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Karen5CDA
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January 18, 2021
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What to do now that Flashplayer is blocked

  • January 18, 2021
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I need Flashplayer to run an app I have used for several years, is there a way to be sure it isn't blocked so I can still use the app.  The app is called Smilebox and not I can't run creations I made with photos.  Thank-you for your help.

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    Correct answer Nancy OShea

    Hi  @Karen5CDA and @rubyjoyce,

    No. Flash Player is officially dead.  In case you missed the widely publicised announcements:

     

    Smilebox had 3-1/2 years advanced notice that Flash Player was ending on Dec 31st giving them more than ample time to create an alternative app.  Ask Smilebox to update their app.

     

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    Nancy OShea
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    Nancy OSheaCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    January 18, 2021

    Hi  @Karen5CDA and @rubyjoyce,

    No. Flash Player is officially dead.  In case you missed the widely publicised announcements:

     

    Smilebox had 3-1/2 years advanced notice that Flash Player was ending on Dec 31st giving them more than ample time to create an alternative app.  Ask Smilebox to update their app.

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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    Joseph5EC3
    Participant
    January 18, 2021

    You you guys seem to have an attitude; yeah you created the app ,and it was free,and it's yours but you certainly didn't need to get rid of it on everyone's machine you didn't need to disable it you could have just stopped supporting it and everyone would have been happy.

    don't call this a problem with security this is just about money and everybody knows it

      Nancy OShea
      Community Expert
      Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      January 19, 2021

      1. This is a user-to-user forum.

       

      2. What money?  Nobody spent a cent on Flash Player except Adobe.

       

      3. Why don't you ask  Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla why they killed Flash Player.

       

      Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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      rubyjoyce
      Participant
      January 18, 2021

      I cannot access my Smilebox application at all it goes immediatley to a dead fash page and I hsve tp end it with the task manager.  

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      Karen5CDAAuthor
      Participant
      January 18, 2021

      So you haven't been able to use it either?  Mine hasn't worked for about 2 years but I still could run my creations and now I am unable to do that.

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