How to Install Adobe Flash Plugin for Google Chrome
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The Adobe Flash player plugin is widely used all over the Internet, so it’s almost crucial that you install the Google Chrome Flash plugin if you wish to maximize your browser experience. If you’ve been prompted to install the Flash plugin but nothing happens, then you’ll need to manually install it yourself by downloading the Flash plugin from Adobe and playing a few tricks to install it into Google Chrome. No need to fear however because the installation procedure is pretty straightforward and you’ll have a Chrome Flash plugin enabled browser in no time.
- Download the Flash player xpi for Windows.
- Add a .zip extension to the file. It should now be: flashplayer-win.xpi.zip
- Extract the contents and copy two files “flashplayer.xpt” and “NPSWF32.dll” (indicated in the screenshot below) over to C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\Plugins in XP or C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\Plugins in Vista (thank you Derek), making sure to change ‘user’ to your Windows login name. You can avoid having to unhide hidden files in Windows Explorer simply by copying and pasting the directory path provided above into the path bar.
- Restart Google Chrome, then see if you can watch a YouTube video to see if it worked. Or just come back to this page.
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Very awesome!
Worked like a charm, and was a short and sweet fix.
its really nice.
I was trying hard to install it but could not do but the method given above worked amazingly.
Good Work. and thanx
I didn’t have a \Plugins directory to drop the two files in ?
awesome..worked..
Can someone try and access http://www.spurs.co.uk, the flash plugin that I install does not work on chrome. Any help please?!?!
Thank you. It worked instantly.
Arjen
Holland
Had to create Plugins folder manually, otherwise worked OK.
Thanks, worked, but in VISTA the directory is C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\Plugins
I also had to create the Plugins folder
thanks derek, i have xp and there was no ‘Plugins’ file in ‘Application’ so i just created it, copied the two files into it and it works!
thanks dude worked like a charm!!!
By the way if a new version of the flash player comes then do we need to upgrade??
If so how???
Awesome!! It was like Magic. Thanks a lot
Excellent! Worked perfect!
Nevertheless, I had to create manually the folder “Plugins” but after that and following your steps ONE BY ONE, it worked like a charm.
Thanks for your input and for sharing your knowledge.
Regards!
epastrana
verry good work gays.thanks
Hooray! This has been driving me crazy. I had to create a plugins folder, but then it worked. Not to be confused with the “Plugin Data” folder that’s buried under the User Data, in case anyone else chases that path. ;)
Brasil People! Tenho a versão 0.3.154.9 do Chrome e uso o XP, então o meu caminho para colocar os arquivos foi: C:\Documents and Settings\AlexandreS\Configurações locais\Dados de aplicativos\Google\Chrome\Application.3.154.9\Plugins Atenção se a pasta Plugins não existir crie!
Fiquem na paz de Jesus!
Beautiful, this problem was plaguing me…
shows chrome aint ready yet,. uninstalling
hey i downloded tht file then i type in .zip then extracted usin winzip n i cant mange to find my google plug ins i found intertnet exsplore oh i use vister please some one help me e-mail me please
Thanks. That solved my problem. I also had to create the plugins folder but otherwise it worked perfectly.
hurrrrry…….excellent job..its working fantastic….i have not created the “plugins folder” as said …..and copied both the files at the following location ..
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application
its working smoothly…
Thank you so much for the instructions. It worked and i didn’t have to reboot my computer. The search for this page drove me crazy. But once again thank you!
This does not help – although interestingly – when I went looking for the folder that I should have had on my system -
C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\Plugins
The “Plugins” folder did not exist. So I added a folder with that name to the applications folder and then added the downloaded files as instructed. But nothing changed.
I should note that my problem with the flash player and chrome is isolated to one web site – that of Bank of America and its application “Shopsafe” which allows you to get single use credit card numbers when shopping on the internet or elsewhere. I believe that the flashplayer works for every other application, but I am not sure how to test that – except I never get the error message except on that one site.
So – it may be that it is just the designers of this one web site have a code that Chrome has trouble with…..just a guess.
if we didnt have flash on Chrome at the start of this, how would we follow your youtube link
Stu, if you did not have flash player on Chrome in the beginning, the YouTube page would load, but the video would not be able to play, and you would be told ‘an additional plugin is required to view some media on this page’ or something of the sort.
I think this may have changed (Or my experience was different because i changed my %ProgramFiles% to = D:\Program Files”)
I tried putting these 2 files in many folders such as:
C:\Documents and Settings\User\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application
C:\Documents and Settings\User\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\Plugins
C:\Documents and Settings\User\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Plugin Data
C:\Documents and Settings\User\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Plugin Data\Adobe Flash Movie
C:\Documents and Settings\User\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Plugin Data\Adobe Flash
C:\Documents and Settings\User\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Plugin Data\Flash
But finally I broke down and did what made sense to me and tried the one that worked:
%ProgramFiles%\Google\Chrome\Application\Plugins
I’m just going to make a self extracting rar file to remember this one. I can update the 2 files later. …hopefully by then I wont have to.
worked a treat, cheers. had to create tthe plugin directory
HMM just a thought. maybe this is different cuz my chrome was installed by GOOGLE PACK! DOH!
Hey can’t someone just make a batch file to do this? using ftp type commands
download the current flashplayer-win.xpi
rename it
..isin’t there a command to do something if a specified file exists..
xcopy to the correct directory based on the existence of the Applications folder.
Hmm i dono bout the exists command, i can’t find it. You can probably do this EZ in some other script language.
