Adobe Macromedia Flashplayer on Opera with Windows Millennium 2nd edition...

Adobe Macromedia Flashplayer on Opera with Windows Millennium 2nd edition...

Hello to all:

Since I have immense troubles with IE 6.0 , not getting login pages or not able to login with my e-mail address, I installed Opera browser. Though, however Opera is the saviest browser on internet, I have troubles of other kind. I had downloaded flashplayer on IE and it worked for most I need, like my lessons and using audio on www.livemocha.com I must use my e-mail address to login there, so zip. Most video clips do not work. With Opera I can login on the sites, but I canNOT use flashplayer. So I went via the provided link to download the same AMFlashplayer 9 for Windows.Me for other browsers, so also Opera. I got it but I get it not installed I also must guess where my curser is that shows me the place I'm typing, it's not visible.
So in other words I need help to make me install the flashplayer properly and working.

Thank you

Chris.

Welcome the the My Opera community!

This forum is for Opera's built-in mail, newsgroup, feed and irc client.

Try the Opera for Windows or Opera Browser forum.

(Hint: post in normal-sized, non-bold, non-abnoxious text, with paragraphs properly separated there and you'll get better results. Also, try to be direct and to the point.)

To start you off though:

Make sure you install this one while Opera is closed. The setup file will just open and close because it doesn't need any user interaction.

After you start Opera back up, goto opera:plugins in the address field and see if npswf.dll is present in there.

Then, in Opera, goto Ctrl + F12 -> advanced -> downloads -> select application/x-shockwave-flash -> edit and make sure "use plug-in" is set to use the flash plug-in.

Also, press F12 and make sure plug-ins are enabled.

If you still have a problem with certain sites, right-click on the page, goto edit site preferences -> network tab -> set Opera to identify or mask as Firefox and OK out. If that doesn't work, try identifying or masking as IE.

Also, make sure you're using the latest version of Opera. That should be 10.53.

Also, note that Windows Milenium is an old OS. Opera should still work in it. But, there may be bugs.

If all else fails, goto "c:\windows\system32\macromedia\flash" and copy npswf.dll to "C:\Program Files\Opera\plugins" and restart Opera.

Hello:

"(Hint: post in normal-sized, non-bold, non-abnoxious text, with paragraphs properly separated there and you'll get better results. Also, try to be direct and to the point.)"

Obviously you do not like it this way. It's the first time I meet someone who is annoyed about bold and larger text. This common text size is to me too small, that's why I use(d) larger. In bold because it's to me easier to read. So these are the reasons.

Bye

CB.

Thank you for the detailed explanation. To me it seems much easier, much less complicated to use "If all else fails, goto "c:\windows\system32\macromedia\flash" and copy npswf.dll to "C:\Program Files\Opera\plugins" and restart Opera."

Thank you very much

CB.

Originally posted by burnout426:

To start you off though:

Make sure you install this one while Opera is closed. The setup file will just open and close because it doesn't need any user interaction.

After you start Opera back up, goto opera:plugins in the address field and see if npswf.dll is present in there.

Then, in Opera, goto Ctrl + F12 -> advanced -> downloads -> select application/x-shockwave-flash -> edit and make sure "use plug-in" is set to use the flash plug-in.

Also, press F12 and make sure plug-ins are enabled.

If you still have a problem with certain sites, right-click on the page, goto edit site preferences -> network tab -> set Opera to identify or mask as Firefox and OK out. If that doesn't work, try identifying or masking as IE.

Also, make sure you're using the latest version of Opera. That should be 10.53.

Also, note that Windows Milenium is an old OS. Opera should still work in it. But, there may be bugs.

If all else fails, goto "c:\windows\system32\macromedia\flash" and copy npswf.dll to "C:\Program Files\Opera\plugins" and restart Opera.

Originally posted by Chrisanversois:

Obviously you do not like it this way. It's the first time I meet someone who is annoyed about bold and larger text. This common text size is to me too small, that's why I use(d) larger. In bold because it's to me easier to read. So these are the reasons.

Just to be clear. This was an honest suggestion and not an attack. We had trouble making out your post with the top reason being that all the text ran together and the secondary reasons being that it was too distracting and almost like you were yelling (because of the extreme size and boldness). So, it was a suggestion that users on here would welcome a better layed-out post, which would increase your chances. No offense intended.

