For what it's worth, we announced that Flash Player was EOL back in 2017, before you bought the projector.  I suspect that had a lot to do with why you got such a good deal on it.  There's an aphorism in computer science: "Change is the only constant".  There's no such thing as "write once, run forever", but part of the reason that hardware includes updatable firmware is to manage that change without wasting hardware.  It's still up to the vendor to provide that support, and/or have the right financial incentives to do so.   Anyway, here's the original announcement from 2017:   https://theblog.adobe.com/adobe-flash-update/   You *do* have the option to use Enterprise Enablement, but it's non-trivial.    We didn't do this in a vacuum.  All of the browser developers are simultaneously dropping support for browser plug-ins.  Safari, Firefox and Chrome have all dropped plugin support at this point.  IE and Edge aren't too far behind.    The reality is that browser plug-ins really needed to go away for the web to move forward from a security perspective, and because Flash Player's footprint is roughly a couple billion active installations, on machines largely owned by non-technical people, we had an obligation to put them in a secure-by-default state.    Now that the generally available Flash Player shipped by Adobe is no longer maintained, it's a matter of time before the malware/ransomware scene develops an exploit.  Limiting Flash Player's behavior to loading only explicitly allowed content minimizes the risk that the average user is going to encounter a malicious banner ad that leads to their machine being compromised.  This is important for the health of the ecosystem at large.   So, you'd really need to make a dedicated, air-gapped machine for managing the projector.  You'd need a copy of Flash Player and the latest Firefox ESR, which then never get updated.  You would configure Flash to load the necessary content from the projector using the Enterprise Enablement features, and you'd discover what that content is by using the related logging features.  Once you get it working, this configuration would absolutely not be suitable for browsing the web with, and you would want to think about how to best prevent that from happening.   You can read more about Enterprise Enablement on pp.28 of the Flash Player administrator's guide:  https://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/articles/flash_player_admin_guide.html   Your organization also has the option to license a maintained copy of Flash Player moving forward, from our support partner HARMAN; however, replacing the projector would be far more cost-effective.    You can read more about enterprise options for Flash Player, here:  https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/enterprise-end-of-life.html   Good luck! ... View more

SmileBox seems to be the consensus for folks reporting this at the moment.  Thanks for the feedback. ... View more

Much of the day-to-day work that we've been doing on Flash Player over the last decade is the invisible work of keeping up with the latest changes to browsers and operating systems.  That work is no longer happening.  At some point, it's almost certainly guaranteed to break, but I have no idea when that will happen, or why.  The browser plug-ins have to contend with both changes from browser vendors (almost all of whom have dropped support for all browser plug-ins in the last month) and operating systems, but the projector/standalone player/executables still face risk from changes at the operating system.   Running old software in the modern world isn't a new problem (there are lots of banks and governments still running mainframe software from the 60s), and there are standard approaches to running legacy software.  Converting your old computer into a virtual machine image for forward compatibility might be a cost-effective and workable option.  Solutions like VMWare Workstation or VirtualBox are commonly used, but the specifics of that work are beyond the scope of what we're going to provide guidance about here.  (It shouldn't be too hard to find an expert on legacy software archival to consult on this kind of work.)   Running in a virtual machine incurs overhead from the additional complexity (you're running windows on a computer built in software, which is itself running on windows running on actual silicon), so your expert will need to take some care in configuring it for consistent performance, and you'll want to thoroughly test it to make sure that it performs consistently as expected, etc.  I definitely wouldn't want to find out about a crash or unexpected performance issue in front of an audience.   Regardless of the path you choose, there's work and cost involved.  Do you spend time and money updating that show using modern technologies (and maybe taking it as an opportunity to refresh the creative), or on preserving it as-is?  It's a highly situational choice that you'll need to make relative to your time, budget and interest.   Our support partner HARMAN might be an option, if this is a problem that you just want to pay a consultancy to handle.  They work primarily with large enterprise organizations (banks, government, industry, etc) to repackage legacy Flash content as standalone applications with the intent of providing longevity for those critical applications.   You can read more about HARMAN here:  https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/enterprise-end-of-life.html ... View more

Some desktop applications will embed an IE window and invoke Flash that way.  We don't recommend it, but it happens.  If you've rebooted and run into this problem immediately when running the installer, it's something that launches at startup (screensaver app, etc.).    The easiest thing to do is probably to just boot into Safe Mode (so nothing starts up), then just run the uninstaller package you downloaded, then reboot once it finishes.   https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/advanced-startup-options-including-safe-mode-b90e7808-80b5-a291-d4b8-1a1af602b617   https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/start-your-pc-in-safe-mode-in-windows-10-92c27cff-db89-8644-1ce4-b3e5e56fe234   Don't worry about the rest of the instructions.  I have a set of updates in the pipeline with our docs team, but it's taking a long time for them to get posted.  Now that Flash is dead, uninstalling removes all of your preferences and data, and those extra steps just generate confusion.    For folks on Windows 10 (I'm guessing you're on Win7 or below), our installers won't delete the ActiveX Flash Player for IE and Edge.  On Windows 8 and higher, Microsoft distributed a copy of the ActiveX Flash Player for IE and Edge via Windows Update.  The only way to modify that copy is via Windows Update, so you'll need to apply an update to remove Flash.   Running our installer on Win10 *will* delete copies of the NPAPI (Firefox) and PPAPI (Chromium, Opera) Flash Player variants, and Google Chrome 88 will automatically remove the Flash Player that Google bundles with their browser.   Microsoft Update for Removal of Flash Player for IE and Edge on Windows 8 and higher https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4577586/update-for-removal-of-adobe-flash-player  ... View more

