this is annoying while playing games like tanki online
Brittany
6 years ago
I hate having to click this everytime I go on a new page, CHANGE IT BACK TO HOW IT WAS.
Jim
6 years ago
Awful way of dealing with Flash. I’ll use another browser
Hacked off
6 years ago
Really hate this. Flash Player is enabled in Advanced Settings but I still get the content blocked message and can only allow once, not in general for website. Makes Edge less usable for many things. I’m back to Firefox.
Fully Agree, i have the same problem…
switching to chrome…
even my web site having training video are blocked and it this annoying for my client.
Ken
6 years ago
Hate the way I have to research how to use flash to access half my searches with edge so use it less and less.
The button top turn it on is a joke! Does nothing!
rutland reveller
6 years ago
hopeless and hapless Microsoft do it again destroying a good product and making it unusable. I cannot do my online banking as it uses flash and because it is a secure connection the icon does not appear to turn flash on. for that site. The advice to move a slider in settings is out of date it does nothing the sites are still blocked. Pathetic MS trying to force us to do things their way makes Edge unusable for millions of online banking customers. And I have had to type this twice because CAPTCHA only works on flash as well ffs
Doug Narbett
6 years ago
Since the updates today I am having trouble with flash. I have enabled it but some sites give me an option to use it but others do not. I would prefer to make up my own mind whether I want to use flash and not end up stuck in no mans land.
DCINCT
6 years ago
The ridiculous part is when you have a site that expects flash and instead of erroring out, staying on that error page and allowing me to click that stupid puzzle piece to allow flash, the website is coded to display a NEW PAGE (having no flash content) that says your flash is disabled and please enable it. Well just perfect … since the puzzle piece is now gone and I have no way to allow it. ARGH!!
Kitt
6 years ago
I read this information about changing my setting for the Flash Player in Microsoft Edge; it was already “on” to allow the flash content and still Edge blocks the pages and I have to manually allow it to be used.
So glad U all think the same way. I had windows 10 but had to do a re-install due to pc issues .. I did not have this issue before the new install. Its so annoying and also I find browser flash games now can get unresponsive and also some freezing. So it seems now that flash is kind of a warning ( use at your own risk ) Also what is point of creating there own flash player.. best to just download from adobe and no issues.. Microsoft should remove this app from there windows and let people go back to downloading it. ^^
alan
6 years ago
i have my settings set up exactly as instructed and yet pages i go to constantly still ask if want to allow adobe content – i click on “always” whenever the question comes up and it still continues asking if i want to allow content any time i return to that page or any other that is using flash player content
Jen
6 years ago
CHANGE IT BACK! I can’t play certain games on my Edge. With the Creator’s version, why do you limit the Creator? That makes NO sense! GIVE US A CHOICE MAN! The choices you have here are of no use to me! GEEZ!
I TOTALLY AGREE. DIDN’T HAVE THIS PROBLEM UNTIL THE LAST UPDATE. THIS IS B/S AND TOTALLY FRUSTRATING!!!
sunshine
6 years ago
but once I have choose “always allow”, how can I change to” allow once”?
david handy
6 years ago
this is bull Microsoft should male a patch to fix this problem I know many people must be having this problem
Katie
6 years ago
I have blocked flash content but that puzzle piece icon thing is NOT there, so uh, what should I do? How am I supposed to unblock Adobe flash player without that thing?
Anonymous
6 years ago
Its extremely annoying, another stupid idea making internet surfing harder not easier.
László Kovácsik
6 years ago
On a particular website none of the methods explained here is usable.
Flash is enabled in settings. However “Switch on Adobe Flash” message is given by http://szelessav.net/hu while no message is given about blocked content and “puzzle” icon is missing from address bar. So there is no possibility on this website to enable flash player.
What can be do in this situation?
Despite numerous attempts to enable Flash player, Edge refuses to open Flash content.
I guess I have to use Chrome or some other browser from a company that knows how to write software
Rocko O'Neil
6 years ago
After about 5 hours in 2 days, of trying everything, I finally ran across your site and followed your directions and fixed my problem. Your instructions were invaluable. Thank you very much for your assistance.
what a crazy thing to do ! this is laying down a possible problem on another mans desk MS should conttact all providers and site which demand Flash and solve the so called problems there and not export the problem to end users
Up to now I never had any problem with Flash
Besides I now have samen problem with Chrome
It looks if a smaal number of big firms are defining what I and You will be able to do
Tctampa
6 years ago
Tried everything still not working. Went to the Adobe site and used there test box, it tells me the Adobe Flash is not enabled, IT IS!
Jerry
6 years ago
Sometimes in news websites I don’t get the “puzzle piece” icon and Flash is still blocked from playing videos in news websites.
