Why is Firefox still disabling Flash

Why, with the latest version of Mac Firefox (16) and the latest version of Flash (11.4.402.287) it the browser STILL disabling Flash "due to security or stability issues"? I have no such issues on Firefox on a PC or Safari on my Mac.

Try to delete the pluginreg.dat file in the Firefox Profile Folder and maybe addons.sqlite as well to reset the plugin registry databases.
You can use this button to go to the Firefox profile folder:
*Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Show Folder
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox

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Firefox has disabled flash, but I did a fresh install and flash is the newest version. How can I re-enable flash?

I just did a fresh install of Fedora 15, copied the backup folder of Firefox into the home directory, installed flash using the latest yum package from Adobe, ran all of the extra scripts to install the wrapper for 32 bit apps being used on a 64 bit OS. Upon attempting to open a flash video, Firefox tells me Flash is not installed. Running the Adobe installer (yum package) from the Adobe website reports unable to install package, latest package is already installed.
I followed the trouble shooting steps from your check plugins website and deleted pluginreg.dat (twice) restarting Firefox each time. No change, Flash Player is still disabled by Firefox.

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Why does Firefox not support flash in Vista any more?

I have a laptop with Vista on it and all year long I have had a hell of a time putting up with the new glitches in Firefox.
I simply want the damn thing to be able to use the flash plugin. Every single ******* time Firefox updates, I lose the ability to view flash content. Clicking on the "install missing plugins" logo takes me through *seemingly* successful installs, but it doesn't really install and the next time I load firefox it still says "click here to install missing plugin."
I have also downloaded the executable from adobe and run that (as an administrator, with firefox closed out) and I still get a *successful* installation that results in total failure, e.g. it's still not installed.
Several firefoxes ago I found a website where I could download the two files needed (the dll and the other file) and I manually placed them in the plugins folder which allowed me to use flash until the damn update to the next firefox release wiped it out. The place I downloaded those files from no longer hosts them, so I'm SOL.
Please either start to support Vista again, or declare that you aren't going to. I'm sick and tired of firefox nowadays, even though I've been using it since before version 1.1.
Please, please, please just fix this problem.

There are 2 versions of Adobe Flash; an '''ActiveX version''' for IE only and a '''Plugin version''' for most other browsers including Firefox. On a Windows system, you should always update both individually. '''''You do not have the Plugin version installed in Firefox; if you did, you would see "Shockwave Flash (version)" in Add-ons > Plugins.'''''
#'''Using Firefox''', go to the following direct download link and SAVE the download to your desktop so you can find it later: http://fpdownload.adobe.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player.exe
#When the download is finished, close Firefox (File > Exit '''''OR''''' Firefox button > Exit)
#Click or double-click on the file you just saved to your desktop
#*In the installation window that appears, click the box to the left of "I have read and...." to place a check mark in the box
#*The "Install" button in the lower right corner will now be highlighted, click it.
#*The installation is quick.
#Start Firefox and test your installation here: https://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/
#Direct link ActiveX version for IE '''''only''''': http://fpdownload.adobe.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_ax.exe
NOTE: You no longer need to place Flash components in the Mozilla Firefox\plugins folder. Doing so, will leave you with an outdated plugin and a possible conflict between competing versions of the Plugin. Most current plugins are recognized by/installed into Firefox through Windows registry entries. In a clean installation of current Firefox versions, the plugins folder is no longer created in the Mozilla Firefox program application folder. However, the folder can be created and any plugins placed there will be used. It is best not to have the plugins folder unless absolutely necessary to make a particular plugin work.
You can get both versions on the following page, but there is no link directly to it. Click on item ''6. Download and install Adobe Flash Player (Firefox)'' near the top of the page, then scroll down to "Advanced Troubleshooting" just following the Firefox information; the links are in item 1 under that heading:
*http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/191/tn_19166.html
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Will firefox still support flash content when my phone updates to 4.1 (jellybean)?

Does Firefox use it's own flash plugin or will it be disabled when my phone updates?

Generally, no. The problem is not with Firefox. It is an Adobe decision. Read Adobe's statement below
*Adobe's statement --> https://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2012/06/flash-player-and-android-update.html
**Quote from Adobe statement above: ''If a device is upgraded from Android 4.0 to Android 4.1, the current version of Flash Player may exhibit unpredictable behavior, as it is not certified for use with Android 4.1. Future updates to Flash Player will not work. We recommend uninstalling Flash Player on devices which have been upgraded to Android 4.1.''
*Also see --> http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/06/no-flash-for-android-4-1-no-new-installs-after-august-15/

Why does Firefox still tell me it's blocking Java Deployment Toolkit after I did the update?

