I haven’t tried this, but I put the details in this section at this end for those interested.įirst, we need to download the last Flash player that didn’t contain the kill-switch to disable itself after January 12, 2021. UPDATE: There is a way to use the newest Flash Player plugin, which involves running a patching tool that removes the date-based kill-switch. The following ad helps support the author of this post: With that out of the way, lets get to it! in Computer Science (specialized in AI), and I am confident one can safely run Flash still with some basic precautions – see the section below on security concerns. I am not an expert in cybersecurity, though I do hold a M.Sc.

And so long as you only visit websites you trust, I see no reason to be worried about the lack of security updates to the Flash player. Instead, my solution is simple: run the last known version of Flash player that doesn’t contain the kill-switch within a browser that also doesn’t contain the kill-switch. However, I wasn’t satisfied with those solutions.

Many people are working on solutions to get Flash running again, which I describe at the end. Does this look familiar? We’re going to fix this. In my case, my motivation is to run the Flash game I developed which is still available online to this day. Flash may be old, but there are many reasons why someone might still want to run it, such as playing classic Flash games or running a legacy business application. These instructions are for Windows 10 (users of other operating systems might be able to adapt the steps to get it working for them). This post explains how to get Flash running again, now that Adobe has officially pulled the plug (as of ).

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