Cladia
6 years ago
I don’t have that puzzle piece icon on my address bar??????!!!
Graham
6 years ago
I have followed all the recommended advice but still unable to use Flash Player. It is switched on in advanced settings. I am trying to order tickets by the Ticket Master Interactive seating Map on the West Ham site. I had no problem before recent lengthy up-dates for Windows 10. I have only had up once the prompt to allow Flash but although I clicked on allow always nothing happened.
Any more help will be gratefully received
Westammer
susan
6 years ago
Hi I still get this message no matter what I do. This all started when I downloaded facebook game room on my computer. Facebook has many complaints but has not offered any fixes. I wish you could find the solution. we need to be able to uninstall m. edge. but there does not seem to be solution for this.
David
6 years ago
The always allow setting on edge doesn’t work. You still have to individually allow on every new webpage you encounter that uses flash player.
Dave
6 years ago
Flash doesn’t work, puzzle piece never appears. Each windows 10 edition gets worse and worse.
Sal Mastroianni
6 years ago
sucks… still not able to set Edge to view Flash object, even after following all the hints on allowing this. Reason enough to pull the plug on edge and stay with IE or Chrome… Good bye Microsoft Edge… in your eagerness to protect us, you have made your tool totally worthless….
Lowell
6 years ago
Frankly, it is a piece of garbage. Turned off flash in all my browsers but Firefox and can not get to work in any other.
trey
6 years ago
flash content was even blocked on adobe test page. if it is enable it should just work all over no matter where I go. just work with out asking
Kenn Stacy
6 years ago
I have repeatedly applied the supposed fix, but still cant access Plarium Stormfall Age of War. Keep receiving bogus messages.
troy blecha
6 years ago
stupid and completely uncalled for, I have followed these instructions to unblock and they still are, they have no right to choose how we spend our time online. I hope hackers do something to completely crash internet explorer so they will go back to things being unblocked.
H P Agrawal
6 years ago
I unblocked as suggested but it did not work. On testing Flash the Adobe website says it is blocked.
Fed Up
6 years ago
It’s Jan 2018 and this problem has gotten even worse.
I have Flash enabled to run but is still blocked.
The help files from Edge do not contain current info. There is no “squiggly puzzle” icon to click to enable.
On the rare occurrence of seeing a “Flash Blocked” error window, there is no option to allow.
Win 7 browsers seem to work ok with Flash, but Win 10 systems are blocking it somewhere.
Mike
6 years ago
Its a pain in the ass
Brenda Dower
6 years ago
your way does not work.. I have been dealing with this for over 5 years. I am constantly losing my games, it tells me to check my Adobe, I go into settings, my adobe is on, but it does no good. That stupid symbol constantly comes back, ruins the game you’re playing. I have Norton so any malware, bugs and viruses are taken care of. So it’s not my system.
Not happy
John Lodsin
6 years ago
It’s a pain in the butt to have to unblock Adobe every time. I wish they would unblock by default!
The Farter
5 years ago
This is bullshit. It does not allow you to run flash permanently even if you change the settings. Google Chrome is your best bet
Prathyusha N
5 years ago
Is there a way we can allow Flash Content only for specific sites like how we can restrict in other browsers
Norman
5 years ago
It is a PIA when trying to play games or read a so-so site and the allow Flash does not always hold.
Bill
5 years ago
I play POGO, and they constantly decide to block “FLASH”. When I tell it to allow, it restarts my game and loses my points in that round. In my opinion, THEY (whoever) should mind their own and stay the hell out of my game. I’ve been playing POGO since 2006, and never had a problem. My advanced settings are on for FLASH and THEY block it anyway, To that I say BULLSHIT!
Helix512
5 years ago
MS Edge I got to any website so fare and I get asked if I want o use once or leave on. but when I go to https://www.history.ca/watch-live/ and enter my login info. I get a screen that says its can’t detect flash player to go install it but I need to force the plugin in to load so I can tell it to load the live streams PLEASE help
Donald
5 years ago
I think Microsoft needs to fire the second grader that do there software.
Both flash player and auto updates they keep going down hill since windows 7.
If I put out software like this I would not have been a true software developer for 37 years.
Mitchell Greenbaum
5 years ago
You should be able to allow adobe flash for a certain website all the time not just once. I visit a website over and over again in a day and I need to re-authorize the content.
It would be great if Microsoft would show a brief explanation of why they have Adobe Flash allow once added to their update. Windows 10 has been very virus free for my usage. Allowing Flash once is not that much trouble compared to dealing with getting rid of a bad virus.