On the "Mozilla - Check Your Plugins" webpage, I was told that the " Java Deployment Toolkit" was vulnerable. So I did the update. But afterwards I was still told the same problem. Why? And should I care?
Please see the attached screenshot.
The funny thing is... I visited two sites that use Java, one being Java.com, but I did not see the black banner message of blocking.

The Java Deployment Toolkit may be the latest version, but Oracle still hasn't fixed the security faults with that plugin; so Mozilla still has it on the Blocklist and disables it so far as to require the user to use "Ask to Activate". ''A "soft-block" - usable if needed, but needs user-action per implementation''.
Specifically, do you have a program on your PC that actually needs that Deployment Toolkit?
Or is your concern merely that it is disabled after updating Java?
Very few consumer applications even use that Deployment Toolkit, which is intended for people who develop Java applications or who use applications such as various Oracle programs in the workplace.
Going back to before Oracle bought out Sun Systems Java in 2010, that Deployment Toolkit wasn't being installed with the Java Runtime Environment for users. Java developers had to install a separate Developers Toolkit to get that Plugin - the SDK program had it.

After applying cure, why does Firefox still, stubbornly, make unrequested connections?

After meticulous care to follow the guides on the support link titled "Firefox makes unrequested connections" [... http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Firefox+makes+unrequested+connections?s=firefox+is+seeking+unrequested+website&as=s ...], Firefox is still trying to contact obscure sights like:
iy-in-f104.1e100.net 
yw-in-f121.1e100.net 
iy-in-f103.1e100.net 
The above resolve to google. Yet I am not going to google and do not use the default search provided by Mozilla or Firefox browser. What is causing this browser to go to google, even after I thought I had, several times, performed the cure to stop it from accessing un-requested websites in the back-ground?
Firefox is acting mischievously, because it does this without being told to do that, and after I have asked it to stop. When it does go, it does not post any information on my browser telling me what it is doing.
After much effort to get it to stop, I consider this to be a nuisance that it is stubborn and acts on a hidden code to defeat my requests and actions trying to prevent it. This is the same behavior as malware and viruses that dial back to a location, do not announce what it is doing, and will not stop, after many hours of effort trying to instruct (reverse coding to get) it to stop.
I have now spent about 5-6 hours trying to figure what is the cause, and as such, it can be categorized as time wasted as when dealing with malware, that does not inform the end user what it is going to do prior to installation nor announce it, as it is being done, in the background.
Sometimes Firefox performs a hiccup and tries to change my update settings back to a condition of seeking to update itself or update its addons or updates its search (all options under the updates tab). Furthermore, Firefox has acted on routine of once or twice a month to change from "asking me what I want to do with updates," to "install automatically." Many times in the last 6 months I have seen it was trying to executive a program of updating, when it was not authorized to do such a thing, and was there to cancel this execution-sequence, if not too late. In this 6 to 7 instances, I have been prompted to go back and observe if Firefox is changing my settings by executing hidden code or back door code. In each instance all my update settings have been changed.
I have to go back inside the browser options, and deselect all the updates and also change from "install automatically" to "ask me what I want to do." This is even more curious because, such items were set to "false" via about:config as per instructions in the support link above. Have double checked addons, to make sure they are not trying to update.
In conclusion, this is obviously not a bug, as it is so deliberate and happens on some routine. It seems to a happen irregardless of what "version" or update is being used; including many updated versions since Jan 2010. Also what ever it is, an execution of code or backdoor to trigger same, it is not described in the readme file that comes with firefox.
So how about the programmers of Firefox stop belittling us by employing the same gimmicks as malware and tell us what is up with this: seeking unrequested websites and not announcing that it is occurring, when it is occurring.

Was able to edit original post. (Thank you.)

Why is Firefox STILL allowing website drive by browser hijacking by LAME "Your broswer has been blocked" exploit-NO other malware-just clicked the wrong link.

