This thread is for discussion concerning the message box at the bottom of every page with the GET FILE button.

Adobe will end their support of flash in 1 month and 1 week.

The archive's MIME type of swf files has been changed from "application/x-shockwave-flash" to "application/octet-stream". This causes browsers to treat the flash as a binary instead of trying to display it in fullscreen inside the browser. The change was made so that people that want to view the flash in their local flash player just need to "open" it in the default program when prompted. The MIME type here on the board is still the original value. Browsers that are unable to play flash will likely just always prompt the swf for download regardless.

also i keep hibernating my laptop while chrome is open is there a way to prevent windows and chrome from updating (the download is already finished just need to restart)

Also I think it's a good idea to stay clear from ruffle on the board.
There is really no need, anybody who actively wants to participate in that community is or shoud really look into using flash after 2021.
Also it's really just a way of uploading files into the archive and:
a) you can still do that even if you cannot open them afterwards and
b) someone who can't into using flash will most likely not be interested in handling or uploading actual swf files

Happy thanksgiving to all those actual PC flash users out there.

>>81386
win10? Afraid there's no easy way, bra.
You might wanna meddle into your system to prevent updates alltogether, but that might not be such a secure solution.
For chrome I am sure there would be a setting in the config that turn on or off auto updates.

>>81386
1: no idea, I use FF 51.0 no problems with flash on it.

2: yes, turn off windows update in control panel. then open "windows firewall">advanced settings, and make an incoming rule and block all of google's IP address ranges for chrome.exe and all the chrome installer helper exe msi and anything else that says installer in the chrome folders. this will stop updates being recieved, so if you install an old version of chrome without the flash block (maybe a year or 3 ago's version) then it will not be able to update to a flash blocking version.

for google and microsoft IP address ranges you can either find them live in TaskManager>Performance tab> resource monitor>network tab. microsoft's IP addresses will show up when you try to search for new windows updates. google's will show up if you set your default startup page in chrome to "about:blank" and open chrome. literally just block any IP's that pop up in resource monitor at that point. you may need to block the IP addresses by range. for a list of ranges you can search Googl IP address ranges in duckduckgo.com and get articles which give you a good selection of ranges to start with.

All in all im a big fan. Thanks for keeping things in their original .swf format too.

It's a hex edit that changes the date the plugin checks against for the shutdown (forced AllowList on the 12th) from that day to NaN (or infinity), so the check basically always returns false and the plugin is unbricked.

It will force you to edit the signed .exe which will at the very least make all anti-virus applications cry wolf and maybe get blocked by your browser.

I'm wondering about the effectiveness and viability of this.
As long as the AllowList is easy to use, I'll probably stick to it, but there are already bugs and this seems like a simple trick to keep the flash plugin with no strings attached.

https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of -life.html'
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announ cements/adobe-flash-end-of-support

But this can't be the end. There has to be a new way to safely play with all our swf-chans.

Will this come to mobile

I tried adding these to the file

AllowListUrlPattern = http://*.swfchan.org/
AllowListUrlPattern = *://*.swfchan.org/
AllowListUrlPattern = *://*.swfchan.net/
AllowListUrlPattern = *://*.swfchan.com/
AllowListUrlPattern = *://eye.swfchan.org/

I still cannot load any flash content from the archive. Any help?

And I already have

EnableAllowList = 1

Put mms.cfg in two places:
C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash\mms.cfg
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\mms.cfg

The last two entries are for 4chan and Newgrounds. It should work without saving as UTF8 but make sure you don't have it named "mms.cfg.txt" by mistake.

Edit: You need to put mms.cfg in a different place for Chrome, see >>82953

Thanks a bunch

I know it can't hurt to do it, but I thought it might be interesting to know that only the 32-bit folder (SysWOW64 on 64-bit and System32 on 32-bit, NOT System32 on 64-bit) is checked for the config file.
I was using a standalone palemoon browser on a different network folder and it still didn't load until I specifically put a mms.cfg in the 32-bit system folder.

