Why can't I save flash videos to hard drive?

[Guest]

I have Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 11.  I recently downloaded the latest version of Adobe Flash Player (11.9.900.170).  Previous versions allowed me to save flash videos through the appearance of a window at the top right corner of the video in Internet Explorer when I hovered the mouse over the video as it played.  No such window appears in the latest version.  I can't locate the video in the downloads folder.  Why did the window disappear?

[C_F_McBlob]

Flash Player has never had a downloader. Never.

You probably had a plugin that did this and it needs to be updated to work with the latest version.

[Guest]

How do I update Flash Player to work with the latest version?

[C_F_McBlob]

You're using 11.9.900.170. Your Flash Player IS up to date.

Whatever plugin you had for downloading needs to be updated. I use AntVideo Downloader, and the latest Firefox version broke it completely. I had to download the British version from a European server to get one that works.

You need to find out what plugin allowed the downloads (it ISN'T Flash Player) and check for an update to it.

[Guest]

I can't find the plugin that allowed downloads in the previous version.  Any hints?

[C_F_McBlob]

For IE? I wouldn't even know where to begin.
I don't use it, except for troubleshooting. And I know better than to install plugins for it outside of Office, Acrobat and Flash Player.

[pwillener]

RealPlayer used to have the ability to download online videos.  But I guess due to copyright issues, this feature was discontinued.