Adobe develops a lot of creative software for businesses and individuals. Despite the fact, that this company produces so many different programs that have unique features, even then you may encounter many problems while using it. One such kind of glitch that you may come across includes Adobe flash not working Windows 10. In the next section, you will get the details about the Adobe Flash Player.
What is Adobe Flash Player?
Adobe Flash Player is a free application that a computer uses to display certain multimedia items on the internet. Mostly your machine needs this application to execute or stream any video, GIF, or audio files. Also, some websites can use Flash player to show something on their page. This software allows your system to use minimal hardware components, thereby increasing the overall performance. In the section that follows, you will get the different causes behind this error.
Why does Adobe Flash Player fail To Work?
This section will give the various reasons behind the occurrence of this error. Some of the causes are as follows.
- If you have an obsolete version of the browser installed in the system then it is possible for you to get this error.
- If the ‘Adobe Flash Player’ extension is deactivated in the Microsoft Edge browser then even you can get this error.
- You may also encounter the Adobe flash not working Windows 10 error if the computer does not have a recent Windows OS update.
- If the Flash Player files got corrupted somehow then also you can get this error.
Solutions To Resolve This Error In An Easy Way
In this section, you will get multiple points that will help you to rectify the Adobe flash not working Windows 10 issue.
Inspect Whether Flash Is Activated
Due to some reason, it is possible that Flash is not activated on the Microsoft browser. In order to check and see if the Flash is activated or not visit the official site of Adobe. Here are the steps to activate the Flash on the Microsoft Edge browser.
- First, go to Adobe’s official website on the Edge browser and then inspect if the ‘Flash’ is active or not.
- Now, if you visit a page and see a message like ‘Something missing on your page’ that is there on the right-hand side of the address bar. This means that the Flash player is blocked in the Edge browser of your computer.
- On the address bar, tap on the plugin icon. This will display a message box with two buttons ‘Allow once’ and ‘Always allow’. Simply to activate Flash player, tap on the button ‘Always allow’. When you will do this, then the settings of the Flash player will automatically alter accordingly.
- Now, reload the site you have just visited and then hit the ‘Check Now’ button. When you press this button, it inspects whether the Flash player is in ‘active’ mode or not.
- In Microsoft Edge, select the ‘three horizontal dots’ icon to open the menu list. This icon is present in the upper right corner of the screen.
- From the menu list, choose the ‘Settings’ option. After that, in the ‘Settings’ page of the browser, move down to the bottom of the window and choose the button ‘View advanced settings’.
- Then, toggle the switch to turn the ‘ON’ position for the option ‘Use Adobe Flash Player’ and enable it.
Activate Software Rendering Option On Microsoft Edge
If you allow the software rendering option on the Edge, then the Adobe flash not working Windows 10 error can be solved. In order to do this follow the steps below.
- First, hit the combination of ‘Windows + S’ keys to open the search area, within the taskbar. Then, type in ‘internet options’ and from the search result choose the first option ‘Internet Options’.
- Now, you will see a dialog box that has the name ‘Internet Properties’. In it go to the tab ‘Advanced’, then under the heading ‘Accelerated graphics’, put a checkmark on the option ‘Use software rendering instead of GPU rendering’.
- After that, hit the ‘Apply’ and then ‘OK’ button.
- At last, reboot the PC to imply all the changes you have made.
Install Microsoft Edge Once Again
If all the steps given above cannot resolve this issue then attempt to reinstall the Microsoft Edge web browser. To do this follow the steps below:
- Hit the combination of ‘Windows + S’ keys and open the search area. Within that area type, the command ‘%appdata%’ and then from the search result choose the first option.
- Now, go to a folder, that has the name ‘Local’.
- When you are in that folder, then copy the following name ‘Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe’ and paste that into the search area within that folder only. From the output of the search, choose and open the first one.
- Remove all the contents of that folder. Now, if windows do not allow you to delete the folder then you will have to take the administrative rights of the folder. Then you can delete that folder.
- Next, restart the computer. After the machine boots up, then hit the combination of ‘Windows + S’ keys to open the search area. Within it type Powershell, then from the search output, choose the ‘Windows Powershell’ option. Before you choose it, right-click on it and select the option ‘Run As Administrator’.
- When the ‘Windows Powershell’ window comes up, then type the following command and hit ‘Enter’ key – ‘Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}’
- This process will take much time to complete. Now, after this process is over then restart your machine and examine if the Flash player’ is working or not.
Update Windows Operating System
You can eliminate the given error if you update the Windows Operating System to its latest version. In order to do it, follow the steps below.
- First, tap on the combination of ‘Windows + I’ keys. This will launch the ‘Settings’ window.
- Within this window, locate and then choose the category ‘Update & Security’.
- Then in the new window, under the heading ‘Update & Security’, choose the first option ‘Windows Update’ situated on the left pane.
- Now, on the right side of that window only under the heading ‘Windows Update’, hit the button ‘Check for updates’.
- After that, Windows will look for any available updates, if it finds any then those will get downloaded. Next, the machine will prompt you to reboot.
- After the computer boots up then, the updates will get installed automatically
Wrapping It Up
Hope you can solve the Adobe flash player not working Windows 10 easily by following the steps. But, if you cannot do so then provide some details about your query in the comment section. We will get back to you in no time.