>>82822
maybe 9chan has some sort of CDN domain

>>82924
ok not working still getting that EOL on chrome
my mms.cfg (C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash) am i doing it right

----- (just changed the order cuz why not also thanks Antz btw)
EOLUninstallDisable=1
SilentAutoUpdateEnable=0
AutoUpdateDisable=1
DisableProductDownload=1
AllowListUrlPattern=*://swfchan.com/
AllowListUrlPattern=*://*.swfchan.com/
AllowListUrlPattern=*://swfchan.net/
AllowListUrlPattern=*://*.swfchan.net/
AllowListUrlPattern=*://swfchan.org/
AllowListUrlPattern=*://*.swfchan.org/
AllowListUrlPattern=*://anonpartyhard.com/
AllowListUrlPattern=*://*.anonpartyhard.com/
AllowListUrlPattern=*://*.8kun.top/
AllowListUrlPattern=*://*.4cdn.org/
AllowListUrlPattern=*://*.4pcdn.org/
AllowListUrlPattern=*://*.ungrounded.net/
AllowListUrlPattern=*://i.notdoppler.com/
----- added 4plebs cuz i liek browsing teh archives and to find deleted kara boga posts (actually i use archived.moe)
inside my /Flash directory (5 files)
Flash10b.ocx
FlashUtil10b.exe
install.log
mms.cfg (added manually see above)
uninstall_activeX.exe

on the host w10 (not needed but gonna show it just in case) 4 files both folders same on sys32 and WOW64
activex.vch
Flash.ocx
FlashUtil_ActiveX.dll
FlashUtil_ActiveX.exe

any tips for me? (mine v10 got preinstalled by eXperience script where do i download flash v32 do i need to enable firewall later on)
my VM is a little slow (gonna clean furry cum stain .exe's in %appdata% by running portable antivirus) i have network issues caused by adware

C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\U ser Data\Default\Pepper Data\Shock-wave Flash\System\mms.cfg

>Note: Google Chrome supports the ability for each user on the system to create multiple user Profiles within Google Chrome. Each Profile has a separate instance of browser data and config files, including Flash Player data. To modify behavior across each Profile and user on the system using mms.cfg, an mms.cfg would need to be placed in each relevant folder. The primary profile on the system is named "Default", and subsequent profiles are enumerated with the name "Profile <n>".
>The System directory may not exist. If not, create it manually.

It also says this on page 37:
>NOTE: Update related directives for Adobe Flash Player are not honored by Google Chrome. Google distributes Flash Player as a component of Chrome, via the Chrome automatic update mechanism. Administrators must use Chrome's administrative controls to modify the behavior of the Chrome updater.

So it seems like Chrome could decide to remove flash regardless of what mms.cfg says in terms of disabling auto-updates. I recommend everybody to move away from Chrome and help reducing Google/Alphabet's power over the internet just a little bit. The current Firefox version (84.0.2) can still make use of the NPAPI flash plugin, once that stops working I will switch to Firefox ESR and check if that still works. Once that stops working I'll see where to go next, I'm leaning towards Waterfox being the best option though I'm not convinced it is being updated frequently enough to respond to urgent security fixes. But there's always the argument that if it gets an influx of users it will also get more developers interested in the project.

now i can finally enjoy swiffs peacefully on my VM
ok the final step is backing up my chrome version (how do i do it is copying the program files folder enough do i need to add registry stuff)
also webgenie works fine without the EOL stuff lol

(ok now all i need left is the IE11 flash v32 plugin i am trying to save a small site)

>>82953
opening my trusty FFDEC gives the EOL message on the bottom right there is a yellow debug button
when I click it says WARNING failed to initialize flash panel
playing shape and moviess say this object cannot be previewed on your platform (windows only)
sounds play just fine on w10 host
on the guest VM nothing plays I don't see the EOL thing

anyone here uses flash.cn plug in (I don't want ching chong adware)
also how can I check what flash version and browser information I'm using (post made from webgenie player)

Anyone have a good option for playing files locally on your pc? I have so much saved but now half my media players for flash aren't working, and ruffle is way too early to be a default flash player.

