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    Opera is not detecting the PPAPI Flash Plugin.

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    • leocg
      leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

      So there is no flash listed under opera:plugins after you've tried it?

      That's strange. Here - I'm on Win8.1 - all Opera installs (Stable, Beta and Developer) have ppapi flash listed under opera:plugins.
      Maybe it's a OS issue? I have Win7 on another computer, i'll try to check later.

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      • joegd21
        joegd21 last edited by

        So there is no flash listed under opera:plugins after you've tried it?

        No, and I remember that Opera was capable to find the Pepper Flash when I tested the flag for the first time (in Opera Developer 23, I think).

        I have Win7 on another computer, i'll try to check later.

        Sounds like a good idea, let me know if it works there.

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        • leocg
          leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

          I've just tested here on Win7 with Opera Stable 24.0.1558.61 and everything worked fine, ppapi flash is listed under opera:plugins.

          I downloaded and installed Flash Player for Opera and Chromium based applications – PPAPI just in case.

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          • joegd21
            joegd21 last edited by

            I downloaded and installed Flash Player for Opera and Chromium based applications – PPAPI just in case.

            That's the one I installed...

            @leocg, on which directory Flash Player is installed? Maybe my installation was not successful... Although my Opera has been malfunctioning. I mean: WebGL support is gone, and now this. I don't know if it has something to do, but I use Windows 7 32-bit.

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            • leocg
              leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

              opera:plugins lists this:

              X:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\pepflashplayer32_15_0_0_170.dll

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              • joegd21
                joegd21 last edited by

                IDK what's going on, but the pepflashplayer.dll is there. Anyway, thanks!

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                • plovec
                  plovec last edited by

                  It's the same for me.

                  I'm on Windows 8.1 32 bit and I have Opera stable 24.0.1558.61

                  I downloaded and installed the latest PPAPI Flash Player: it is installed in
                  C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash\pepflashplayer32_15_0_0_170.dll

                  but Opera doesn't find it. I tried to uninstall and reinstall the plugin but nothing: Opera sees only the NPAPI version.

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                  • varabi
                    varabi last edited by

                    I see that I'm not the only one with this problem. Stable 24.0.1558.61, Win 7 32bit... I even wrote the comment about this: http://blogs.opera.com/desktop/2014/09/opera-stable-24-0-1558-61-update/#comment-1598704615

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                    • leocg
                      leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                      Is Opera installed for all users? It runs with admin rights?

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                      • plovec
                        plovec last edited by

                        Opera is installed for all users. I tried with and without admin rights, but it doesn't detect at all the pepper flash plugin

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                        • leocg
                          leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                          Opera is installed for all users. I tried with and without admin rights, but it doesn't detect at all the pepper flash plugin

                          And what happens if you try with a new clean profile? You can rename your current one or you can make a standalone install.

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                          • joegd21
                            joegd21 last edited by

                            It seems to be a problem with 32-bit versions of Windows... Just saying.

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                            • plovec
                              plovec last edited by

                              It seems to be a problem with 32-bit versions of Windows... Just saying.

                              Maybe. Because on my win 7 64 bit it works flawlessly

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                              • plovec
                                plovec last edited by

                                I tried with a new profile: nothing.

                                Then I edited the Preferences file to add the lines

                                `
                                   "plugins": {
                                      "plugins_list": [ {
                                         "enabled": true,
                                         "name": "Shockwave Flash",
                                         "path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\Macromed\\Flash\\pepflashplayer32_15_0_0_170.dll",
                                         "version": "15.0.0.170"
                                      },
                                `
                                

                                but nothing.

                                Is there another place where Opera stores its plugin list?

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                                • l33t4opera
                                  l33t4opera last edited by

                                  Hi @plovec, please follow the below steps:

                                  1. Download the latest (15.0.0.183) FP for Opera/Chromium based apps - PPAPI for Windows, and install it,

                                  2. Add two command line switches at the end of the shortcut to the "launcher.exe", as follows:

                                  
                                  launcher.exe --ppapi-flash-path="C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\pepflashplayer32_15_0_0_183.dll" --ppapi-flash-version="15.0.0.183"
                                  
                                  

                                  (adjust the path, accordingly to your Flash plugin installation directory),

                                  1. Launch the Opera, go to "opera:plugins", click on "Show details" button, disable the Flash plugin with "Type: NPAPI", and enable the Flash plugin with "Type: PPAPI" \m/ 🍺
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                                  • plovec
                                    plovec last edited by

                                    It works! Thank's a lot. 🙂

                                    The only problem is that I must keep the switches in the shortcut, otherwise Opera loses again the pepper flash player...

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                                    • joegd21
                                      joegd21 last edited by

                                      @l33t4opera, How do I exactly add those command lines, to which file? I'm quite newbie... XD

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                                      • A Former User
                                        A Former User last edited by

                                        I have that problem since Opera devs implemented support to ppapi. I use what l33t4opera said.

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                                        • christoph142
                                          christoph142 last edited by admin

                                          How do I exactly add those command lines, to which file? I'm quite newbie... XD

                                          That way

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                                          • joegd21
                                            joegd21 last edited by

                                            @christoph142, Thanks a lot, it worked. Opera is now detecting the PPAPI Flash.

                                            I think the issue is with the 32-bit versions of Windows, it should be (at least) a known issue, if so.

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