

This issue appears to be Flash itself being incompatible with Windows 8.1.  The problem has existed ever since 8.0 was released.  How do we know this?  One fix is to locate an old version of Adobe Flash 11.3 (search the web).  When Flash is uninstalled and 11.3 installed... problems go away.  That indicates either 1) A compatibility problem in Flash or 2) Flash trying to be compatible with 8.1 and thus disabling numerous websites.  Either way, there needs to be a fix from the Flash end, because obviously since 11.3 works... it's possible for Flash to work with 8.1.

As it is, even when 11.3 is installed Firefox gives a NAG message every time we visit a website that we're using an older version of Flash that may destroy our very existence on Earth and do we really wanna do this?  There's no way I've found to disable that NAG message.  And it's not like users have an option:  it's either 11.3 or websites don't work because of Flash.  The only other option I'm aware of is disabling Flash entirely... which eliminates crashes and delays but also disables video on numerous websites.

This is a major problem that has existed ever since Windows 8.0 and Flash 11.4 hit the market.  It hasn't been fixed as of today (Oct 24, 2014).  Obviously someone has dropped the ball and keeps blaming others for doing so-- Micro$oft blaming Adobe, Adobe blaming Micro$oft, and both blaming users for using older versions.  And then people wonder why so many companies are trying to knock Flash out of the picture.

Take responsibility for your product or be left behind.  That's how it works.  The problems still exists and has for months and months.  Who is going to fix this?

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/forum/ie11-iewindows8_1/flash-player-isnt-working-in-ie-11-windows-81/d44b2206-9902-4756-88ea-80124f6d756f?page=1

I got this fixed by registering the flash.ocx file.

try the below and check if it works for you.

regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\macromed\flash\flash.ocx

Copy the above onto a notepad and save it flash.bat and run it as an administrator by right clicking on the file and select run as administrator.

Try and open the website that you were unable to open so far.

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worked for me !

EDIT: sorry this register fix may only work on some sites, the whole thread above at ms has a LOT of frustrated posters ...

Dazeus wrote: ...Please dont tell me the solution is the Use Chrome or Use Firefox. As this isnt a solution. I would like a fix for IE11 Anyone?? can someone tell me how to actually contact Adobe about this issue... Thanks in advance, to anyone who gives some useful input to this.

1. Continuing to use IE11 will continue your problems and your frustration. I won't tell you to use Chrome or Firefox, but THAT'S what will take care of this for you.  What you see  is a result of this:

"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 (Read more here).

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).

Trouble 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...

The 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 WON'T recommend actually using another browser.... but here they are.

Firefox (from Mozilla)

Opera (from Opera)

Safari (from Apple)

Chrome (from Google)

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.

2. If you'd like a fix for IE... You'll need to go to Microsoft for it, but as I already stated, they have NO INTENTION of fixing the abominable mess they made because they think it's a great idea.

3. Contacting Adobe about Microsoft's garbage browser (and it IS garbage) won't do any good, because Adobe doesn't make IE11 and THAT'S wherein the problem lies.