Go to http://swfchan.com/end/ if you want to download "defused" plugins for Windows or Linux where Adobe's "time bomb" won't be able to trigger. You still install flash using Adobe's official installers and then you replace the plugins manually. Check the readme.txt for more info. The text file also has SHA-256 hashes of the fixed files as well as Adobe's official files, if you wish to download stuff from elsewhere and verify that it's the same files.

it seems like alot of work to go around and hoping alot of these downloads work and alot of them are slow. is there any way to change files already here to html5 like coolmathgames did? otherwise this site might lose alot of people as many might find it too mich work to find the one link that works for emulating the links

In comparison Palemoon performs rather admirably with some 4 small changes to the config with only the likes of Chromium and Torbrowser to rank higher:
https://spyware.neocities.org/articles/browsers.h tml

Waterfox initially was good, and maybe the classic version still works in that regard but for now, I'd say rather stick to Palemoon.

>>83184 (whats the difference of NPAPI vs activex)
i clicked the 465 link on the /end/ readme.txt file there are lots of exe's which one should i install/download

my tiny7 is 32 bit (theres no sysWOW64) should i place the files differently?
what to do with the 64 bit dlls

Also making games in html sucks as much, and posting them is kinda impossible aside from regular filehosts, which would not enable playing without downloading.

>>83258
ActiveX is the microsoft plugin for internet explorer and the like. NPAPI is for Netscape browsers (like firefox). There's also a unique plugin for chrome-like browsers.

I've noticed that all alternative browsers that still allow NPAPI have basically just one or two guys maintaining them. Maybe a couple more helping out from time to time but with just one or two key people that holds everything together. The further away from Firefox's latest state they get the more difficult it will be to lift over Mozilla's security patches or to determine if something needs to be custom-patched based on what Mozilla is fixing.

I'd like to be able to recommend the perfect browser but I don't think it exists. If Waterfox is put aside then Basilisk is probably the most familiar one to switch to for Firefox users. Ungoogled-Chromium is not an option since it can't display flash.

>>83258
On 32-bit machines you would only use the 32-bit plugins = the "SysWOW64" files. Put those in your System32 and delete the 64-bit plugins = the "System32" files. Sorry, I know it's confusing, there aren't many people without 64-bit machines these days.

Thanks for making it so I can still download flash files by unchecking the embed button on the get file screen.
I really appreciate you keeping this little slice of internet history alive.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/superno va-swf-enabler/mhmphnocemakkjdampibehejoaleebpo?hl =en
Supernova is trying to create something like this, but atm there isn't any better alternative than downloading/autoopening them.

There's a demo at https://vidkidz.github.io/ and it can handle ActionScript 3, at least to a certain point. Some flashes that do work in Ruffle will however not work in WAFlash so it doesn't superseed Ruffle. Both don't have video support but Ruffle is making progress towards it (biggest hurdle to overcome might be legal stuff).

WAFlash was created by a South Korean, he has a twitter at https://twitter.com/vidkidz/ but haven't written much. His WAFlash player isn't open-source and has no public releases. There are some files on https://github.com/vidkidz/vidkidz.github.io but he haven't updated for over four months. The only place I've found that uses WAFlash is https://vidkidz.tistory.com/ (I see a lot of non-archived Korean flashes there, as well as a Discord link).

The Ruffle devs are aware of WAFlash, it might be tempting to try and enable AS3 support with the same methods but if it does embed Adobe's plugin it could maybe cause legal issues. It would also be hard to fix the problems that WAFlash have with many swf files if AS3 support isn't built from scratch. Ruffle being made in Rust and Crossbridge being C/C++ also complicates things.

If WAFlash makes a free public release I could add it as an alternative alongside Ruffle but rumors says the dev is interested in making it a commercial product and don't want webmasters to use it on their own site. If he's even still working on the project.

