I can't get Flash enabled on Chromium version 42.0.2307.0 (64-bit) running on Windows 8.1 (64-bit)
When I go back to youtube, I keep getting the "Adobe Flash Player is required to display some elements on this page" Install plug-in button.
I click on the Problems installing link and a message says, “Adobe Flash Player is already installed, but disabled. Click here for more information.”
I click on the link and I am taken to Flash Player Help / Flash Player with Google Chrome page. I’ve tried all of the steps listed on the page, but none of them work.
I got to chrome://plugins and Flash isn’t even listed.
Any ideas?
Solution 1:
If you use Chromium make sure you have the PPAPI version of Flash Player installed.
There are two Versions:
- NPAPI (Firefox)
- PPAPI (Opera, Chromium)
Both versions can be found on the adobe download page: https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
Solution 2:
The "Adobe Flash Player is already installed, but disabled. Click here for more information.”-message appears to all Chromium-based browsers, ie Chrome, Opera but also Chromium, although it is actually mostly targeted for Chrome which has flash inbuilt.
But you can just click on "Need Flash Player for a different computer?" and select "FP18 for Opera ans Chromium - PPAPI" as Browser. Install Flash and append a flag to the shortcut launching Chromium:
for 32-bit Chromium
--ppapi-flash-path="C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\pepflashplayer32_VE_R_S_ION.dll" --ppapi-flash-version="VE.R.S.ION"
for 64-bit Chromium:
--ppapi-flash-path="C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash\pepflashplayer64_VE_R_S_ION.dll" --ppapi-flash-version="VE.R.S.ION"
Get the version from the manifest.json in the same path.
Source, Chromium downloads and further reading: chromium.woolyss.com
Solution 3:
I had the same problem and I managed to get it working by starting chromium with these switches:
chrome.exe --ppapi-flash-path="c:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\pepflashplayer32_17_0_0_134.dll" --ppapi-flash-version="17.0.0.134"
This page helped me: http://chromium.woolyss.com/#flash