
NPAPI is a Flash plugin which is shared by other Internet browsers and Windows OS. PPAPI (Pepper API) is a default Flash player plugin built into Chrome. Here you will see one or two instances of Shockwave Flash. Open Chrome Browser, type chrome://plugins/ in the address bar and press Enter.Ĭlick Details in the upper-right corner.įind Adobe Flash Player plugin in the list. How to check which Flash plugin is running in my Chrome: Flash Player is also integrated with Internet Explorer in Windows 8, so you don’t need to install it there. swf files on your computer or running Flash games and other programs that use Adobe’s technology.Īdobe Flash Player is built into the Google Chrome web browser by default. One user reports that is has resolved the issue.Flash Player is required for playing back. Under the storage tab, click ‘delete all’ (local storage settings). This can be done through Tools -> Addons -> Plugins -> Enable Shockwave Flash.Īnother suggestion for Chrome users is to go to the Flash Player Settings in the Control Panel. Some are reporting in the thread that enabling Adobe Flash Player in Firefox resolves their issues. It also seems to be concluded that the issue is only affecting Windows Chrome users. Others are saying the problem also affects Firefox but I’m unable to reproduce it there. We’ll keep this thread updated as we know more. It’s possible that Yahoo Mail may not be detecting the Flash type/version used in Chrome and Firefox correctly.

We’re aware that most of you have enabled Flash Player versions that are higher than 9.0. As confirmed by many of you, this is not a Chrome-specific problem as this also happens on Firefox. We’ve contacted Yahoo Mail about this issue, and waiting to hear back. A Googler by the name of Toni confirmed the problem yesterday and updated the status to inform folks that they have reached out to Yahoo Mail on the issue. An issue has been created for Chromium on Google Code and a thread is available on the Google Chrome forum. Many other users have chimed in to confirm the problem (with various levels of details).
