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Flash Plugins and ActiveX Control

You can download the Flash Player 4.0 plugin for Netscape Navigator (Windows and MacOS) and the Flash ActiveX control for Internet Explorer (Windows) from this page. The latest versions and versions for other platforms are available from Macromedia.

Available Files: Flash players available for download.
Installing Netscape Plugins for Windows: Detailed instructions for installing the Windows plugin.
Installing the Plugins for MacOS: Instructions for installing the MacOS plugin.
Troubleshooting: Workarounds for known bugs and common errors.

Available Files

Right click on any of the links and choose Save Target As or Save Link As to download the file to your computer; then follow the installation instructions given below

Flash Players For Windows

InstallAXInstaller.exe: This file contains an installer for Internet Explorer ActiveX control on Windows95/98/NT. To use this file, double click the file to start the installation.

NPSWF32.dll: This is the Netscape Navigator Plugin version of Flash for Windows 95/98/NT. Copy this file into the Plugins folder inside the Netscape Navigator folder.

Flash Players For Macintosh

Shockwave Flash NP-PPC.Hqx - This is the Netscape Navigator Plugin version of Flash for Macintosh Power PC users. Unstuff this file with a utility such as Stuffit Expander (included with Netscape) and then copy this file into the Plugins folder inside the Netscape Navigator folder. This plugin will also work with Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or later for Macintosh.

To install the Plugin for Macintosh:

Netscape and Internet Explorer:

  1. Quit your browser before installing the new plugin.
  2. Remove any old versions of the FutureSplash and the Flash plugins.
  3. Copy the Shockwave Flash NP-PPC file for Macintosh into your browser's Plugin folder.
  4. Open the Browser. The new Flash Plug-in should be installed and working. To verify, choose the "About Plug-Ins" menu option from Netscape's Help menu, or choose About "Internet Explorer...", then click on the "Support" button to view the list of installed plugins.

To install the Plugin for Windows:

Netscape:

  1. Quit your browser before installing the new plugin.
  2. Remove any old versions of the FutureSplash and the Flash plugins.
  3. Copy the NPSWF32.dll file for Windows 95/98/NT into your browser's Plugin folder.
  4. Open the Browser. The new Flash Plug-in should be installed and working. To verify, choose the "About Plug-Ins" menu option from Netscape's Help menu.

Internet Explorer:

  1. Quit your browser before installing the new ActiveX Control
  2. Double click the InstallAXFlash.exe file to begin the installation.

Troubleshooting

 If after installing the Flash plug-in it does not work, here are a few things to check.

  • Make sure you remove the old versions of the FutureSplash or Flash Plugin.
  • If you are using Internet Explorer for the Macintosh, open the Options dialog in the Edit menu. Select the Web Content tab and be sure that "Load Plug-In Objects" is selected.
  • If you are testing your own SWF files from a web server, make sure that you have set the MIME type mapping for SWF files to application/x-shockwave-flash.

Netscape Navigator Plugin is installed but not working:

Netscape Navigator 4 Macintosh Users

  1. In the browser, choose Edit > Preferences.
  2. Choose the Navigator > Applications Category.
  3. Select Shockwave Flash from the list on the right.
  4. Click Delete and then click Yes to confirm the deletion.
  5. Click OK to close the Preferences dialog box.
  6. Restart your browser.

Netscape Navigator 3 Macintosh Users

  1. In the browser, choose Options > General Preferences.
  2. Click the Helpers tab.
  3. Select Shockwave Flash from the list.
  4. Click Delete and then click Yes to confirm the deletion.
  5. Click OK to close the Preferences dialog box.
  6. Restart your browser.

Netscape Navigator display problems:

When Netscape runs out of memory, you may see display problems in the plugin or Netscape may hang. Some versions of Netscape install with only 4000K of memory on a Macintosh with the standalone version of the browser (the version that contains the browser without mail). You may also have this problem with the full installation of Netscape.

To increase the memory allocation for Netscape:

  1. Click on the program icon,
  2. Select File > Get Info.
  3. In the dialog which opens, increase the memory-we recommend at least 9000K, if you have limited memory 6000K should work for most smaller movies.

Macintosh Internet Explorer Users:

Flash files run from a local machine do not play. You need to add the SWF MIME type to your Internet Explorer Preferences.

To add the SWF MIME type to your Internet Explorer browser preferences on a Macintosh:

1 Launch Internet Explorer.
2 Choose Edit > Preferences.
3 Under Receiving Files, choose File Helpers.
4 Click Add to add the following information:
  Representation:
Description: Shockwave Flash

Extension: SWF

MIME type: application/x-shockwave-flash

  File Type:
Application: Flash (browse to where your local copy of Flash is located)

File Type: SWFL

File Creator: MFL2

  Handling:
How to handle: View with Plugin

Application: Shockwave Flash NP-PPC (Browse to the appropriate plugin for your machine.)

5 Click OK.

To view older FutureSplash files, repeat these steps (adding a new File Helper), but in Step 4 Representation, use the Extension of .spl instead of .swf.

 
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