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How do I stop "Activate Adobe Flash" Allow and Remember doesn't work. I am so tired of activating I may drop FireFox as a broswer. Adobe Flash should not need a

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Every time I go to a web site, it requests "Activate Adobe Flash" I click on the link and the drop down box, Allow and Remember doesn't work as the next time I go to that web site, it asks to :Activate Adobe Flash"

Every time I go to a web site, it requests "Activate Adobe Flash" I click on the link and the drop down box, Allow and Remember doesn't work as the next time I go to that web site, it asks to :Activate Adobe Flash"

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What version of Flash Player do you have? as 19.0.0.225 and older is on blocklist so it is Click to Activate. https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/blocked/p1048

There has been a few Flash Player updates since with the current being 20.0.0.235 (plugin based) from https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/distribution3.html


Note there is no Flash Player for iOS devices from Adobe and since you posted with Firefox on Mac OSX I changed product to Firefox.

James modificouno o

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I have 20.0.0.235. Dies clearing history affect Adobe Flash.

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In case you use "Clear history when Firefox closes" or otherwise clear history.

  • do not clear the Site Preferences
  • Clearing "Site Preferences" clears all exceptions for cookies, images, pop-up windows, software installation, passwords, and other website specific data.
  • Clearing Cookies will remove all selected cookies including cookies with an allow exception that you want to keep.