Why does Microsoft Edge refuse to acknowledge that Flash is enabled?

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May 16, 2017
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This happened back in late March/early April. I had been using Edge for an online homework website. Suddenly, I was unable to begin an assignment because the site claimed I did not have Flash enabled. I gave up with them after multiple attempts and switched to Chrome to get the homework done. I have tried the recommended steps for enabling Flash on Microsoft Edge many times. I even tried to see if the browser settings were switched around and toggled it off to test, to no avail. If I go to the "..." on Edge, scroll down to settings, scroll down to advanced settings, the Use Adobe Flash is toggled to on. It has ALWAYS been toggled to on. So, obviously there is something going on between Microsoft Edge and Adobe Flash that the programs are claiming that the flash player is disabled. What more can I do?

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rogerl54741089

Participant

exactly the same prob. surely adobe can do something as this happens on a lot of portals I use!!!!!

lisar78330500

Participant

I'm having the same problem

jeromiec83223024

Inspiring

First things first, do you see animation when you go here?

http://www.homestarrunner.com/ or here Adobe - Flash Player

Snowy0wlAuthor

Participating Frequently

The funny thing is, when I went to the first link it made me select for Flash. Then, I got a message stating Flash is blocked for the site, do I want to allow it? Once I said to always allow, the animation did start.

So, somehow there's something in the settings that while I have "use Adobe" toggled to on, it is blocked for certain websites.

jeromiec83223024

Inspiring

First, confirm that ActiveX Filtering is configured to allow Flash content:

https://forums.adobe.com/thread/867968

Internet Explorer 11 and Edge introduce a number of changes both to how the browser identifies itself to remote web servers, and to how it processes JavaScript intended to target behaviors specific to Internet Explorer. Unfortunately, this means that content on some sites will be broken until the content provider changes their site to conform to the new development approach required by modern versions of IE.

Snowy0wlAuthor

Participating Frequently

Ok, that makes since.

jeromiec83223024

Inspiring

I know that Edge has been talking about rolling out a feature to make Flash Player click-to-run, and that's certainly what it sounds like you're encountering: Extending User Control of Flash with Click-to-Run - Microsoft Edge Dev BlogMicrosoft Edge Dev Blog

That said, I'm definitely not seeing this in the preview version of Win10 that I'm using, and I haven't seen the wave of requests that I would expect to if this had been rolled out broadly. It may be possible that they've rolled out the change to a small subset of their audience as an experiment to gauge feedback. I definitely don't see facilities in the UI to manage this feature, which you've also observed.

Are you on one of the insider tracks? It's possible that they're experimenting there.

Microsoft is really in the best position to help you through this, and if it's a preview build, could use the feedback on improving your control over the behavior. Unfortunately, I don't have any support guidance at this point in time, but I'm curious about what specific build of Win10 your'e running.

I'll talk to the Edge team next week and will mention this. As I get additional information, I'll be sure to update this thread.

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