How do i make flash work with FF26 and Win8.1?
I understand that Windows 8.1 is now controlling Adobe Flash, but have been unable to find a way to make Flash work in FF26. All I find is a bunch of fingerpointing from each company at one of the other companies involved. There is no comprehensive explanation and nothing from any of the three to indicate a fix for the problem.
What is going on? When is the problem going to be fixed or how do I fix it now.
FF is the only browser I want to use, not IE.
Please post something concerning FF stance and/or solution to being held captive by IE!
Réiteach roghnaithe
Thanks for posting back to let everyone know you solved the problem, so that others finding this question can benefit.
I marked your Dec 19th follow-up post as the solution.
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OK, well I finally figured out how to make it work.
Windows 8.1 would not update Flash, as it said it didn't need to be updated.
In FF when you tried to install the plugin for Flash, Windows would block.
I had tried to install the downloaded .exe version of flash but that was also blocked from installing, so I tried the .msi version of the plugin version of flash, and low and behold it loaded and flash now works in FF26.
You need to download the plugin-based version with the .msi extension, make sure FF is not running before install.
The link to the correct Adobe page is:
Réiteach Roghnaithe
Thanks for posting back to let everyone know you solved the problem, so that others finding this question can benefit.
I marked your Dec 19th follow-up post as the solution.