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mailliw
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December 17, 2013
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Internet Explorer shows flash player downloaded but does not work

  • December 17, 2013
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I have gone through the trouble shooting process.  add-one of flash player shows enabled. Clouds move.  Web sites still ask for flash player to be downloaded,

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    C_F_McBlob
    C_F_McBlob
    Inspiring
    December 18, 2013

    This is a known problem with Internet Explorer 11, which Microsoft has been aware of since October 18 when they released their latest "untested" browser. The pages can't recognize the browser, so they don't recognize any of the plugins, like Flash Player. So far, Microsoft has made NO indication that they have any plan to fix it soon.
    Microsoft's recommendation is to use Compatibility View for affected pages, and "pretend" you're using an different browser. Trouble with that is it has seen limited success at best, and you have to individually enable it for EVERY page that has problems.
    I'm not big on "pretending" so I recommend actually using another browser, at least until Microsoft gets their act together and fixes IE.

    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.

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    mailliwAuthor
    Participant
    December 18, 2013

    Thank you.  Changed to Google.  Working fine.

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