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How to install flash player without administrator privilege for Opera?

Monday, December 25, 2006 1:15:13 PM

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  1. Download Adobe Flash Player (size 2.66 MB).
  2. Download Universal Extractor binary archive (size 4.95 MB), extract contents and run UniExtract.exe.
  3. Drag & drop flash player installer inside Archive/Installer to extract, press OK and again press OK.
  4. Move NPSWF32.dll from MAINDIR directory inside Universal Extractor Destination directory to program\plugins inside Opera installation directory.

[or]

Download NPSWF32.zip (size 3.84 MB, version 11.1.102.55), unzip NPSWF32.dll and place it inside program\plugins inside Opera installation directory.

You can check flash version at version test for Adobe Flash Player page.

Adobe flash player won't work if plugins directory is on a network drive.

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hl2run Saturday, February 17, 2007 7:55:22 AM

*Great succes ! THX !

Anonymous Thursday, May 17, 2007 4:41:43 PM

Anonymous writes: great idea! Unfortunately you didnt bother to think how we would install winrar without administrative priveledges.

Anonymous Wednesday, May 30, 2007 9:41:35 PM

Anonymous writes: compression software is built in winxp how do you go about doing it for IE?

Anonymous Saturday, November 3, 2007 9:13:35 PM

Anonymous writes: Yeah, um can't get Universal Extractor without Administrator privileges.

Tamil Sunday, November 4, 2007 3:08:41 AM

Yeah, um can't get Universal Extractor without Administrator privileges.

To run Universal Extractor, you don't need Administrator privileges.

Anonymous Wednesday, November 21, 2007 1:36:08 PM

Jake writes: In fact, you do need administrative privs to install universal extractor, catch 22 no?

Tamil Wednesday, November 21, 2007 2:06:53 PM

Download RAR archive and extract it.

Anonymous Thursday, November 29, 2007 1:53:12 PM

Miles writes: Well, I did it by Opera is not seeing the DLL in the plugin directory. Using latest BETA. Version information Version: 9.50 beta Build: 9665 Platform: Win32 System: Windows XP Java: Sun Java Runtime Environment version 1.5 XHTML+Voice: Plug-in not loaded

DmitryFidelich Tuesday, December 18, 2007 7:59:53 PM

How did you decide that the folder Program files can write with simple user rights?

Tamil Wednesday, December 19, 2007 3:16:58 AM

Originally posted by Fidelich:

How did you decide that the folder Program files can write with simple user rights?

If you install Opera (Classic installer) without administrator rights in a different folder and this will work.

DmitryFidelich Wednesday, December 19, 2007 11:25:47 AM

:-)
Ok the answer is counted.

valentin savinvalsavin Friday, December 28, 2007 9:19:20 PM

High!
I am glad I've visited this site. It's interesting and quite usefull.
I've downloaded Universal Extractor, tried to download Adobe Flash Player, but haven't succeded.
I followed your instructions and am not certain, whether righly or not.
I seem to have done everything correctly, but the Flash Player does not appear anywhere.
I.m sure to visit you once again.

Thanks in advance.

Yours,
Valentin Savin

Tamil Friday, December 28, 2007 9:46:33 PM

Did you try second option?

Anonymous Wednesday, January 23, 2008 7:01:52 PM

Anonymous writes: shit

Anonymous Thursday, February 7, 2008 10:33:06 PM

poratable_dude writes: The second option worked great, I use portable opera. Cheers!:yes:

valentin savinvalsavin Friday, February 8, 2008 3:04:19 PM

I seem to have succeded in installing The Flash Player.
I do not see the flash.exe, but it somehow works.

Tamil Friday, February 8, 2008 3:52:09 PM

Originally posted by valsavin:

I do not see the flash.exe, but it somehow works.

You need only flash plugin file (NPSWF32.dll).

valentin savinvalsavin Friday, February 8, 2008 7:42:58 PM

Thanks a lot, Tamil.
I've found plugin file NPSWF32.dll in my Windows Macromedia and even updated it.
You've been most helpful.

Anonymous Sunday, February 10, 2008 7:05:23 AM

Yey writes: this method rules, am just wondering if this would also work with maxthon?

Anonymous Monday, March 3, 2008 11:57:23 PM

Anonymous writes: will this only work for Opera Winfrey or for Mozilla Firefox as well ?

Tamil Tuesday, March 4, 2008 4:34:08 AM

will this only work for Opera Winfrey or for Mozilla Firefox as well ?

To work in Firefox you have to copy NPSWF32.dll to Firefox plugins directory.

Anonymous Monday, March 10, 2008 6:33:10 AM

Anonymous writes: if you can't install universal extractor why not try 7-Zip Portable (http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/7-zip_portable) which you can use without administrator privileges.

mgfs2008 Wednesday, March 26, 2008 2:58:15 AM

I did the tow option and both of them doesnot work?
what can i do ?

Tamil Wednesday, March 26, 2008 8:15:01 AM

Originally posted by mgfs2008:

I did the tow option and both of them doesnot work?

What is the path to Opera and where did you place NPSWF32.dll?