Jeff
5 years ago
You need to have a list of sites I allow always to run Flash.
currently this is not a convent way to allow Flash
Pat Jackson
5 years ago
Did everything suggested in your article and still cannot get Flashplayer to work on some sites. I object to someone else deciding what I can and can’t do on my computer!
Johan Belgium
5 years ago
I hate having to click this everytime I go on a new page, CHANGE IT BACK TO HOW IT WAS.
Troy Barrett
5 years ago
I have to say this sucks. I understand the need for security but there should be a way to allow flash for a particular site without having to approve it each time you visit it. There should be a one time allow and a continue to allow for this site.
How can I fix it.
this is annoying while playing games like tanki online
I hate having to click this everytime I go on a new page, CHANGE IT BACK TO HOW IT WAS.
Awful way of dealing with Flash. I’ll use another browser
Really hate this. Flash Player is enabled in Advanced Settings but I still get the content blocked message and can only allow once, not in general for website. Makes Edge less usable for many things. I’m back to Firefox.
Fully Agree, i have the same problem…
switching to chrome…
even my web site having training video are blocked and it this annoying for my client.
Hate the way I have to research how to use flash to access half my searches with edge so use it less and less.
The button top turn it on is a joke! Does nothing!
hopeless and hapless Microsoft do it again destroying a good product and making it unusable. I cannot do my online banking as it uses flash and because it is a secure connection the icon does not appear to turn flash on. for that site. The advice to move a slider in settings is out of date it does nothing the sites are still blocked. Pathetic MS trying to force us to do things their way makes Edge unusable for millions of online banking customers. And I have had to type this twice because CAPTCHA only works on flash as well ffs
Since the updates today I am having trouble with flash. I have enabled it but some sites give me an option to use it but others do not. I would prefer to make up my own mind whether I want to use flash and not end up stuck in no mans land.
The ridiculous part is when you have a site that expects flash and instead of erroring out, staying on that error page and allowing me to click that stupid puzzle piece to allow flash, the website is coded to display a NEW PAGE (having no flash content) that says your flash is disabled and please enable it. Well just perfect … since the puzzle piece is now gone and I have no way to allow it. ARGH!!
I read this information about changing my setting for the Flash Player in Microsoft Edge; it was already “on” to allow the flash content and still Edge blocks the pages and I have to manually allow it to be used.
That is very weird. 🙁
So glad U all think the same way. I had windows 10 but had to do a re-install due to pc issues .. I did not have this issue before the new install. Its so annoying and also I find browser flash games now can get unresponsive and also some freezing. So it seems now that flash is kind of a warning ( use at your own risk ) Also what is point of creating there own flash player.. best to just download from adobe and no issues.. Microsoft should remove this app from there windows and let people go back to downloading it. ^^
i have my settings set up exactly as instructed and yet pages i go to constantly still ask if want to allow adobe content – i click on “always” whenever the question comes up and it still continues asking if i want to allow content any time i return to that page or any other that is using flash player content
CHANGE IT BACK! I can’t play certain games on my Edge. With the Creator’s version, why do you limit the Creator? That makes NO sense! GIVE US A CHOICE MAN! The choices you have here are of no use to me! GEEZ!
I TOTALLY AGREE. DIDN’T HAVE THIS PROBLEM UNTIL THE LAST UPDATE. THIS IS B/S AND TOTALLY FRUSTRATING!!!
but once I have choose “always allow”, how can I change to” allow once”?
this is bull Microsoft should male a patch to fix this problem I know many people must be having this problem
I have blocked flash content but that puzzle piece icon thing is NOT there, so uh, what should I do? How am I supposed to unblock Adobe flash player without that thing?
Its extremely annoying, another stupid idea making internet surfing harder not easier.
On a particular website none of the methods explained here is usable.
Flash is enabled in settings. However “Switch on Adobe Flash” message is given by http://szelessav.net/hu while no message is given about blocked content and “puzzle” icon is missing from address bar. So there is no possibility on this website to enable flash player.
What can be do in this situation?
Despite numerous attempts to enable Flash player, Edge refuses to open Flash content.
I guess I have to use Chrome or some other browser from a company that knows how to write software
After about 5 hours in 2 days, of trying everything, I finally ran across your site and followed your directions and fixed my problem. Your instructions were invaluable. Thank you very much for your assistance.
I’m glad we could help. 😉
what a crazy thing to do ! this is laying down a possible problem on another mans desk MS should conttact all providers and site which demand Flash and solve the so called problems there and not export the problem to end users
Up to now I never had any problem with Flash
Besides I now have samen problem with Chrome
It looks if a smaal number of big firms are defining what I and You will be able to do
Tried everything still not working. Went to the Adobe site and used there test box, it tells me the Adobe Flash is not enabled, IT IS!
