Flash Player does not update: ways to solve the problem

Flash Player is a plugin installed on the computers of many users that allows Flash content to be displayed in browsers. Since the plugin is quite vulnerable, only the latest version must be installed on the computer. Today we will take a closer look at ways to solve this problem.

Problems installing updates for Adobe Flash Player can occur for several reasons. Today we will try to consider as many of them as possible so that you can resolve the problem in a timely manner.

Option 1: Automatic update installation is disabled

First of all, you need to suspect that you have disabled automatic plugin updates.

1. To check this, open the menu "Control Panel" and go to the section "Flash Player".
   
   
   
   
   
2. In the window that opens, go to the tab "Updates" and make sure you have the item highlighted "Automatically install updates (recommended)". If not, then click on the “Change update settings” button and check the required box. Save your settings.
   
   
   
   

Option 2: Uninstalled browser updates

As a rule, by default, all browsers installed on your computer should automatically install updates. But as a result of a crash, this may not happen, so your first priority is to check your browser for updates.

Checking for updates for Yandex Browser

1. Click on the browser menu button and go to the section “Advanced” – “About the browser”.
   
   
   
   
   
2. If the browser detects updates, as happened in our case, it will download them immediately and offer to complete the installation by restarting the browser. If you see a button "The latest version is installed on your computer", your browser does not need to be updated.
   
   
   
   

Checking for updates for Google Chrome

The most popular browser in the world, Google Chrome, is checked for updates in a similar way.

1. To do this, click on the browser menu button in the upper right corner and go to the section “Help” – “About Google Chrome Browser”.
   
   
   
   
   
2. If you see a message "You are using the latest version of Chrome", that means everything is in order. Otherwise, the web browser will begin downloading updates, after which you will need to restart the browser to complete the installation.
   

Checking for updates for Opera

1. Select the Opera menu button and go to the section "Reference".
   
   
   
   
   
2. Here in the section "Version", you need to make sure that you have the latest version of Opera on your computer. If updates are detected, the system will prompt you to install them.
   
   
   
   

Checking for an update for Mozilla Firefox

1. Click on the browser menu button in the upper right corner, and then select the question mark icon at the bottom of the pop-up window.
   
   
   
   
   
2. In the auxiliary window, select the item "About Firefox".
   
   
   
   
   
3. The status of your Firefox version will be displayed on the screen. In our case, it is the latest, but yours may well contain an update that will need to be installed.
   
   
   
   

If updates have been found for your web browser, be sure to take a minute to install it. It is more than likely that these simple steps will install the Flash Player update successfully.

Option 3: Reinstall Flash Player

It's no secret that Adobe Flash Player is a very unstable plugin that often starts to malfunction on users' computers. And that is why with this solution we will suggest you to reinstall the plugin.

1. Open the menu for etogo "Control Panel" and go to the section "Programs and Features".
   
   
   
   
   
2. A list of installed programs will be visible on the screen, among which you should find Flash Player, right-click on the program and go to "Delete".
   
   
   
   
   If you have two versions of Flash Player installed on your computer, you will need to remove both of them.
   
   
3. Once Flash Player removal is complete, restart your computer to be sure. Only after this, proceed to download and install the latest version of Flash Player, the download link for which is located at the end of the article.
   
   
4. After installation is complete, do not forget to restart your browser. If the installation was successful, it means you updated the plugin yourself. Subsequently, you should not have problems updating it automatically.
   

Option 4: disabling the antivirus

In fairly rare cases, Flash Player may be accepted by the antivirus as a potential threat, which means you should check this possibility of the cause by simply disabling the antivirus for a while, and then checking whether Flash Player is updated or not.

If this action helped solve the problem, then you should open the antivirus settings and add Flash Player to the antivirus exclusion list so that protective actions will not apply to this plugin in the future.

Option 5: Direct installation of Flash Player

It is possible that the plugin is installed on your computer incorrectly, as a result of which its automatic updating becomes impossible. This issue may be a result of using the plugin's web installer, which is downloaded by default when users try to download Flash Player to their computer.

With this step, we would like to invite you to download the direct plugin installer specifically for your browser and operating system version. They are distributed on the official Adobe website.

1. First of all, you will need to remove all existing versions of Flash Player from your computer as described above. After the removal is complete, restart your computer.
   
   
2. Follow this link http://lumpics.ru/goto/https://www.adobe.com/ru/products/flashplayer/distribution3.html to the Flash Player installer direct download site and select the appropriate distribution according to the browser you are using .
   
   
   
   
   
3. Launch the distribution and install Flash Player on your computer.
   

Option 6: viral activity

In rare cases, virus activity may interfere with the automatic installation of updates for Flash Player. To check this, you will need to perform a system scan.

1. Run the scanning function in your antivirus or use a special free utility Dr.Web CureIt. Please note that you must perform the most thorough scan available.
   
   
2. If, as a result of the scan, viruses were found on your computer, you will need to quarantine or disinfect them, and then be sure to restart the computer.
   
   
3. After this, you need to return Flash Player to working correctly - to do this, you will need to remove it from your computer and then reinstall it on your computer (how to do this was described above).
   

These are almost all the recommendations that can help troubleshoot problems with automatic updating of the Flash Player plugin. If you have your own method of solving the problem that is not included in the article, be sure to tell us about it in the comments.

Download Flash Player for free

Download the latest version of the program from the official website
https://get.adobe.com/ru/flashplayer/otherversions/