There are a lot of older websites that still use Flash, but some of the major sites like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter don’t. If you’re taking a Cisco course at your local community college and want to complete the assignments, you have to log into Cisco’s NetAcademy website. However, some of the questions on NetAcademy require Flash to view and answer.
Chrome 57 no longer allows you to manage plugins by going to the URL for doing so. Instead, you’ll just get a “This site can’t be reached” message.
This article is about how to enable Flash in order to use the site’s content, and how to keep it disabled if needed.
Check Chrome Flash Settings
There are a few flags there that you can change. The first is the “enable-flash-player-in-app-pinch” flag. This setting tells Chrome to allow you to pinch to zoom in on videos in web pages. You can also change this flag by going to chrome://flags/#enable-flash-player-in-app-pinch and changing it from “off” to “on.” The second flag is the “enable-gpu-processors” flag. This setting tells Chrome how many GPUs it should use for video playback. You can change this flag by going to chrome://flags/#enable-gpu-processors and changing it from “1” to “2.”
Make sure that Prefer HTML over Flash and run all Flash content when Flash setting is set to “allow” are set to Default. Open another tab and type in chrome://components. Under Adobe Flash Player, click the Check for update button.
In the Settings window, click on the Show advanced settings link. Under the Privacy section, click on the Content settings button. In the Content settings window, under the Use of content from other websites and services section, click on the Block all sites option. Now you will need to enter a list of websites that you want to allow access to your content. To do this, click on the Add website… button and enter the website address into the Website address field. Next, enter your user name and password into the User name and password fields and then click on OK. Now all websites that you have entered will be allowed access to your content. ..
Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on Show Advanced Settings. Scroll down some more and then click on Content Settings under Privacy.
Chrome will now ask you if you want to allow sites to run Flash. If you want to completely block Flash in Chrome, select the Block sites from running Flash option. ..
Allowing Sites to Run Flash
Now that you know how to enable Flash for specific sites, it’s time to get started. To do this, you’ll need to click on the Manage exceptions button under Content Settings – Flash. This will take you to a page where you can specify which sites should be allowed to use Flash.
As you can see, I have added the NetAcad site I was talking about earlier with Behavior set to Allow. This method is a bit cumbersome since you must go to the Settings page, etc. The easier way to allow a site to run Flash is to go to the site and then click on the little icon to the left of the URL in the address bar.
If you’re using a secure connection, the lock icon will say “HTTPS” and if you’re using a non-secure connection, the information icon will say “Non-secure”. When you click on this icon, you’ll see a bunch of settings for that particular site. Towards the bottom will be Flash. By default, it should be set to Use global default (Ask), which means the browser should ask you if you want to enable Flash for a site that has Flash content.
In my experience, the browser never actually asks me to enable Flash content even when there is clearly Flash content on the website. So, I have to basically select the Always allow on this site option in order for Flash to work. Note that you may have to close the tab and reload it in order for the Flash content to appear correctly.
In Chrome, Flash is used to play videos. This is different from other browsers, where video playback happens in the browser’s memory.
