Thursday, October 23, 2014

Enable Adobe Flash Player on Windows Server 2012 R2

When starting the VMware vSphere Web Client on Windows Server 2012 R2, the following message is displayed: To view this page ensure that Adobe Flash Player version 11.5.0 or greater is installed. After that it's not possible to enable Flash because of the following message: Flash Player is integrated with Internet Explorer in Windows 8. You do not need to install Flash Player. 
 
The solution for this is not that hard, you must install the Desktop Experience feature on the server. Let's start PowerShell for that, and type the following command: Install-WindowsFeature Desktop-Experience

After that it's needed to restart the server, and install the latest Flash update with Windows Update. (KB3001237)


Flash Player will be available now. Just try to start the VMware vSphere Web Client again, and you will be fine.

When ActiveX Filtering is enabled you may discover issues. Just turn it off in Options > Safety > ActiveX Filtering.
Posted by Henk Hoogendoorn at 7:14 PM
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23 comments:

  1. UnknownDecember 23, 2014 at 10:56 PM

    Very impressed thanks. You were the fist site to mention the KB for the Flash update which was the fix for me after installing Desktop-Experience. Without this it did not fix the issue.
    Many thanks

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  2. AnonymousMay 27, 2015 at 11:59 AM

    Thanks ! From Senegal, Africa !

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  3. EdgarJune 2, 2015 at 8:38 PM

    Gracias por el aporte.
    Saludos desde Mexico!!!!

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  4. UnknownJune 29, 2015 at 4:59 AM

    Thanks!!

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  5. AnonymousJuly 15, 2015 at 10:03 PM

    I have flash player 18 but still get that message "...ensure...Flash Player version 11.5.0 or greater is installed". what else I need do? (done clearing cache and temp files)

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  6. azfrDecember 9, 2015 at 2:00 PM

    Thanks a lot for sharing this!

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  7. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2016 at 6:09 AM

    It did not work for me - I can get the webclient with chrome but not IE on my windows 7 - but still have some issues running the emulex oneCommand

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  8. AnonymousApril 22, 2016 at 6:26 AM

    Thanks!! from Japan.

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  9. AnonymousNovember 12, 2016 at 2:27 PM

    Thanks, Henk! From Belarus.

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  10. PeterDecember 21, 2016 at 9:00 AM

    Hello,
    Such Wonderful blog Thank you for posting this.

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  11. UnknownJanuary 23, 2017 at 11:54 AM

    Great blog about how to Enable Adobe Flash Player on Windows Server 2012 R2

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  12. AnonymousJune 28, 2017 at 3:30 PM

    Excellent. This was the only correct solution out of many previously visited sites. Thanks Henk. Much appreciated.

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  13. UnknownJuly 6, 2017 at 9:28 PM

    Thanks a Lot its working now.

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  14. UnknownFebruary 22, 2018 at 4:51 PM

    This fix worked or me, thanks!

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  15. AnonymousJuly 2, 2018 at 1:06 PM

    That worked for me like a magic. Thanks a lot.

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  16. NicoloNovember 4, 2018 at 4:14 PM

    Thank you
    I solved this issue with older Chrome version 56.0.2924.87 or 57.0.2987.133 released on 2017 instead

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  17. martin vellyJuly 29, 2019 at 12:13 PM

    Very nice post. thanks for sharing information Flash Player Is Not Working...

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  18. AlamFebruary 4, 2021 at 7:19 PM

    Perfect Solution, Thanks a lot!

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