Firefox and Adobe Flash Post 2020 and MORE: Difference between revisions
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*Google Search Tip: site:archive.org "flashplayer" | *Google Search Tip: site:archive.org "flashplayer" | ||
Target Useful Device: Firefox 52.9.0 ESR (circa early 2017, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_version_history#Firefox_52_through_59) on Windows 10 (and Windows 11) | Target Useful Device: Firefox 52.9.0 ESR (circa early 2017, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_version_history#Firefox_52_through_59) on Windows 10 (and Windows 11), which still supports Adobe Flash and other NPAPI PlugIns (only the ESR version, not the regular version: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_version_history#Firefox_52_through_59) | ||
How? A Firefox PlugIn (A PlugIn is an 'major' external piece of software like Adobe Flash, etc., whereas an Extension is a 'minor / small' piece of software) | How? A Firefox PlugIn (A PlugIn is an 'major' external piece of software like Adobe Flash, etc., whereas an Extension is a 'minor / small' piece of software) | ||
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How to "get" the Plugin: Use Windows XP, install it, look in this directory (UniExtract and other failed to extract, info indicates a developer edition is necessary): | How to "get" the Plugin: Use Windows XP, install it, look in this directory (UniExtract and other failed to extract, info indicates a developer edition is necessary): | ||
Where to put the plugin: C:\%AppData%\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\WhatEverPathToFirefoxeESR52.9.0Profile.Firefox CLASSIC 52.9.0 ESR\plugins | Where to put the plugin to segregate it to a single instance of Firefox: C:\%AppData%\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\WhatEverPathToFirefoxeESR52.9.0Profile.Firefox CLASSIC 52.9.0 ESR\plugins | ||
...and it shows up in PlugIns, but won't activate. | ...and it shows up in PlugIns, but won't activate. But it will activate if two things are done; | ||
* about:config: extensions.blocklist.enable (set it to zero) | |||
* Disable Flash Protected Mode in Options (in Tools, Addons, More (Shockwave Flash)) | |||
* '''Windows''': | |||
** For 32-bit Firefox on a 32-bit Windows OS: <code>C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugins</code> | |||
** For 32-bit Firefox on a 64-bit Windows OS: <code>C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\plugins</code> | |||
Windows Folder where Adobe Flash leaves behind its "Deadman Switch": C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash (searched for NPSWF32_32_0_0_465.dll) | Windows Folder where Adobe Flash leaves behind its "Deadman Switch": C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash (searched for NPSWF32_32_0_0_465.dll) | ||
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Flash Registry Location | Flash Registry Location | ||
* Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Macromedia\FlashPlayerPlugin | *Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Macromedia\FlashPlayerPlugin | ||
* Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Macromedia\FlashPlayerPlugin | *Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Macromedia\FlashPlayerPlugin | ||
Hint from: https://www.swfmax.com/how-to-install-flash-player | Hint from: https://www.swfmax.com/how-to-install-flash-player | ||
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Flash Emulators / Substitutes that do NOT work (at least for Surveillance Cameras): Flash Player, Flash Player 2021, and Ruffle | Flash Emulators / Substitutes that do NOT work (at least for Surveillance Cameras): Flash Player, Flash Player 2021, and Ruffle | ||
C:\%AppData%\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\WhatEverProfileName\pluginreg.dat<br /> | C:\%AppData%\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\WhatEverProfileName\pluginreg.dat | ||
...and even more: VLC, RTSP PlugIn? As of 09.2023, nope. Even tried on Windows XP with Firefox 27 and VLC 2.2.8, AddIn shows up as enabled, but does not work. | |||
Downloads: http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/ | |||
NPAPI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NPAPI | |||
Last version to include the NPAPI Plugin: VLC 2.2.8<br /> | |||