ULTIMATE Guide to flash player in 2021! (two methods)

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  • FlashPatcher

    .NET program to remove timebomb from Adobe Flash Player

    If you want the nostalgia of playing in browser, then you'll need a flash-enabled browser, there are three of them. Palemoon, Basilisk, and Waterfox. Let's go from worst to best. First off, Basilisk browser is based off of Firefox 52 and it has very old HTML. Which do not hold up to new HTML standards and it gets security updates every 4-7 months. Palemoon browser has an old UI but don't let that fool you because it has been updated as often as firefox with HTML improvements and security updates. However, the team behind Pale Moon has been slacking off recently, web pages are begging to break. Such as spotify, and google meets. Finally, Waterfox, Waterfox is based off of the current ESR. It gets as many updates as firefox and has modern HTML standards. I highly recommend you either get Waterfox. Palemoon and Basilisk are good browsers, but not as your primary browser, like Waterfox is. Flash player has been removed from adobe's download page, but can still be accessed here, through the internet archive. Run the installer, but at the end press "Never check for updates" (just in case Adobe decides to pull a fast on us). However Adobe planted some code in Flash that makes it not work after January 12th. To remove this "timebomb" you need to patch it with a program called Flash Patcher, get it here. Before you start, you need turn off Windows Defender temporarily, or whitelist it when it warns, as it is a false positive. Once that's done, open FlashPatcher and press "Defuse the bomb." You're done! But, if you're tech savvy you can follow these next steps. Occasionally, you will be asked to uninstall flash player, if you want this to stop happening, go to C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash. Once you’re there, you should see two executables, two DLLs, a file called mms.cfg, and some other stuff. If you see this then you’re on the right track. Delete "FlashUtil32_32_0_0_465_Plugin.exe," this is nothing important, just an uninstaller. Done! Now it won't ask you to uninstall flash. More, you say? Well, here's some more stuff. Additionally, if you want to have slightly better compatibility, performance, less glitchyness, and no tile splitting, do the following. However, this is going to increase vulnerability, so be careful. Enter about:config in the URL bar, then bypass the warning. Search for dom.ipc.plugins.flash.disable-protected-mode, set it to true. Next, search for dom.ipc.plugins.sandbox-level.flash and set it to 0. Use your own best judgement, but, let's be real, most people who are going this far, just to play flash, are probably really smart. Most sketchy, illegal movie websites (which probably would have some sort of viruses or adware) don't run on flash video anymore, and probably use HTML.

  • FlashPatch

    FlashPatch! Play Adobe Flash Player games in the browser after January 12th, 2021.

    I don't trust that Flash Patcher the OP linked. It wouldn't even let me download it. I did find another one that is not marked as a virus. I tried it and it worked. I can now use my Vmware update manager again. https://github.com/darktohka/FlashPatch

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