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The Silverlight plugin lets you view video and animations in Firefox. This article explains how to check if you have it installed and if not, how to install it.

Microsoft Silverlight is a plugin used by some websites to display multimedia content. This article describes how to check whether you have Silverlight installed, and if not, how to install it. __TOC__ = Checking for Silverlight = To determine whether you have the Silverlight plugin installed, visit Microsoft's [http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/resources/install.aspx Silverlight installation page]. If Silverlight is installed, you will see a message with your Silverlight version. = Installing Silverlight = {for win,mac} If you do not have Silverlight installed, follow the instructions on Microsoft's [http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/resources/install.aspx#instruct Silverlight Detailed Installation Instructions]. {/for} {for linux} If you do not have Silverlight installed, follow the instructions at Go-Mono.com's [http://www.go-mono.com/moonlight/ Moonlight installation page]. Moonlight is an open source implementation of Microsoft Silverlight for Unix-like systems. {/for} = Uninstalling Silverlight = {for win,mac} To uninstall Silverlight, follow the instructions on Microsoft's [http://www.microsoft.com/getsilverlight/Get-Started/Install/Default.aspx Silverlight Uninstall] page. {/for} {for linux} To uninstall a plugin, see [[Troubleshooting plugins#Manually uninstalling a plugin|Manually uninstalling a plugin]]. {/for} {for mac} = Silverlight is installed but does not work = Mozilla blocks older versions of Silverlight, causing sites like Netfix to display a message asking you to install Silverlight. To fix this, please '''update your installation of Silverlight''' to the latest version using Microsoft's [http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/resources/install.aspx Silverlight installation page]. {for not fx23} In some cases, this may not resolve the problem and you will need to manually enable the Silverlight plugin: #[[T:Open Add-ons|type=Plugins]] # Find Silverlight in the list of plugins and click its {button Enable} button. {/for} {for fx23} In some cases, this may not resolve the problem and you will need to manually activate the Silverlight plugin: #[[T:Open Add-ons|type=Plugins]] # Find Silverlight in the list of plugins and select {button Always Activate} in its drop-down menu. {/for} {/for} [[Template:ShareArticle|link=http://mzl.la/Nn3FPc]]