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I need to check whether Flash player is installed and enabled or not in IE/Chrome.

((typeof navigator.plugins != 'undefined' && typeof navigator.plugins['Shockwave Flash'] == 'object') || (window.ActiveXObject && (new ActiveXObject('ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash')) != false));

and

!!(navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-shockwave-flash"] || window.ActiveXObject && new ActiveXObject('ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash'));

Both are fine for all the browsers in all OS except Chrome.For chrome it gives true even if I disable the Flash Player. But for IE it is behaving differently on different systems also not working in IE6 at all. How to check for IE/Chrome if flash is installed and enabled or not.

I need to check whether Flash player is installed and enabled or not in IE/Chrome.

((typeof navigator.plugins != 'undefined' && typeof navigator.plugins['Shockwave Flash'] == 'object') || (window.ActiveXObject && (new ActiveXObject('ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash')) != false));

and

!!(navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-shockwave-flash"] || window.ActiveXObject && new ActiveXObject('ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash'));

Both are fine for all the browsers in all OS except Chrome.For chrome it gives true even if I disable the Flash Player. But for IE it is behaving differently on different systems also not working in IE6 at all. How to check for IE/Chrome if flash is installed and enabled or not.

• javascript
• jquery
• internet-explorer

Share Improve this question Follow edited Jul 10, 2013 at 22:00 Gaurav Pant asked Jul 10, 2013 at 13:04 Gaurav PantGaurav Pant 4,20966 gold badges3232 silver badges5555 bronze badges 6

• I wonder if Flash even supports IE6 anymore.... – Blazemonger Commented Jul 10, 2013 at 13:08
• ya true..on IE6 its not supported. But how to check for IE7,IE8 and IE9. – Gaurav Pant Commented Jul 10, 2013 at 13:11
• 2 Have you searched Google for "ie7 flash detect"? Did you try the solutions that were returned? – Blazemonger Commented Jul 10, 2013 at 13:14
• possible duplicate of How can I detect if Flash is installed and if not, display a hidden div that informs the user? – Michael Brittlebank Commented Mar 5, 2014 at 13:20
• @Mike -- it is specific to chrome.. Swfobject wont work for chrome if user has disabled the flash. – Gaurav Pant Commented Mar 5, 2014 at 14:49

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Too tired to write up a whole thing, so here is a fiddle with some flash/silverlight detection i wrote a while back. Feel free to play with it and remove the silverlight part if you don't need it.

It basically boils down to looping through all plug ins like this:

function get (name) {
    for (var i = 0, l = navigator.plugins.length; i < l; i++)
    {
        if (navigator.plugins[i].name === name) {
            return navigator.plugins[i];
        }
    }
    return undefined;
}

http://jsfiddle/nQ7fk/

I guess you might have already ruled this out but I would remend using swfobject to manage your flash insertion:

• http://code.google./p/swfobject/

It does have features that let you detect if flash is installed and it also can trigger the installation process and manage your general flash insertion in a cross-browser, standards pliant way.

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