How to resolve the "Right-click to launch Adobe Flash Player" message
The message “Right-click to launch Adobe Flash Player” is usually encountered by users of the Google Chrome web browser. Today we will look at the most effective methods that can help solve this problem.
You probably know that the Adobe Flash Player plugin is already built into the Google Chrome browser. Accordingly, if you encounter the error “Right-click to launch Adobe Flash Player,” you should suspect that your Internet browser is not working correctly.
Method 1: Restart Flash Player
First, try turning Flash Player on and off again.
- Click on the menu button and move to the section "Settings".
- At the very end of the page, click on the button "Additional".
- In the block "Privacy and Security" click on the button "Content Settings".
- Open item "Flash".
- Disable Flash Player and then close your browser. Launch Chrome, go to the same menu and turn on Flash Player again.
Method 2: Factory reset
If the first method does not bring results, you should try resetting your Internet browser.
- To do this, click on the Internet browser menu button in the upper right corner, and then move to the section "Settings".
- Scroll to the very bottom of the page, click on "Additional".
- At the very end of the page, click on the little girl "Reset".
- Confirm the reset.
In the next moment, the browser will automatically restart. All settings you made earlier will be erased, which means that it is likely that the Flash Player plug-in is working normally.
Method 3: Reinstall Chrome
A more radical, but often effective method of solving the problem is to reinstall the web browser. The peculiarity of our reinstallation method is that we will perform a comprehensive removal of the web browser, which will significantly increase the chances of solving the problem.
- To complete our task we need a program Revo Uninstaller. After installing this program on your computer, run it.
- When the program is launched, a list of installed programs will appear on the screen. Find your Internet browser in it, select it with one click, and then click on the button at the top of the window "Delete".
- A window will appear on the screen, which will display the stages of uninstalling the browser. To begin with, Revo Uninstaller will create a restore point so that if deleting the browser causes your computer to function incorrectly, you can roll back at any time.
- After this, the program will launch the built-in Google Chrome uninstaller. Use it to remove the browser.
- Returning to Revo Uninstaller, you will need to select the scan mode. Of course, for the scanning to be as high quality as possible, you will need to select the item "Advanced".
- The program will begin searching for remaining files on your computer related to Chrome. Once the search is completed, the detected keys in the registry will be displayed on the screen. Please note that you should delete only those keys that are highlighted in bold by the program. Next you will move on to cleaning files and folders, but here everything is simple - you can delete all detected data without exception.
- When the removal of the browser using the program is completed, reboot the system so that the computer fully accepts all the changes.
- You can proceed to a new installation of the Google Chrome browser. To do this, follow the link given at the end of the article to the official website and download the latest distribution to your computer. Finally, all you have to do is install the browser on your computer.
Method 4: System Restore
If you have not previously seen the “Right-click to launch Adobe Flash Player” error, you should try your luck by performing a system restore to the point when there were no problems with your computer, including Chrome.
- Open "Control Panel" and proceed to the section "Recovery".
- In the next window, open the menu "Run System Restore".
- The available rollback points will be displayed on the screen. If among them there is a suitable one that corresponds to the date when you did not see the “Right click to launch Adobe Flash Player” message, select it, and then start the recovery process.
Please pay special attention that the recovery process will completely return the computer to the point you selected. The function will not affect only user files, that is, videos, music and documents.
These are the main methods that can help you solve the problem with the message “Right click to launch Adobe Flash Player”. We hope this article helped you get your browser back to normal functioning. If you have your own experience in troubleshooting the problem, which is not described in this article, share it in the comments.
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