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January 12, 2014
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not working

  • January 12, 2014
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hi the flash player is not functioning im using IE 11 windows 8. i aready enabled the shock wave

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    Participant
    January 13, 2014

    I have located the source of the problem being the latest version of Flash. This problem occurs in Firefox and IE on Windows 7 and 8. I have not tested any other browser or OS. I resolved the problem by uninstalling the latest version of flash and installing flashplayer_11_7r700_252_win.

    NOTE: IE 11 has embedded Flash nad I would not recommend using it for that and other unrelated reasons. You may need to install another browser that allows you to manage Adobe Flash if this is critical for you.

    C_F_McBlob
    Inspiring
    January 12, 2014

    IE11 is a "rolling train wreck". There are literally thousands of sites which won't detect it because Microsoft screwed up some code in it. 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.

    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.