Anonymous Wednesday, March 26, 2008 4:39:23 PM

Anonymous writes: D:\Progarm Files\opera\program this is the path and i use the last version

Tamil Wednesday, March 26, 2008 5:37:10 PM

D:\Progarm Files\opera\program

Place NPSWF32.dll inside D:\Progarm Files\opera\program\plugins

Anonymous Wednesday, March 26, 2008 10:30:34 PM

Anonymous writes: I did that . by the way i used bypass proxy to watch metacafe videos and it doesn't work do you know any proxy that let to watch metacafe videos?

Tamil Wednesday, March 26, 2008 10:49:18 PM

do you know any proxy that let to watch metacafe videos?

Sorry, I don't know.

Anonymous Monday, April 14, 2008 5:08:45 AM

Anonymous writes: install in c:\opera you don't have administrator rights for program files. after that search on google "download win rar portable edition" google is your friend anytime anywhere. then extract NPSWF32.dll in C:\Opera\program\plugins then have phun!

Anonymous Sunday, April 20, 2008 11:31:01 AM

Anonymous writes: hello someone help me ive been trying to follow the below instructions "Move NPSWF32.dll from \MAINDIR\ inside Universal Extractor Destination directory to \program\plugins\ in your Opera installation directory" ,... first of all where is the maindirectory?? and opera installation directory? plz plz help m a complete computer novice

Anonymous Sunday, April 20, 2008 11:44:09 AM

Anonymous writes: hello again ... i was the above anonymous... i managed to to cut and paste NPSWF32.dll from the destop to tat plugins thing...now what do i do?? plz i dunno how to continue youtube is still showing "u do not hav flashplayer"

Tamil Friday, April 25, 2008 8:52:18 AM

youtube is still showing "u do not hav flashplayer"

If you use any adblocker software disable and try.

Anonymous Saturday, May 24, 2008 5:12:28 PM

Anonymous writes: good as hell

Anonymous Thursday, June 12, 2008 12:22:53 PM

bug writes: works like a charm thnks my friendo

ericzb Thursday, June 19, 2008 3:45:21 PM

WOW, thanks.

Really wish they simply provide zip files in the first place.

Wilhelm Rahnwilhelmrahn Tuesday, June 24, 2008 6:46:15 AM

Btw, you can use 7zip (http://www.7-zip.org/) to extract too smile

Anonymous Monday, June 30, 2008 4:57:03 PM

Anonymous writes: i cant download opera because i dont have the admin status to insstall it i'm really trying to be able to run java on my comp for an online game but i cant install the java to run it - or do computers with xp automatically come with java on them? if so, how would i run the java? i have all active-x controls enabled :S

Tamil Monday, June 30, 2008 5:07:04 PM

i cant download opera because i dont have the admin status to insstall it

You can install Opera using classic installer without administrator privileges or use PortableOpera.

do computers with xp automatically come with java on them?

It depends upon service pack.

Anonymous Monday, June 30, 2008 6:08:55 PM

Anonymous writes: what's classic installer?

Tamil Tuesday, July 1, 2008 3:26:35 AM

what's classic installer?

See Opera FAQ #67 & #84.

Anonymous Wednesday, July 2, 2008 10:34:11 AM

Anonymous writes: Hi, I tried the 2 ways but the flash plugin still not appear at "opera:plugins". I also tried to edit the opera.ini file but it doesn't work too. I really don't understand why it doesn't work ? (I use opera usb)

Tamil Wednesday, July 2, 2008 10:39:21 AM

Did you place it in correct directory?

Close Opera, open opera6.ini and delete [File Types] section and start Opera.

Anonymous Wednesday, July 2, 2008 10:44:58 AM

Anonymous writes: Thanx for that quick answer :) Well, it doesn't works too...

Tamil Wednesday, July 2, 2008 10:48:51 AM

Download PortableOpera, unzip, run PortableOpera.exe and check.

Anonymous Wednesday, July 2, 2008 10:58:46 AM

Anonymous writes: Same problem. I forgot to tell you I can't write into Program Files so I put Opera into another folder called x:\opera950int

Tamil Wednesday, July 2, 2008 11:04:09 AM

You don't need permission to write in Program Files folder.

Check Plugin Path.

Anonymous Wednesday, July 2, 2008 11:10:52 AM

Anonymous writes: It's blank. After I save the location and I restart opera it's blank again... But in the opera6.ini it's well defined.

Tamil Wednesday, July 2, 2008 11:17:36 AM

Close Opera, open opera6.ini, add the following (change path) under [File Types] section and start Opera. 
application/futuresplash=6,,C:\Opera\Program\Plugins\NPSWF32.dll,Shockwave Flash,spl,|Shockwave Flash 9.0  r124
application/x-shockwave-flash=6,,C:\Opera\Program\Plugins\NPSWF32.dll,Shockwave Flash,swf,|Shockwave Flash 9.0  r124

Anonymous Wednesday, July 2, 2008 11:22:30 AM

Anonymous writes: ... still doesn't work :( The two only plugins detected are Shockwave for Director and Silverlight, one in System32 and the ohter in Program Files.

Tamil Wednesday, July 2, 2008 11:26:23 AM

I don't know why it is not working for you. confused

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