Where to find older version Adobe Flash Player?

westech · February 10, 2021, 12:39am

So, I know Adobe killed Flash. But I’d like to down load a still working version say 11.6 or 11.7. I have a SWF shockwave “app” I need to run in Swiff.

Can anyone point me to where there is a safe archive?

Thanks

Max

thro · February 10, 2021, 1:32am

If you can’t find one you might be able to try it with one of the open source replacements.

mihawk90 · February 10, 2021, 2:05am

Years ago I used to use oldversion.com for things like this, but for some reason it won’t open for me right now. Either way it was always a reliable source for me.

Chocolatey also still lists it, so you could install that way too:

https://chocolatey.org/packages/flashplayerppapi

https://chocolatey.org/packages/flashplayeractivex

https://chocolatey.org/packages/flashplayerplugin

~~Although if it is a Shockwave application, does it really run with flash? I would think you’d need the Shockwave Player for that?~~
Nevermind, just seems to be the old name from before the rebranding.

redocbew · February 10, 2021, 2:11am

Just let it die.

TheCakeIsNaOH · February 10, 2021, 2:19am

Even those are still listed, they are broken, because the download links are dead.

Some Chocolatey packages do include the software inside the package, but some can’t for licensing or size reasons and download the software during install instead.

westech · February 10, 2021, 6:03am

This is a tiny app that runs in SWIFF but needs flash player. I see a few sites with the older versions, but they look questionable. I’ll try the alternatives mentioned.

Just the last version is bricked by Adobe. I think the L1 news had a story about a country that got their software bricked by Adobe. And they just reverted back to the previous Flash Player.