shockwave flash player keeps crashing chrome

With the exception of the China-specific and enterprise supported variants, Flash Player was discontinued on 31 December 2020, and its download page disappeared two days later. Currently, it's developed and distributed by Zhongcheng for users in China, and by Harman International for enterprise users outside of China, in collaboration with Adobe. It was then developed and distributed by Adobe Systems after Adobe acquired Macromedia in 2005. Originally created by FutureWave under the name FutureSplash Player, it was renamed to Flash Player after Macromedia acquired FutureWave in 1996. In addition, Flash Player can run from a web browser as a browser plug-in or on supported mobile devices. Flash Player is capable of viewing multimedia contents, executing rich Internet applications, and streaming audio and video. Windows, macOS, Linux, Chrome OS, Solaris, BlackBerry Tablet OS, Android, Pocket PCĬhinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Portuguese, Spanish, Korean, Turkish, Xhosa, Telugu, Vietnamese, Afrikaans, Yiddish, Zulu, and Arabic Īdobe Flash Player End of Life ( EOL, original global variants)Īdobe Flash Player Harman official website (active, Harman enterprise variant)Īdobe Flash Player China official website (active, China-specific variant)Īdobe Flash Player (formerly Macromedia Flash Player and FutureSplash Player, and known in Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Google Chrome as Shockwave Flash) is computer software for content created on the Adobe Flash platform. Windows, macOS, Linux, Chrome OS (Global variant, excluding China)ģ2.0.0.465 / December 8, 2020 16 months ago ( ) Windows, macOS, Linux ( Harman enterprise variant)ģ4.0.0.137 / April 13, 2021 11 months ago ( )

For the file format sometimes referred to as 'Shockwave Flash', see SWF.ģ4.0.0.231 / March 8, 2022 35 days ago ( )

Shockwave flash player keeps crashing chrome