Update the Shockwave Flash plugin in your browser

Shockwave Flash is a plugin that integrates Shockwave Player into the browser, as well as Adobe Director shockwave content creation tools. With its help, the user’s work on the Internet is simplified, that is, users have the opportunity to watch videos, presentations, and play flash games that were created using Adobe Director. Mozilla Firefox

There are two ways to update the Shockwave Flash plugin.

The first method

To find out which plugins need updating, you need to go to the appropriate section of the browser and look at:

- To do this, go to the menu and select “Add-ons”.



- Here in the list are various add-ons: extensions, services, plugins. We select "Plugins".



- After which a list of them will line up on the right. We find among them “Shockwave Flash”.



In our case, it is up to date and does not require updating.

- In another case, there will be an inscription above the plugin, as shown in the screenshot. To update it, simply click the “Update Now” button.



After the update, restart the browser.

second method

We go to a special page https://www.mozilla.org/ru/plugincheck/ of the official website Mozilla Firefox, where we will be asked to check all plugins for relevance.

After a few seconds, a list of plugins will appear. We are looking for “Shockwave Flash” among them. If the red button with the words “Update now” lights up to the right of it, then you should click on it.

After the update, restart the browser and check the functionality of the plugin.

Internet Explorer

To update Shockwave Flash in Internet Explorer, do the following:

- Go to the browser service - click on the gear.

- Go to settings and select “Settings types”.

- Here we look for “Toolbars” and go to “Extensions”.

-Shockwave Flash should be on the list. To update it, click “Update”.

Restart the browser when the updates are installed.

Opera

To update Shockwave Flash in Opera you will need to do the following. We update ourselves Opera browser. Usually, along with the update, all modules are updated. If the problem persists, then do the following

- Open the browser.

- Type “opera:plugins” in the address bar and press “Enter”.

- After which a list of plugins will be lined up in the browser window.



- Among them we find “Shockwave Flash”.

- In front of the list on the left there is an active button “Update plugins”. We click on it, wait for the search for available updates and their installation.

Restart the browser.

Google Chrome

Plugins in the Google Chrome browser are updated automatically, but glitches do occur.

To go to the Google Chrome plugins section, enter “chrome://plugins” in the address bar. After this, a complete information list of all plugins will be built.

To view detailed information, press the plus sign.



If several versions of the plugin are installed and used at once, then you should disable or completely remove one of them with an earlier release version.

After this, restart the browser for the changes to take effect. On many forums you can find messages that Shockwave Flash is not a necessary plugin at all and its presence does not affect the operation of the browser in any way.

This statement is not reliable, so you should update plugins in time so as not to experience discomfort when viewing multimedia files on the network https://www.mozilla.org/ru/plugincheck/.