Originally posted by Chrisanversois:

Thank you for the detailed explanation. To me it seems much easier, much less complicated to use "If all else fails, goto "c:\windows\system32\macromedia\flash" and copy npswf.dll to "C:\Program Files\Opera\plugins" and restart Opera."



Thank you very much

Awesome! Glad that worked!

I have XP not ME if that changes anything. I tried everything you said to the best of my ability and nothing has changed. I didn't do the last item because I didn't understand what to do. Explain in newbee terms please. Thanx.

^^

Download the flash installer to your desktop.

Close Opera.

Double-left-click on the installer and let it open and close.

Make sure you do the above with an administrator user account and not a limited user account.

Start your Opera back up.

That's all you should need to do.

But, if you want, while Opera is closed:

Double-left-click on "My Computer".
Goto "Local Disk (C:)".
Goto "Windows".
Goto "System32".
Got "Macromedia".
Goto "flash".
Inside the flash folder, right-click on the "npswf.dll" file and choose copy.

Then, use "My Computer" again to goto "C:\Program Files\Opera\program\plugins".

Right-click on a blank, white spot in the plugins folder and choose "paste".

Start Opera back up.

Note, before doing the "My Computer" stuff, you may have to goto "My Computer", goto the "tools" menu in the menu bar, goto "folder options", goto the "view" tab and select "show hidden files", uncheck "hide file extensions", check "display contents of system folders" and uncheck "hide protected operating system files" and ok out to apply the settings.

If none of that works, while Opera is closed, open "C:\Program Files\Opera\defaults\plugin-ignore.ini with notepad or another text editor, make sure there are no "npswf.dll" lines in there and save your changes.

I got as far as the system 32 and could find no macro-media. Now what?

Originally posted by tootre:

I got as far as the system 32 and could find no macro-media.

Then, flash isn't installed.

If you have to, install Firefox (don't make it the default browser) and then install flash.

I have firefox installed already.

Sorry, in the system32 folder, I meant "macromed", not "macromedia". Do you see "macromed"?

hi In the flash folder isn't it NPSWF32.dll? Also I don't understand the next step. Do I open my computer again? And where do I find and how do I get to "C:\Program Files\Opera\program\plugins"

Thanks
Tim

Originally posted by tootre:

hi In the flash folder isn't it NPSWF32.dll? Also I don't understand the next step. Do I open my computer again? And where do I find and how do I get to "C:\Program Files\Opera\program\plugins"

You right-click on npswf32.dll and choose copy. Then, you goto "C:\Program Files\Opera\program\plugins". You do that by:

Double-left-click on My Computer.
Double-left-click on C:\.
Double-left-click on Program Files.
Double-left-click on Opera.
Double-left-click on program.
Double-left-click on Plugins

Then, you'll be in the plug-ins directory. You then right-click in a blank space and choose paste.

Now, are you sure you want flash? Or, do you want Shockwave instead?

Test to see if the Flash Player plug-in is working
Test to see if the Shockwave Player plug-in is working

Get the Flash Player plug-in
Get the Shockwave Player plug-in

What site are you trying to use that isn't showing Flash? Does flash work in Firefox?

Type opera:plugins in the address field and press enter. Are you sure you don't see npswf32.dll anywhere?

Again, all you have to do is download the installer and install it. Then, it "just works".

Are you sure you even want flash? What is it you're trying to do?

can i have both?

I did everything and it says that it already exists. So Y isn't it working?

Originally posted by tootre:

I did everything and it says that it already exists. So Y isn't it working?

No clue.

Well, thanks for trying to help. TJ

Do you have any anti-virus/anti-spyware/proxy/firewall/network analyzer apps that might interfere with web pages?

Are you using any User JS scripts in Opera?

Double-check again to make sure F12 -> plugins is checked.

Is F12 -> proxy turned off like it's supposed to be unless you changed it yourself on purpose? (Same thing goes for internet options in the control panel in windows. In it is a connections tab. On the connections tab is a "Lan settings" button. If you open that up, proxy should not be enabled unless you specifically did it yourself)

ware is the internet options in Opera?

Originally posted by tootre:

ware is the internet options in Opera?

If you're asking about "Internet Options" that I mentioned in my last post, it's not in Opera. It's in the Windows control panel.

If you're talking about certain settings in Opera, what specific ones do you want to change?