This silly ass "window-won't-close-just-keeps-relaunching" exploit is so ancient it has whiskers.
Incredibly embarrassed that this happened to my friend, since I was the one that encouraged him to use Firefox in the first place.
... and NO he didn't install any malicious .EXE -or- Pluggins -or- Extensions, just clicked the wrong link in trying to cancel a pop-up that Firefox should never have allowed in the first place.
I say this because, from reading this Forum for YEARS now, this is generally the point where the totally lame "Well there well always be ways to "human engineer" these kinds of exploits..." excuses start, so let's not even go there.
Instead of resisting this attack, Firefox makes it WORSE, because if you open task manager and kill Firefox, then Firefox sees that as a CRASH, and tries to coverer it's tracks by automatically re-launching the previous session (instead of the PROPER behavior, which would be to load the standard user-prompted selective-restore page).
Frankly, as I mentioned above, this is embarrassingly BAD...
Just try to close a pop-up window (that shouldn't have 'popped up' in the first place) and your lame-o broswer locks up and helps some con-man try to scam you for $500.
PATHETIC. This kind of thing is the reason I dumped MS Explorer long ago.
I have been a strong Firefox supporter since the very beginning, so I'm not trying to raise any hackles here, but finding boneheaded serious security vulnerabilities like this, while Firefox developers are wasting time making the the 'new' Firefox interface more like the piece-of-garbage Windows 8 Explorer interface (which I DESPISE), has caused me to loose faith in Mozilla, so can someone suggest some alternatives other than Firefox and Chrome?
Seriously, I'm not looking to fight about it, run your project any way you want, but some help in picking an alternative browser that I can trust would be greatly appreciated.

''richsopn [[#answer-714480|said]]''
<blockquote>
What's this have to do with Mozilla? - because Canonical's lack of updates should be no problem, right? - Hey just click that little 'auto updates' button under 'advanced options' on your Windows PC's right? -- Oh, sorry Linux users, despite the Linux roots of many of Mozilla's developers, and the many critical Linux spawned tools they use daily to create Firefox, Mozilla apparently feels Linux users are SECOND CLASS CITIZENS WHO ARE JUST NOT WORTH SUPPORTING WITH DIRECT UPDATES LIKE THEY PROVIDE FOR PC USERS.
Support they get from Canonical '''and Mozilla''' -> ZERO
... and I'm not talking about some guy who runs a geeky, totally insecure 'non-official repository' I'm talking about a simple check-box that I can click, and continue to get updates directly from Mozilla.
</blockquote>
The build you have is a third-party build and not one provided by Mozilla and Mozilla does not provide updates for third-party builds they did not well build.
Mozilla does support Linux and still strongly do as they have both 32-bit and 64-bit builds including for Release. www.mozilla.org/firefox/all
They get Firefox updates just like on Windows as long as the Firefox has red/write permissions as a easy way around for the user is to have it in /home
Since you are using a five year old version of Ubuntu you need to meet minimum package requirements at least. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/37.0.1/system-requirements/
Heck Mozilla supports Linux and Mac OSX better when it comes to 64-bit Firefox as there were 64-bit Releases for Linux and Mac ever since Firefox 4.0 while for Windows the first Win64 Release ''may'' be finally at Firefox 38.0
If you prefer say Gnome 2 and want to stay away from say Gnome 3 and Unity in newer Linux distros then look into say Xfce as it is both light and can look very much like Gnome 2 and can use gtk2 themes.

Why does Firefox still underline President Obama's name as a misspelling. I am really thinking about switching services because of this.

Firefox does not recognize the name of the current President of the United States of America's name as a valid spelling. Type in President Obama and Obama is underlined. It is underlined twice in my above details. I just checked and your suggestions for what I might have been trying to type are Obadiah, Obadias, Bamako, & Alabama. Are you trying to make a political statement by not recognizing his name? If this is not fixed in the next week I will no longer use your services and will start recommending that others do the same.

the-edmeister,
I do not think that a demand that the President of the United States of America's name be added to the real dictionary and that is will stop using it and recommend other do the same as asinine threats. No matter your political views, respect is due to the President of the United States of America. He has been president for over two years. How long should it take to make a change like this. I should not have to add the Presidents name to my personal dictionary.

Firefox is disabling all plugins (including flash) by default and will not let me enable them

I am using Firefox 23 (updated) and the latest flash plugin from Adobe's website. I am trying to access any pages with flash on them, and it says the flash plugin is disabled. When I pull up the plugins page, it says all of my plugins are disabled. If I click on them, I do not get a "Enable" button. I only have a "Remove" button. If I click on "More" and select "Always Activate" at the bottom and then restart the browser, the plugins are still disabled.
I deleted my addons.sqlite & pluginreg.dat as well (per another suggestion on the forum) and restarted -- there is no change.
I am so frustrated. I have used firefox for years, and I have never had the problems I have had with plugins and flash before this year. I am on the verge of going full-time to Chrome (which is NOT having these problems.). Please help me!

hello jesabele, if you have a "remove" button next to plugins something fundamentally is wrong (since plugins cannot be removed in firefox, because they are installed on a system level). please try to [[Reset Firefox – easily fix most problems|reset firefox]] and see if this can address the issue...