>>83289
lol i have the mxsetup.exe installer on my very old virtual machine in external drive (hail ching chong 50 cent army)

>>83159
no idea but i wish there was some sort of AS3 javascript/html emulator so i can play html5 games in one single file without folders

>>83330 (noice devil 1/2 trips there man) (anyone here tried to decompile the plugin)
fuck da police we have no choice but to reverse the script its the only way to add it here copyright sucks (the playing bay)
got my (x88 pro x3) is there a way to stream flash/browser content similar to puffin and dolphin to my phone (maybe i should use VNC instead) also is the linux /end/ plugin compatible with armbian

>>83020 >>83265
i renamed it to -dll.bak instead of .original (thanks antz flash works on IE9) any tips for newly installed firefox
i have moved the dlls properly but FFDEC previewer still doesn't work (they have a new flash viewer)
go to advanced settings (i used the dark skin) other and select (deprecated use adobe flash) unchecked by default
but it still says cannot be previewed windows only (is it ok if i paste the java logs here) how do i fix it
gonna try winding the time using original plugin to see if it works (also i found flashpatch.exe on collabVM FTP is this safe?)

>>83331
what about a fake flash extension that turns flash embeds into (swfprojector ://) clicking it opens the standalone projector similar to the way discord/steam app links work

>>83257 >>83264
nah privacy isn't that important i use virtual machine nothing important gets collected also i use chrome as my primary browser since it was preinstalled without any adware (a secondary browser is fine too for shitposting on chan boards)

lastly who here tried the plugin on windows XP i havent tested yet (lol fresh new tiny7 works fine on my 3GB ramdisk)

1. WinKey + R and start "notepad", copy-paste:

SuppressDebuggerExceptionDialogs=1

2. Save to "C:\Users\<USERNAME>\mm.cfg" (doesn't need to be UTF8).
3. WinKey + R and start "%HOMEDRIVE%\%HOMEPATH%" just to see if the mm.cfg file is in the right place.

That should stop the error messages from appearing.

To be blunt:
All of this is not new information and shame on you for not even copying the text from leddit.
And finally, it's far from necessary and recommended.
Don't use an older browser, you can use a modern secure browser like Palemoon. It has a standalone version, so it's just an exe (on your usb drive f.e.). It's still another browser just for flash, but it works marvelous, so you can use it for everything as well.
Don't use old flash plugins.
Download the newest debug installer from the archived Adobe site.
Then you get paste the modded plugins from here over the files and you're done as well.

I did sit down and start to type but got demotivated from there not being a perfect alternative browser to recommend. Either they have drawbacks such as being sluggish and/or unable to use modern web features, or they have suspicious parent companies. All of them have few maintainers.

What's worse is I failed to figure out how to hack back the ActiveX plugin on Win10 machines where Windows Update automatically uninstalled the thing. I got the 32-bit version working in IrfanView but neither that one nor the 64-bit plugin is successfully loaded by Media Player Classic for some reason (tried both 32/64 MPC-HC). It was my preferred swf player due to the useful seekbar.

I wish Adobe had the decency to leave us with an ActiveX installer that also works on Win10. Running their final installer it says "This Adobe Flash Player ActiveX Installer is only intended for Windows 7 and prior. Please run the Adobe Flash Player ActiveX Installer for Windows 8 and Windows 10.", which hints at there being an installer for Win10 but I haven't been able to find it if there is one. Have tried grabbing flash-related Windows updates from www.catalog.update.microsoft.com but I'm getting "not compatible" messages. I bet it is possible to just bypass the OS detection in Adobe's ActiveX installer and it'll work flawlessly on Win10, maybe I'll get around to figuring that out. Though I'd be very grateful if someone else could figure out how to get ActiveX flash back on Win10 before I get the time to do it, in case someone 1337 reads this.

Anyway, the text in place right now on the pages with the GET FILE button at least links to where you can download Adobe's projector exe, which regrettably have become the best way to view swf files now. The text also links to Firefox ESR, which is the best browser for still viewing flashes online (until it stops working there as well). For more info I hope people see the link to this discussion thread. But yeah, I know I should rewrite that text. I can at least make it clear that the projector is the preferred reliable way to play flash now.