More specifically, what's happened is that Adobe snuck a logic bomb into its Flash software some releases ago that activates on January 12, and causes the code to refuse to render any more content from that date. From today, Adobe Flash Player no longer works. Flash Player may remain on the user’s system unless the user uninstalls it.Īs to why it also fails on local content as well as remote web content…įrom The Register - That's it. Since Adobe is no longer supporting Flash Player after the EOL Date, Adobe will block Flash content from running in Flash Player beginning Januto help secure users’ systems. Microsoft has also time-bombed their own browser, as have many of the other majors, Chrome, Firefox etc.Īpple effectively blocked Flash some time ago.Īdobe have removed all Flash downloads & all major browsers have also blocked it in their latest versions.įrom Adobe Flash Player EOL General Information Page The Flash plugin itself is responsible for the block, as of 12 Jan. This answer now probably more closely reflects the 'official stance'. There are potential workarounds in other answers below. For continuous usage in a browser, I'd prefer following Tetsujin's recommendation and try a standalone but supported Flash player, such as Newgrounds'. Note: In my case, the application using Flash works offline and should present minimal security risks. Note: the linked page mentions mmc.cfg, but my Flash folder had a mms.cfg file instead maybe it was a typo, but in any case I added the EOLUninstallDisable=1 line. I just tested an offline desktop application which had stopped working, and it works again. Copy the Flash directory with the modified binary to its original location.Rename the Flash directory (to avoid permission issues) to Flash.bak or something else.Search for the hexadecimal string 000040463E6F7742 (the timestamp) and replace it with 000000000000F87F.Copy the Flash directory ( C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash for 32-bit, C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash for 64-bit) to somewhere where I have write permission.
properties > security > advanced > delete the "DENY Everyone" permission NOTE: Flash32_32_0_0_453.ocx (and Flash64) will always be write protected (C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash on 64-bit)
I managed to make the "time bomb defuser" work, as indicated here: Disable EOL uninstall warnings:Īdd "EOLUninstallDisable=1" to mmc.cfg in C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash
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