Help enabling gnash and disabling flash in Firefox

This is a "Further woes with..." thread, following on from https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=164901. In that episode, I managed to watch a youtube video by installing the gnash plugin and gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg, disabling the flash plugin in Firefox and enabling the gnash one.
Now, however, I find that gnash is disabled as well as flash. Moreover, if I enable gnash, flash is also enabled. If I disable flash, gnash is also disabled.
Disclaimer: I use a Firefox binary from Mozilla because I cannot otherwise use my preferred interface language. However, Firefox (/usr/local/bin/firefox which is linked to the binary in /usr/local/lib/firefox) has no problems using Arch plugins installed at /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins. I also have icedtea, kpartsplugin and djview (though I forget why I have the last).
The plugins are definitely there according to both pacman and ls /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins.
Does anybody have any idea why Firefox insists it must be either flash and gnash or no ash at all? I realise I could just uninstall flash but I'm reluctant to do this unless I really have to as it is handy to be able to enable it quickly if necessary. I just want to keep it disabled so Firefox etc. picks up gnash. (Actually, Firefox should default to gnash given my settings for mimetypes in preferences but that doesn't seem to be effective.)

That is interesting, flahsplugin doesn't work at all? That is strange, and not the first time I have heard that. It makes me wonder then why you want to keep flashplugin installed on your computer if it doesn't do much.
If you are willing to open a different browser to watch youtube videos, chromium seems to handle these plugins quite well. I actually have, ATM for testing here, flashplugin, pepper flash, and gnash. I was able to enable each one by one, and it seemed to be doing what I wanted it to do.
Besides that, I actually keep pepper flash set up for chromium all the time. I actually find it to be pretty superior to flashplugin, though it doesn't change my opinion that the world needs to move away from flash content more quickly. It is in the AUR and is very easy to install. As long as you don't have anything set in /etc/chromium/default, the install script will set eveything up automatically for you. If you do have something there (I keep the cache in tmpfs with --disk-cache-dir=/tmp), then you just need to edit the file and clean it up a little. It gets the quoting all wonky.

In the home page why does Firefox say I haven't upgraded when I have. This has been going on for over three weeks, I am now on 9 and still it says I have not upgraded.

In the home page why does Firefox say I haven't upgraded when I have. So I upgrade again and still it says I haven't next time I log on. Today I upgraded to 9, it said congratulations on upgrading, I log off then log back on only to be told yet again I need to upgrade. What is going on?

You may see that message below the Google search box on www.google.com/firefox which is the old Firefox default home page. It appears that page is no longer being maintained. You appear to have Firefox 8.0.1 installed which is the latest version.
'''If you want the Google search page as your home page,''' change your home page to '''''about:home''''' (a new, updated version is now built-in to Firefox).
*See --> http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/How+to+set+the+home+page
Also see --> https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Finding+your+Firefox+version 
You can also see your version on the ''Help > Troubleshooting Information'' display
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Not related to your question, but...
You may need to update some plug-ins. Check your plug-ins and update as necessary:
*Plug-in check --> http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/
*Adobe Shockwave for Director Netscape plug-in: [https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Using%20the%20Shockwave%20plugin%20with%20Firefox#w_installing-shockwave Installing ('''''or Updating''''') the Shockwave plugin with Firefox]
*Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape: [https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Using%20the%20Adobe%20Reader%20plugin%20with%20Firefox#w_installing-and-updating-adobe-reader Installing/Updating Adobe Reader in Firefox]
*Shockwave Flash (Adobe Flash or Flash): [https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Managing%20the%20Flash%20plugin#w_updating-flash Updating Flash in Firefox]
*'''''Next Generation Java Plug-in for Mozilla browsers''''': [https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Using%20the%20Java%20plugin%20with%20Firefox#w_installing-or-updating-java Installing or Updating Java in Firefox]

I upgraded for Firefox 4 and now my simplePass identity protection (biometric scanner) on my laptop will not work. WHY? It still works with IE but I don't use IE.

