Flash player upgrade required for Facebook
To be able to watch the videos on Facebook, for example, or to play the games, you need the Flash player. If the message "Flash player upgrade required" appears, you should update it first.
The flash player enables, for example, the playing of videos on websites or the use of a wide variety of online games Facebook. If the message that the Flash Player needs an upgrade, you should follow it and update the Flash Player.
Update Flash Player if upgrade is required
- If you get the message that the Flash player needs an upgrade when you call up a game or a video from the Facebook page, open the website of Adobe and download the Flash player intended for your system.
- Then click on the file to install the Flash Player. If this is already installed, only the changed files are overwritten and this is updated.
- Then reload the Facebook website with "F5" and select the game or Videoat which the message appeared. This should now work without any problems.
Check the browser for Facebook
- If you use the Firefox browser to access Facebook and the message is displayed despite the update "Flash player upgrade required" appears, so you should check whether this is also in the plug-ins is activated.
- To do this, first start Firfox and select the "Extras", in which you open the "AddOns". Click here on "Plug-ins". The entry "Shockwave Flash" should be listed here.
- The button to the right of it should read "Deactivate", which means that it is activated and used by Firefox. If this is not the case, click the "Activate" button once.
- Then restart the browser and go to Facebook. The flash player upgrade indicator should disappear and you can view the contents of the Games and get videos displayed.
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