Installing Flash Player Plugin on Firefox without having Administrator Access or Premissions
UPDATE: The following guide, originally written for Firefox 2, has been used successfully on Firefox 3, 3.5, 3.6, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12. Users of Firefox Portable edition (same versions) also have been successful using this guide.
The Windows computers available at my University permits login only by autenticated users (students) who don't have Administrator access and permissions.
Installing software on those PC is then not possible.
Recently they finally installed Firefox 2 but without the Flash plugins, which is absolutly useful/needed.
I then tryed to install the Flash Player using the "standard" way (click on the missing plugin link then install the plugin..). However without administrator plugins it was not possible to install.
Then I started doing some tests trying to install the plugin manually. Now I have it installed and working perfectly!
This is how I managed to install it without administrator permissions:
- Download this ZIP archive to your hard disk.
- Extract the file in the archive. You can use any program capable of opening .zip files (WinZip, WinRAR or the free and great 7-zip). There are also websites which can uncompress archives: wobzip.org.
- Copy the file NPSWF32.dll to %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Plugins\
- %APPDATA% is not a real folder. It's an alias. By inserting it in your windows explorer address bar, you'll be redirected to the real folder which holds your applications profiles and settings. The location of this folder depends on various setting that's why we need the alias and not an absolute path.
- You can open this folder simply choosing "Start → Run → Type in %APPDATA% → OK".
- In case you don't have a Plugins folder you can create one and place your files there.
- Restart Firefox
- Enjoy your flash websites!
Reference:
Profile folder on MozillaZine Knowledge Base.
Installing Flash in Portable Firefox with no installer at AcidLabs.org Blog.
its great !it really works
its great !it really works thanks
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flash player 10?
Hi,
This post is very helpful but the xpi file is an old version and is not working the 3.6.8 version of firefox. Could you please tell me where to download the current one for version 10? i have looked everywhere and can't find anything helpful. The previous comments relating to this have links that dont work. Please help
Install one available from here
Well I have uploaded the admin free package available at http://abtevrythng.blogspot.com/2010/06/install-latest-flash-player-101-... , Download the file mentioned in that post, double click launch and you are done. No extra steps needed. :) Leave a comment if that helps
heartrobber18 ***********
heartrobber18 *********** brother your so greattttttttt!!! it works for me with out having copy this file to plugins.. It was work with my portable firefox. Thank you so much!!!!
Tip a godsend:)
You're a lifesaver.Admin rights can suck it:)
Tried all the other tricks but yours is the only that one that works!
Thanks!!!!
thanks
Thank you so much, worked perfectly!
install flashplayer with out admin
for installing flash player without administrator u can install google crome
it will install easily with out Administrator
Thxxx
Thx
Thx alot man .... it works prety good
It works .
Thanks a lot. worked like charm...
NOOOPE
what happens if the %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Plugins\ has been disalowed and there is no Mozilla folders when i search them, and i do have mozilla if you are wordering :D
Hey
You can only put %APPDATA% on cmd and put a folder named as Plug-ins and then paste the folder of the flsh player
try this
Try to create a bookmark. Then close Firefox. Reopen it. If the bookmark is still there then you have a Mozilla profile folder somewhere, and it's writable. You only have to find it.
THANKS!!!!!!!!! THANKS!!!!!!
Simply, GREAT JOB and THANKS A MILE!
thanks
thanks
Woow
Hi man,
really a nice work, took a lot to find u but ty a loot
i did it all
i tried every thing on here and still the bar doesnt show anymore but i still see the download plugins where the shows should be I MADE THE %APPS% folder ther was no plugins i made 1 put file there and didnt work i did the plugin inside and outsiDe %APPS%i did it in mozilla too i did it all ways trust me and it still doensnt work i need help guys i just wanna see naruto HELP ME PLZ!!!
You are a life saver!!
Thank you so much! You are rock! You save my life otherwise I'll be irritated to death because of this upgrade
I want to hug you....