Sometimes in news websites I don’t get the “puzzle piece” icon and Flash is still blocked from playing videos in news websites.
I don’t have that puzzle piece icon on my address bar??????!!!
I have followed all the recommended advice but still unable to use Flash Player. It is switched on in advanced settings. I am trying to order tickets by the Ticket Master Interactive seating Map on the West Ham site. I had no problem before recent lengthy up-dates for Windows 10. I have only had up once the prompt to allow Flash but although I clicked on allow always nothing happened.
Any more help will be gratefully received
Westammer
Hi I still get this message no matter what I do. This all started when I downloaded facebook game room on my computer. Facebook has many complaints but has not offered any fixes. I wish you could find the solution. we need to be able to uninstall m. edge. but there does not seem to be solution for this.
The always allow setting on edge doesn’t work. You still have to individually allow on every new webpage you encounter that uses flash player.
Flash doesn’t work, puzzle piece never appears. Each windows 10 edition gets worse and worse.
sucks… still not able to set Edge to view Flash object, even after following all the hints on allowing this. Reason enough to pull the plug on edge and stay with IE or Chrome… Good bye Microsoft Edge… in your eagerness to protect us, you have made your tool totally worthless….
Frankly, it is a piece of garbage. Turned off flash in all my browsers but Firefox and can not get to work in any other.
flash content was even blocked on adobe test page. if it is enable it should just work all over no matter where I go. just work with out asking
I have repeatedly applied the supposed fix, but still cant access Plarium Stormfall Age of War. Keep receiving bogus messages.
stupid and completely uncalled for, I have followed these instructions to unblock and they still are, they have no right to choose how we spend our time online. I hope hackers do something to completely crash internet explorer so they will go back to things being unblocked.
I unblocked as suggested but it did not work. On testing Flash the Adobe website says it is blocked.
It’s Jan 2018 and this problem has gotten even worse.
I have Flash enabled to run but is still blocked.
The help files from Edge do not contain current info. There is no “squiggly puzzle” icon to click to enable.
On the rare occurrence of seeing a “Flash Blocked” error window, there is no option to allow.
Win 7 browsers seem to work ok with Flash, but Win 10 systems are blocking it somewhere.
Its a pain in the ass
your way does not work.. I have been dealing with this for over 5 years. I am constantly losing my games, it tells me to check my Adobe, I go into settings, my adobe is on, but it does no good. That stupid symbol constantly comes back, ruins the game you’re playing. I have Norton so any malware, bugs and viruses are taken care of. So it’s not my system.
Not happy
It’s a pain in the butt to have to unblock Adobe every time. I wish they would unblock by default!
This is bullshit. It does not allow you to run flash permanently even if you change the settings. Google Chrome is your best bet
Is there a way we can allow Flash Content only for specific sites like how we can restrict in other browsers
It is a PIA when trying to play games or read a so-so site and the allow Flash does not always hold.
I play POGO, and they constantly decide to block “FLASH”. When I tell it to allow, it restarts my game and loses my points in that round. In my opinion, THEY (whoever) should mind their own and stay the hell out of my game. I’ve been playing POGO since 2006, and never had a problem. My advanced settings are on for FLASH and THEY block it anyway, To that I say BULLSHIT!
MS Edge I got to any website so fare and I get asked if I want o use once or leave on. but when I go to https://www.history.ca/watch-live/ and enter my login info. I get a screen that says its can’t detect flash player to go install it but I need to force the plugin in to load so I can tell it to load the live streams PLEASE help
I think Microsoft needs to fire the second grader that do there software.
Both flash player and auto updates they keep going down hill since windows 7.
If I put out software like this I would not have been a true software developer for 37 years.
You should be able to allow adobe flash for a certain website all the time not just once. I visit a website over and over again in a day and I need to re-authorize the content.
Please fix
Read our tutorial to the very end, and see how that is done.
It would be great if Microsoft would show a brief explanation of why they have Adobe Flash allow once added to their update. Windows 10 has been very virus free for my usage. Allowing Flash once is not that much trouble compared to dealing with getting rid of a bad virus.
You need to have a list of sites I allow always to run Flash.
currently this is not a convent way to allow Flash
Did everything suggested in your article and still cannot get Flashplayer to work on some sites. I object to someone else deciding what I can and can’t do on my computer!
I hate having to click this everytime I go on a new page, CHANGE IT BACK TO HOW IT WAS.
I have to say this sucks. I understand the need for security but there should be a way to allow flash for a particular site without having to approve it each time you visit it. There should be a one time allow and a continue to allow for this site.
Fully agree. 😉
i checked there was no media play button listed under adobe flash in the settings.