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Created November 13, 2010 17:18
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detecting if flash plugin is installed
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var _flash_installed = ((typeof navigator.plugins != "undefined" && typeof navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"] == "object") || (window.ActiveXObject && (new ActiveXObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash")) != false));
@jdunne-kaplan
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Best version so far is a slightly modified version of chustedde's code but with an !== false check instead of != false:

var ie_flash; try { ie_flash = (window.ActiveXObject && (new ActiveXObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash")) !== false) } catch(err) { ie_flash = false; } var _flash_installed = ((typeof navigator.plugins != "undefined" && typeof navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"] == "object") || ie_flash); _flash_installed;

The last _flash_installed; statement is to have the JS console report the final result. Without it, Chrome, for example, would report "undefined".

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See my gist at https://gist.github.com/JamesDunne/174ebedbc9afaf2078a7

@snshastry
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Am facing an issue with latest Firefox 55 (win64). navigator.plugins is not returning "Shockwave Flash" even though flash is installed.
Could anyone suggest how to resolved this.
Thanks,

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