Problem with flash player listed as not available but enabled.

[jlamadline]

When trying to view something that needs flash player, it tells me that I need to have flash player to do this.  So I go to install it, and it tells me it is already installed with my Windows 8.  So, then it tells me to either Enable flash player or to disable Active x filtering.  Active x filtering is not enabled, so I go to Manage add ons, and it shows that Shockwave Flash Object is listed under the heading NOT AVAILABLE, but is listed as being enabled.  I have tried to reinstall flash player, but it won't let me because it is already installed.  Not sure why it is showing up under Not Available, and not under the Adobe heading with my Adobe PDF reader.  Can anyone tell me how to get flash player back from this point???

[fabiteme]

I`m having the exact same problem and see you got no responses either since January 31. 

I don`t know why these support contact areas always lead you on a wild goose chase and no solutions

Very frustrating!

...now what?

[jeromiec83223024]

First, confirm that ActiveX Filtering is configured to allow Flash content:

https://forums.adobe.com/thread/867968

Internet Explorer 11 introduces a number of changes both to how the browser identifies itself to remote web servers, and to how it processes JavaScript intended to target behaviors specific to Internet Explorer. Unfortunately, this means that content on some sites will be broken until the content provider changes their site to conform to the new development approach required by modern versions of IE.

You can try to work around these issues by using Compatibility View:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-explorer/use-compatibility-view#ie=ie-11

If that is too inconvenient, using Google Chrome may be a preferable alternative.