![]() In order to keep your browsing experience fast, reliable, and secure Firefox will not activate by default. Instead, Firefox lets you choose whether or not to activate a plugin on a website. How click to activate works • When Firefox blocks a plugin, rather than seeing content, you'll see a message prompting you to click to activate the plugin, such as Adobe Flash. • On some sites, you'll see just a blank rectangle, and the plugin notification icon will appear toward the left end of the address bar. • If you click the message or the notification icon to activate the plugin, Firefox will prompt you with two options: • Allow Now: Activates Flash only for a single visit. • Allow and Remember: Activates Flash for all future visits to that site. • If you click to activate and allow the plugin, the missing content will load normally. (If it doesn't, click the reload button in the address bar to reload the page and try again.) When is it okay to activate a plugin? In a situation like this, you can make a smart choice depending on your current task: • If you're using a trusted site like a special site for your work or school, you might feel safe enough to enable a plugin in order to view the site's content. If you are using Microsoft Edge on Windows 10, you don’t need to separately install Adobe Flash Player. It comes along with Windows 10 and. • If you don't fully trust a site, for example, you arrived at the site by following a link, you probably do not want to activate the plugin. Table of Contents • • • • • How click to activate works • When Firefox blocks a plugin you'll see a message similar to this: • You can then choose to run the plugin or update it (if an update is available). ![]() • If you click to activate and allow the plugin, the missing content will load normally. (If it doesn't, click the reload button in the address bar to reload the page and try again.) However, the next time you visit the site or any other that uses that plugin you will see this message again. ![]() When is it OK to activate instead of updating a plugin? Updating a plugin is always the safest thing to do but, sometimes, it may not be possible. For example, you may not be allowed to update a computer at work or school. In a situation like this, you can make a smart choice depending on your current task: • If you're using a trusted site like a special site for your work or school, you might feel safe enough to enable a vulnerable plugin in order to view the site's content. • If you don't fully trust a site, for example, you arrived at the site by following a link, you probably do not want to activate the plugin. How to always activate a plugin for a trusted website If you are unable to update a plugin and you are using a trusted site, you can set that plugin to automatically run whenever using that site: • Click the red plugin icon in the address bar and a message window will open. • In the message panel, click Allow and Remember. Now, whenever you visit this site, the plugin will automatically run and you won't get the 'Click to activate' message. Share this article. RECOMMENDED: Adobe Flash Player plug-in is pretty much required to view most videos and rich media contents available on the web. While a small number of videos on video streaming services like YouTube will play using HTML5 in supported browsers, the number is pretty small. Windows 8 and above versions of Windows ship with Adobe Flash Player for Internet Explorer browser. That is, you don’t need to manually install Adobe Flash in Windows 8, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 in order to watch Flash contents in Internet Explorer browser. However, you may need to update the Flash Player to the latest version to be able watch videos and other rich media contents. ![]()
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