I upgraded for Firefox 4 and now my HP SimplePass Identity Protection (biometric scanner) on my laptop will not work. WHY? It still works with IE but I don't use IE. It worked with the previous Firefox version but now when I use the internet, it doesn't even acknowledge I have the scanner. When I run my finger over it, it opens the settings panel but does not allow use of the already saved information or allow new information to be entered. I need this corrected. Any suggestions?

I asked this same question, and just received a response:
"Thank you for contacting DigitalPersona. There will be no update releases
for DigitalPersona Personal in the future. There will be no updates for
Firefox 4 nor Internet Explorer 9. IF they work they work, if they do
not work with DPPersonal, then you will have to decide to either keep
DPPersonal and forgo Firefox 4 or IE 9, or vice versa. DigitalPersona
is leaving the consumer market and is focusing on business applications.
In fact, DigitalPersona Personal will not longer be supported after
Mid-April of this year.
We apologize for any inconvenience this might cause. Sincerely, Tech Team "
In other words, there will be NO update.

I downloaded new version but firefox still says I need to update - why, and if there's an "install" step I'm missing why are there no instructions on how to do so???

Why does Firefox insist that I'm still using version 3.whatever when I have faithfully downloaded new versions when it tells me to do so -- most recently version 8.whatever (today). If "downloading" isn't enough and there's also an "install" step, I have yet to find anywhere in the Firefox that tells me how to do so. I have restarted my computer, but that doesn't seem to make any difference. It still tells me I'm using an outdated version that soon will not be supported.

What you are seeing sounds like the "advertised update" from Firefox 3.6 versions to Firefox 8.0.1 that started on 2011-12-01. See --> https://wiki.mozilla.org/Releases/Firefox_3.6_MU
This is the same as has occurred when prior versions were nearing their end-of-life. Support for Firefox 3.6 versions is likely to end in the first quarter of 2012.
There are changes in the interface from Firefox 3.6 to Firefox 4 and newer versions. See --> https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/common-questions-after-updating-firefox
The new Firefox version can be made to closely resemble the 3.6 Firefox interface.
#See --> http://www.computertechtips.net/64/make-firefox-4-look-like-ff-3-6/
#See --> http://blog.fligtar.com/2011/01/16/how-to-customize-firefox-4s-ui/
#See --> '''''Firefox 3 Theme for Firefox 4''''': https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/firefox-3-theme-for-firefox/
#*Add color home, back/forward and other buttons (like Firefox 3) to the Navigation Toolbar in place of the gray buttons in Firefox 4
#*See: http://ffaddons.game-point.net/ff3ff4/
#Also see --> http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/How+to+customize+the+toolbar
The only currently supported versions are 3.6.24 and 8.0.1. Firefox 9.0 will be released on or about 2011-12-20 and will completely replace Firefox 8.0.1; an update to Firefox 3.6.25 from Firefox 3.6.24 will likely occur around that same time to correct any new security/stability issues found in Firefox 3.6.24.
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Why is my Apple ID still disabled when supposedly was fixed by apple httsupport this am over 12 hours agora dithery said it would be disabled no longer then 8 hours and I still am unable to buy anything in the I tunes store or pay for any apps or games

Why is my Apple ID still disabled when supposedly it was fixed by Apple ID support over the phone this am over 12 hours ago and they said it ( my Apple ID and password) would be disabled no longer then 8 hours and I still am unable to buy anything in the I tunes store or pay for any apps or games.

We are fellow users here on these forums. Have you tried logging out of your account on your iPad by tapping on your id in Settings > iTunes & App Store and then logged in and seeing if it then works ?

I downloaded the updated Firefox, but the ad-on for converting YouTube music videos to mps files is now unavailable. How do I get it back? Why was this feature disabled?

I downloaded the updated Firefox, but the ad-on for converting YouTube music videos to mps files is now unavailable. How do I get it back? Why was this feature disabled?
In the former Firefox version there was a box to click for converting YouTube music videos into HQ mp3 files. That box is no longer apparent in the new Firefox version. I went back to Ad-On s and re-downloaded the program YouTube to MP3 1.2. It says it's not compatible with Firefox 6.0. Can I reinstall the older version of Firefox?

When I clicked on the second site mentioned, I got such EXPLICIT, step-by-step directions!!! Thank you so much. I'd been wondering what that window was that kept popping up with the Firefox icon and that other funny thing. The word *install* was never mentioned. Pictographs were never my thing.
When I looked under the initial system requirements, it said that OS X 10.4.5 and higher were good for 5.0. I didn't check further. Under your advice, I'll go with the older version. Thank you for taking the time to help me.

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