This didn’t work for me. Perhaps there is a different version of flash installed on my computer? I have the latest (ie v 10). I’m a little confused as to how this installs flash for chrome. I also had to put in a Plugins folder.
I don’t see any feedback to those of us where this did not work.
I loved! It works very well.
The only different thing that i had to do is to create the folder `Plugins`.
Thank you for the solution.
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it’s really superb and simple……….
i had already tried to get that plugin by simplying clicking in that videos …at that time there will be error message stating the plugin can not be included……
this file has solved all the problems…….thanx for that file….
thanks for this
you’re a genius…
it worked like a charm…
so easy to follow and it works…
thanks a bunch
I run windows vista and the paths you wrote doesn’t worked.
After many tries i used
C\program files\google\chrome\application\plugins
I had to create the plugins folder but now it finally works!
yes it worked THANK YOU
I dropped those two files in but it STILL doesn’t work? What did I do wrong?
Worked perfectly in windows 2000, too. Thanks
I have XP and put the 2 files into:
Programs\Google\Chrome|Application\Plugins
I had to created the Plugins folder. I restarted Google and it worked immediately!
Maybe it searches for these plugins in different places & maybe it depends on the Version of Chrome? I did NOT have the Application folder in the path:
Documents & Settings\user\localsettings\application\Google\Chrome\Application which is why I chose the Programs path.
My Chrome is V 1.0.154.48. Does EVERYBODY have to go through this to run Flash in Chrome? When will a newer version that fixes things like this be available? A lot of people will get turned off by shortcomings like this.
Thanks for the tips!
Bob
What do you do if you are running Windows 7, I cant find the plugin folder, this is as far as I can get in Windows Explorer: C:\Users\daniel\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application
What do I do?
I also had to use Programs\Google\Chrome|Application\Plugins
Original solution did not work for me.
great trick , worked on vista home premium.
You’re the bomb! Worked like a charm. Running Windows 7 beta (build 7077) 64-bit version. The only thing I had to do was to manually create the “Plugins” folder.
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\Plugins
Works like magic for me,though i’ve tried very hard for a long time!thanks
I also had to use the “program files…” path, than it worked.
Thanks guys
Thanks Buddy, I also had to creat Plugins folder and now it is working,
Enjoy Bro,
Simple solution, Download firefox, get plugins through there since by my theory Chrome uses same plugin directory as that.
i dont have an AppData file but with a little work around, this worked fine!
thanx
Hey It Realy Works
1. Download This Flashplayer Xpi For Windows
2. Rename It flashplayer-win.xpi.zip
3. Extrack Files flashplayer.xpt & NPSWF32.dll
4. Go To Google Chrome “Properties & Find Target
5. Make Dir “Plugins”
6. Paste Here These Two File
Thankx For This Site…….
Hey It Realy Works
1. Download This Flashplayer Xpi For Windows
2. Rename It flashplayer-win.xpi.zip
3. Extrack Files flashplayer.xpt & NPSWF32.dll
4. Go To Google Chrome “Properties & Find Target
5. Make Dir “Plugins”
6. Paste Here These Two File
Thankx For This Site…….
Thank you very much!!!!
Muchas gracias!!!!!!!!!
Montoo Gharial
Google chrome flash plugin 100% Working
1. Download This Flashplayer Xpi For Windows
2. Rename It flashplayer-win.xpi.zip
3. Extrack Files flashplayer.xpt & NPSWF32.dll
4. Go To Google Chrome “Properties & Find Target
5. Make Dir “Plugins”
6. Paste Here These Two File
Thankx For This Site……
Hi I’m still having problems with this. When I go to download it, it asks for which program I would like it to be opened in. DO I just click adobe?
Thanks
jus update your chrome to latest versoin you could do it by selecting setting–>about chrome
it searches it self for latest update.
if it donot work go to chrome site and get a new browser
I don’t have a Plugin folder in Chrome. I can view some Flash media, like YouTube but other sites don’t work. These all work OK though in IE latest version. I’m on XP SP3.
create a new folder on that page & name it ‘plugin’ – & do the copy n paste into this folder – it works…it did for me
I have this problem to! Habbo hotel don’t work but youtube works after thing is do -.-
I would like to point out that on my computer the “AppData” folder was set to hidden and read only. I fixed this by searching for AppData in the search section on the taskbar, right clicking the file that came up, and deselected hidden.
Thks!!!!
It works fine.
PD: I don`t undestand why google can´t fix automatically a problem so simple!
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This is much appreciated
Tanks For Info…. I like it…
As you instructed, i downloaded the file Flash player xpi for Windows. and renamed it to .zip, and while extracting a message comes up saying the NPSWF32.dll is corrupted, rest is fine
pls help me with this….
Useful for CoL students having difficulty watching flash adobe itutorials on chrome.
Yes it work I just follow Go To Google Chrome “Properties & Find Target… then create a plugin folder and copy flashplayer.xpt & NPSWF32.dll to plugin folder…I didnt need to extract anything since I download a flashplayer zip already rename..so yeah thx
Cool Man!!
It work!!
thank a lot!!
Unnecessarily complicated. Should be able to download and go like any other software.
In any case, it didn’t work anyway as there is no such folders as ‘Local Settings’ ‘Google’ ‘Chrome’ ‘Application’ ‘Plugins’ …that makes it pretty much impossible then.
thank you guys that was awesome it worked for me greatly, i appreciate it
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It worked like a miracle! You’re a lifesaver!! Thank you!! =))
thanks a lot!!
this really help me!!
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Nice fix, but doesn’t work with Windows 7
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