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freds47597859
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February 3, 2019
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Windows 10 Version 1809 will not "Always Allow" Flash Player.

  • February 3, 2019
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Adobe Flash Player in Windows 10 Version 1809 does not “always allow Flash Player”. The help site says click on the "Always Allow" button but "allow once” is all that appears. The Alternative where you click on the “lock or !” does not mention Adobe Flash, only media and as a result it does not "always allow Adobe Flash Player" either. There is a major bug in the Windows 10 Version 1809 program. Does anyone have a work around for this issue?

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Correct answer _maria_

It's not a bug - it's by design - see https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2017/07/25/flash-on-windows-timeline/

All major browser vendors are moving in the same direction as far as blocking/disabling Flash in the browser and making the user experience more unpleasant.  For example, as of Chrome 69, when a user exits out of Chrome, Chrome deletes the user's white-list of sites to allow Flash on.  The following may be of assistance:

Flash & The Future of Interactive Content | Adobe Blog

Flash Roadmap - The Chromium Projects

Plugin Roadmap for Firefox - Plugins | MDN

Next Steps for Legacy Plug-ins | WebKit

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freds47597859
freds47597859Author
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February 8, 2019

I tried HTML5 in a game that was requiring me to authorize Flash Player each time.  HTML5 is buggy, glitchy, and incredibly SLOW!  This is one of the worst product roll outs ever.  This John Haze, who is the "Principal Program Manager" must be related to Gates or his wife because in any other industry a roll out like this would cost people their jobs.

freds47597859
freds47597859Author
Participant
February 5, 2019

I'm sorry.  I thought it was clear that the "bug" was in the Windows "Edge" browser.  Have you ever tried to tell Microsoft they made a mistake or even tried to just talk to them?  Good luck with that.  I thought there might be a smart person out there who has figured out how to work around the Microsoft Edge bug, or at the very least, get Microsoft's attention and let them know they have an issue in their Edge browser that needs to be addressed.

_maria_
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_maria_Community ManagerCorrect answer
Community Manager
February 5, 2019

It's not a bug - it's by design - see https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2017/07/25/flash-on-windows-timeline/

All major browser vendors are moving in the same direction as far as blocking/disabling Flash in the browser and making the user experience more unpleasant.  For example, as of Chrome 69, when a user exits out of Chrome, Chrome deletes the user's white-list of sites to allow Flash on.  The following may be of assistance:

Flash & The Future of Interactive Content | Adobe Blog

Flash Roadmap - The Chromium Projects

Plugin Roadmap for Firefox - Plugins | MDN

Next Steps for Legacy Plug-ins | WebKit

freds47597859
freds47597859Author
Participant
February 5, 2019

Thank you for that unpublicized fact.

So what will “all the major browser vendors” be using instead?

Are “all the major browser vendors” using the same replacement program or will it be come this is an Edge site, this is a Safari site, this is a Firefox site?

Has this information be conveyed to all the web sites that up till now have relied upon Flash Player?

How do I know that my current version of Edge has this new program?

Should I communicate my issues to all the web sites that are not Flash Player demise compliant?

_maria_
Community Manager
_maria_Community Manager
Community Manager
February 4, 2019

The browser 'allow' settings are determined by the browser vendor not Adobe.  In this case, it sounds like Microsoft made a change in Edge with the release of Windows 10 version 1809 to remove the 'always allow' option.

The instructions we have on the Adobe Flash Player issues with Windows 10 (Microsoft Edge) help page came directly from Microsoft.  I'll follow-up internally and update the page if necessary.

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