Yeah, I've seen a few people post about this.  I'd love to know what it is.    *Something* on your computer loads Flash Player in this little window.  I have no idea what.    Flash Player is doing what it's supposed to.  The host application that's loading us is trying to load content.  As of Jan 12, 2021, we only load content that you explicitly allow via Flash Player's Enteprise Enablement features.  This exists largely to prevent future malware/ransomware outbreaks leveraging ancient versions of Flash Player (this is important when you consider the aggregate population of ~2Bn active installs and the health of the Internet at large).    From the screenshots I've seen, the shape reminds me of a picture-in-picture video player, but I have zero details.   You could try just killing stuff in Task Manager until you figure out what it is.  When you kill something and the window disappears, that's probably it.  I'd love to know what the answer is so that I can give better advice.  I've seen a few similar posts over the last two weeks, but zero follow-up. ... View more

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Flash Player has reached it's End Of Life, and is no longer available for download. We strongly advise against finding old Flash Player versions from third-party sites, as they could contain malware. Safari, Chrome and Firefox have all dropped support for browser plug-ins at this point. IE and Edge will follow suit soon. It's difficult to find a current browser that will run Flash at this point. It's time to move on. See the original announcement from 2017 for background and links to corresponding browser roadmaps: https://theblog.adobe.com/adobe-flash-update/ Here's the consumer FAQ: https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life.html Here's the enterprise FAQ, which has some options for organizations that have legacy Flash dependencies that they need to keep running: https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/enterprise-end-of-life.html We strongly encourage you to uninstall Flash Player at this point. For your convenience, links to the uninstallers follow. Uninstall Flash Player - Windows: https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-windows.html Uninstall Flash Player - Mac: https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-mac-os.html Microsoft Update for Removal of Flash Player for IE and Edge on Windows 8 and higher https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4577586/update-for-removal-of-adobe-flash-player ... View more

Flash Player has reached it's End Of Life, and is no longer available for download. We strongly advise against finding old Flash Player versions from third-party sites, as they could contain malware.   Safari, Chrome and Firefox have all dropped support for browser plug-ins at this point. IE and Edge will follow suit soon. It's difficult to find a current browser that will run Flash at this point. It's time to move on.   See the original announcement from 2017 for background and links to corresponding browser roadmaps: https://theblog.adobe.com/adobe-flash-update/   Here's the consumer FAQ: https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life.html   Here's the enterprise FAQ, which has some options for organizations that have legacy Flash dependencies that they need to keep running: https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/enterprise-end-of-life.html   We strongly encourage you to uninstall Flash Player at this point. For your convenience, links to the uninstallers follow.   Uninstall Flash Player - Windows: https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-windows.html   Uninstall Flash Player - Mac: https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-mac-os.html   Microsoft Update for Removal of Flash Player for IE and Edge on Windows 8 and higher https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4577586/update-for-removal-of-adobe-flash-player   ... View more

Flash Player has reached it's End Of Life, and is no longer available for download. We strongly advise against finding old Flash Player versions from third-party sites, as they could contain malware.   Safari, Chrome and Firefox have all dropped support for browser plug-ins at this point. IE and Edge will follow suit soon. It's difficult to find a current browser that will run Flash at this point. It's time to move on.   See the original announcement from 2017 for background and links to corresponding browser roadmaps: https://theblog.adobe.com/adobe-flash-update/   Here's the consumer FAQ: https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life.html   Here's the enterprise FAQ, which has some options for organizations that have legacy Flash dependencies that they need to keep running: https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/enterprise-end-of-life.html   We strongly encourage you to uninstall Flash Player at this point. For your convenience, links to the uninstallers follow.   Uninstall Flash Player - Windows: https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-windows.html Uninstall Flash Player - Mac: https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-mac-os.html   Microsoft Update for Removal of Flash Player for IE and Edge on Windows 8 and higher https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4577586/update-for-removal-of-adobe-flash-player   There's not enough context to answer your "why is it working" question.  Are you on Windows 10?  If so, it's probably because the built-in ActiveX Flash Player for IE and Edge (which is distributed by Microsoft, not Adobe) is still installed.  The Windows Update patch I linked above will remove it.  This patch will eventually become mandatory and will get applied automatically, but you can run it now if you want. Long story short, it's time to find a solution that doesn't depend on Flash.  I didn't build your language CD-ROMs, so I can't tell you whether or not Flash Player is totally mandatory, but my guess is that they will break once you uninstall Flash.    If money is an issue, one option would be to build a virtual machine (i.e. with VirtualBox/VMWare) with old software and use it just for the CD-ROMs.  Turn off updates and keep it disconnected from the Internet.  That's beyond the scope of what we're going to help with here, but you should be able to figure it out with a few google searches. ... View more

