Getting the most recent version of Flash..

yuppicide - June 18, 2012 - 8:59am

Downloaded Firefox Portable 13.0.1.. is there a way to get the newest version of Flash to work with it? I did a search here and came up with some old posts from 2008.

A lot of websites don't work with Flash 10 anymore.. I can't even check my lottery numbers unless I upgrade Flash.

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Firefox Portable

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just the one ... upgrade to 11.3.300.257 ...

barky - June 18, 2012 - 7:06pm

... on the host computer

Do this:

GJansen - June 22, 2012 - 11:14am

1) Update flash on your computer.
2) Go to: C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash\
3) Copy NPSWF32_11_2_202_235.dll or NPSWF32.dll
4) Go to: ?:\PortableApps\FirefoxPortable\Data\plugins (plug-in directory FF portable)
5) Paste the NPSWF dll.

Cheers.

This method always worked for

eleavings - June 28, 2012 - 8:25pm

This works with some addendums.
The needed files from either:
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash <--Windows 7 64bit
or
C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash <--Windows 7 32bit
are
flashplayer.xpt
FlashUtil32_11_3_300_262_Plugin.exe
NPSWF32_11_3_300_262.dll

Place them in Data/plugins.

Then IMPORTANT! Open notepad in "Run as administrator" mode. And open the file mms.cfg found in either C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash or C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash. Add the line:
ProtectedMode=0

Save and start firefox to test.
The last step is necessary to turn off the new flash protected mode.

Thanks or?

GJansen - June 30, 2012 - 12:32pm

First off thanks for the addendum. It does lead to some questions on my part though.

1) I have only the NPSWF dll in my firefox data/plugins and it works like a charm. I was under the impression that the FlashUtil32 plugin is for Internet Explorer.
2) Furthermore why would you need to change a file on the host pc (you mentioned mms.cfg) when we are talking about portable apps? This means you would have to change the file on each host pc you use FF on.
3) Why turn off the flash protected mode (on the host pc)? What does it inhibit?

2) why change files on host pc?

barky - July 2, 2012 - 11:05am

adobe flash isn't a portable application .... you can copy over a dll to make it work as a plugin but that I believe is breaking some kind of licence so would have to be done by end user

flashutil

ottosykora - July 5, 2012 - 2:39pm

yes all works without flashutil, only the dll is needed. The rest for automatic updates, simply to call home etc.

Otto Sykora
Basel, Switzerland

Thus

GJansen - July 7, 2012 - 5:42pm

Thanks for the confirmation. Can I therefore conclude that my initial how-to was correct?

yes

ottosykora - July 12, 2012 - 6:50am

yes