Well, not really! But it worked!
i was going through it step by step, and i thought i had over once i wasn't able to replace them directly,
and then i saw the next, and started grinning with a sneaky state of mind! >:D
Awesome-o
Thanks bro, this rocks socks...
Thank you!
AMAZING! Thank you so much.
Works great
Great article, worked a treat!
great
i'd try this one n' work for sure :D
You are great
Thanks You so much! It works great. During the last month I have not found an expert like You!
Thank you
Thanks dude. I had the same problem with flash at work.. its enabled for IE but disabled for firefox since i run a portable version and doesnt let me install the plugin due to admin rights. your solution worked perfect!!
Very clear instructions, work
Very clear instructions, work for Portable Firefox v3.6.6. Thanks
Thank you!
This works great. Thank you.
Awesome thanks!!!! :D
Awesome thanks!!!! :D
Hmm...
Hello!
Okay, I am having some issues. 7-zip won't convert the .xpt to .zip. I took a screen cap of the .dll file being extracted: http://imgur.com/4idMJ.png, but nothing happens for the .xpt file besides the extraction/copy box flashing on the screen (sorry, I am not so tech savy) when I try to extract or open inside.
Any solutions? I also tried the wobzip.org. extractor, but it wouldn't let me extract the file.
Thanks!
Read the guide carefully
You don't need to convert the .xpi you downloaded to .zip using 7-zip. You just need to rename the .xpi file to .zip, open it with 7-zip and extract the files there.
If you have problems feel free to mail me and I'll happily send you the needed files.
Old version
The process works perfectly for me, but the link in the instructions is for an older version of Flash, not the newer 10.1.
Read the comments below. Some
Read the comments below. Some users have been able to get the most recent flash version.
This is Awesome!!
Thanks a lot! :)
THANKSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!
It's Really Great Man
Thank ! The newest Firefox
Thank ! The newest Firefox Update has Problems with this old Flash- Plugin, in case of slow performance. Please update the new Flash 10 version. Many many thanks.
Nice
Works well on my Firefox portable, THX.
For the plugin I used folder ...Firefoxportable\App\Firefox\plugins
Just one thing:
I assumed the link is for 10.1 Flash, but its only version 10.0.32.18
The 10.1 is here http://my.opera.com/Tamil/homes/Softwares/NPSWF32.zip
To be exact its version 10.1.53.64
THANKS alot
there is no xpt file in there
there is no xpt file in there
THANKYOU THANKSYOU
THANKYOU THANKSYOU THANKYOU!!!!! :) :)
HELP
Everything works until step 4. I don't see the %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Plugins\ folder
You should have a
You should have a %APPDATA%\Mozilla folder. You should create a Plugins folder within %APPDATA%\Mozilla.
HELP!!!
I still can't get this to work. I followed all the steps, but I keep getting a message that I need the .xpi plug in, and I can't figure it out. Please tell me I'm just being dumb and missing some minor detail... HELP!!! It's driving me nuts!
Just carefully follow the
Just carefully follow the guide. Everything should be there.. and remember to close Firefox and reopen it after following the guide.
If you have any specific doubt or problem just ask.. but with such little informations I can't help you more.
Many Thanks!
Many Thanks!
This does work! Now I can
This does work! Now I can get back to all those fb vids I couldn't watch at work before ;)
Thanks a lot! Works
Thanks a lot! Works beautifully
no sound
this works fabulously! thank you! however, i am not receiving the audio from the flash player at my website at chromewavesradio.com. did i do something wrong? thank you.
If you are able to use eg
If you are able to use eg youtube without problem then there shouldn't be any problem with any other website.
No audio
I just installed it and am getting no audio whatsoever for anything at all. Can you help me?
Are you sure your PC is able
Are you sure your PC is able to play sounds/music? Some PC used at work are so poor that they even have sound speakers. Are you able to ear some sounds from the pc?
GENIUS!
Really Thanks!!
You haven't no idea how many hours I spend to solve this trouble,
very helpfull!
I did it like you said, it
I did it like you said, it doesn't appear the message "Install Flash Player" anymore, but I still can't watch Flash Content.
Any suggestion
Please!
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