Flash Player is EOL and no longer available for download.   See the original announcement from 2017:  https://theblog.adobe.com/adobe-flash-update/   Here's the consumer FAQ:  https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life.html   Here's the enterprise FAQ, which has some options for organizations that have legacy Flash dependencies that they need to keep running:  https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/enterprise-end-of-life.html   We strongly encourage you to uninstall Flash Player at this point.  For your convenience, links to the uninstallers follow.    Uninstall Flash Player - Windows: https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-windows.html   Uninstall Flash Player - Mac: https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-mac-os.html   ... View more

Here's the announcement from 2017 with background, along with correpsonding announcements and roadmaps from major browser developers:  https://theblog.adobe.com/adobe-flash-update/ Here's the consumer FAQ:  https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life.html     ... View more

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Current versions of Captivate output to Javascript and HTML5, and current versions of Animate output to HTML5 Canvas.  The best option would be to move off Flash Player.  While there are ways to limp along with Flash Player (which have been discussed at length in many posts here), it's really painful.  It's time to move on. ... View more

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Flash Player has reached it's end of life.  It is no longer maintained from a functional or security perspective, and we strongly recommend that you uninstall it.  Like your browser and operating system, Flash Player is one of the few programs on your computer tasked with processing untrusted content from the Internet.  Much of the day-to-day work on Flash Player revolved around staying ahead of the latest academic research on software security and intelligence from government and industry partners about attacks in the field.    That work is no longer happening, and it's a matter of time before exploits being to be targeted against users running unpatched versions of Flash.     We announced that Flash Player would be ending back in 2017, to give software developers and content providers plenty of time to migrate to newer technologies.  Our strong recommendation would be to either find an updated version of the software you're using, or to find a replacement.    That said, you *can* use the Enterprise Enablement features to allow only the trusted content you specify to run on your computer.  After Jan 12 2021, Flash Player will only load content that you have explicitly allowed.    You can find more information on using Enterprise Enablement in the Flash Player Administrator's Guide (pp. 28):  https://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/articles/flash_player_admin_guide.html   Again, it's probably easier and better to migrate to a new tool that doesn't depend on Flash.    For your convenience, here are links to the uninstallers:    Uninstall Flash Player - Windows: https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-windows.html   Uninstall Flash Player - Mac: https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-mac-os.html   Microsoft Update for Removal of Flash Player for IE and Edge on Windows 8 and higher https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4577586/update-for-removal-of-adobe-flash-player        ... View more

You need to call the online proctor service and ask them what their plan is, and/or contact your professor.  Feel free to point them both to this conversation.    Your proctor service has had since 2017 to remove dependencies on Flash Player.  All modern browsers provide the capabilities necessary to do this in JavaScript.  This is an investment and prioritization choice, not a technical limitation.    Here's the announcement from 2017 with background and additional roadmaps from each of the browser vendors.  This was widely covered in the tech press at the time.    https://theblog.adobe.com/adobe-flash-update/   Here's the consumer FAQ:  https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life.html   Our recommendation would be to contact the proctor service and ask them what their solution is, and/or find an alternative proctor service that doesn't require Flash.   Given that Flash Player stopped loading content from the open web on January 12th, and that both Safari and Google Chrome 88 (which represents about 70% of the US browser market) have dropped support for all browser plug-ins (including Flash), your options as an individual are pretty limited.     More details are in the consumer FAQ, here:  https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life.html   Hope that helps!     ... View more

No.  There's not a way to make a one-click conversion to JavaScript.    The SWF is a compiled binary.  It's bytecode -- an intermediate, machine-readable step between a high level language like ActionScript and actual machine language.  There are third-party tools that will let you disassemble a compiled SWF (SWFWire Inspector is my current freeware go-to), but unless you have a fairly hardcore computer science background, you're going to be hard-pressed to turn that into something useful.     It's probably going to be far easier and faster to just recreate the content. ... View more

Thanks for your feedback.    The game developer has had since 2017 to convert their content to a format that doesn't require Flash.   https://theblog.adobe.com/adobe-flash-update/   Here's the consumer FAQ:  https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life.html   ... View more

Thanks for the feedback.   Here's the original EOL announcement from 2017:  https://theblog.adobe.com/adobe-flash-update/   Here's the consumer FAQ:  https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life.html   ... View more

The screenshots you posted are the version of Flash Player that Microsoft bundled with Windows 10.  Microsoft controls those folders.  We can't write or delete in those locations.  This is an intentional design choice on Microsoft's part.   The only way that you can remove those files is to run the appropriate update.  Microsoft will eventually make this patch mandatory, but right now, it's optional and can be manually applied.   Microsoft Update for Removal of Flash Player for IE and Edge on Windows 8 and higher https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4577586/update-for-removal-of-adobe-flash-player    Again, there's no dodge here.   This is Microsoft's distribution of Flash Player, and they've locked the permissions down so that they're the only ones that can modify those locations on the filesystem.  There's no clever workaround to offer.  ... View more