Flash Plug-in

[Moonraker]

I've tried changing the dates in the NPSWFXX dll file, but to no avail. Either the previously suggested method on page 4 is somehow incorrect, or the invalidated signature still allows flash to get blocked. Is there any other method?

Try using version 30 of flash and see if it works ok,.

[Sob__]

@Captain Chicky: Try again, it works. If you don't want to patch files by hand, you can download xdelta3-3.1.0-x86_64.exe.zip from https://github.com/jmacd/xdelta-gpl/releases/tag/v3.1.0 and attached file, and let it do the patching:

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xdelta3-3.1.0-x86_64.exe -d -s NPSWF32_32_0_0_465.dll patch32.xdelta NPSWF32_32_0_0_465.dll-patched
xdelta3-3.1.0-x86_64.exe -d -s NPSWF64_32_0_0_465.dll patch64.xdelta NPSWF64_32_0_0_465.dll-patched

Select 32/64 bit depending on your Pale Moon version. First make backup of old file and then replace it with patched version.

[alkisg]

So, find a hexadecimal string 000040463E6F7742, replace it with eg. 0000C02055148042, that will just change the year from 2021 to 2040.

I just signed up to say thanks for that! So, for Linux users that prefer the command line, that would be:

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xxd -p /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so | tr -d '\n' | sed 's/000040463e6f7742/0000c02055148042/' | xxd -p -r > /tmp/libflashplayer.so
sudo mv /tmp/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so

[nimanima]

Thanks a lot! I have detected on an old backup harddrive of mine that in 2015 I had downloaded the offline install packages for Flash Player versions 17.0.0.134, 17.0.0.190, 17.0.0.191 and 18.0.0.203. After indeed the current version having been disabled under Windows 10, also in Pale Moon, I uninstalled 32 and re-installed 18 - so far it's running! So, if anybody wants/needs let me know.

Standalone 32, by the way still works.

Only that that both doesn't help at all for all the programmes that rely on the activex version implemented in Internet Explorer (for example Media Player Classic, Irfan View, SWF Player). Has anybody tested whether it's now possible to offline-install an older version of that activex-internet-explorer plugin?

[Cassette]

Only that that both doesn't help at all for all the programmes that rely on the activex version implemented in Internet Explorer (for example Media Player Classic, Irfan View, SWF Player).

I too wondered what I needed to change to get MPC-HC to read swf files so I went to Google. The file you need to modify is the Flash.ocx file and it's the same change as with the plug in. The issue is the file is write protected so you will have to work around that.

[alexisnik199111]

So, find a hexadecimal string 000040463E6F7742, replace it with eg. 0000C02055148042, that will just change the year from 2021 to 2040.

I just signed up to say thanks for that! So, for Linux users that prefer the command line, that would be:

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xxd -p /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so | tr -d '\n' | sed 's/000040463e6f7742/0000c02055148042/' | xxd -p -r > /tmp/libflashplayer.so
sudo mv /tmp/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so

i tried this memont and it says the file cant be found,also i tried the manual patching but nothing..

i also tried this in the mms.cfg these but nothing

EOLUninstallDisable=1
SilentAutoUpdateEnable=0
AutoUpdateDisable=1
EnableAllowList=1
AllowListURLPattern=https://chat.greek-chat.gr/chat.php--->this is the flash site i want to unblock
AllowListUrlPattern=https://<server e.g. google.com/>
AllowListUrlPattern=https://<server e.g. yahoo.com/>

[nimanima]

Only that that both doesn't help at all for all the programmes that rely on the activex version implemented in Internet Explorer (for example Media Player Classic, Irfan View, SWF Player).

I too wondered what I needed to change to get MPC-HC to read swf files so I went to Google. The file you need to modify is the Flash.ocx file and it's the same change as with the plug in. The issue is the file is write protected so you will have to work around that.

Oh, I don't know how to "modify" things, sorry. That's hieroglyphs to me without an idiot proof step by step manual.
For example the trick you can find everywhere on the internet about how to get the full WinHlp32.exe back by simply copying this file from an xp or 7 system into 10 doesn't work at all, obviously because of that write protection.

And what, by the way, happens when Microsoft sends this KB-thingy down? Even with the Pro-version of Win 10 it is not possible to select / reject particular updates (as it could be done under Windows 7).
Fom this article it seems that Flash Player is totally eradicated fron the system, no matter which version number, Active x or NPAPI. Active X and NPAPI versions are housed in the same sytem folder.

https://www.pcwelt.de/news/Windows-10-M ... 10932.html

[Cassette]

Oh, I don't know how to "modify" things, sorry. That's hieroglyphs to me without an idiot proof step by step manual.

Sometimes you've just got to give it a try. I just used the information from this post and found a hex editor from a Google search. It's basically a simple find and replace like you'd do with a text document. The hardest part was dealing with the write protection of the Flash.ocx file, but I learned how to do that from another Google search.

[hitokage]

i tried this memont and it says the file cant be found,also i tried the manual patching but nothing..

i also tried this in the mms.cfg these but nothing

EOLUninstallDisable=1
SilentAutoUpdateEnable=0
AutoUpdateDisable=1
EnableAllowList=1
AllowListURLPattern=https://chat.greek-chat.gr/chat.php--->this is the flash site i want to unblock
AllowListUrlPattern=https://<server e.g. google.com/>
AllowListUrlPattern=https://<server e.g. yahoo.com/>

Put this in your mms.cfg file and it should work - these two lines should be enough. Some of the other settings are no longer valid or default to those states, so they're redundant. On Linux mms.cfg goes into /etc/adobe/

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AutoUpdateDisable=1
AllowListUrlPattern=https://*.greek-chat.gr

[nimanima]

Right click on the ocx file, choose open with Editor or what? Result looks like an unformatted text written in some East Asian language ... nothing remotely looking like what I can see in these screenshots.

Copying the ocx from c into d was possible. Where do you take write protection from? It looks like this:

[UCyborg]

So, find a hexadecimal string 000040463E6F7742 in NPSFWXX_32_0_0_465.dll (XX = bitness, either 32 or 64) with a hex editor, replace it with eg. 0000C02055148042, that will just change the year from 2021 to 2040. It's a unique string, so only one will be found as long as you got the right file.

Instead of 0000C02055148042, 000000000000F07F can be used. It represents positive infinity, so no ties to specific date, it'll always work in non-EOL mode.

Right click on the ocx file, choose open with Editor or what? Result looks like an unformatted text written in some East Asian language ... nothing remotely looking like what I can see in these screenshots.

You need a hex editor like HxD.

Copying the ocx from c into d was possible. Where do you take write protection from? It looks like this:

I'll write for English Windows; open the original file's properties, go to Advanced, click Change near Owner then write Administrators and apply everything. Go back to advanced security settings, modify Administrators entry by adding Full control permission.

Then rename the original file so you have a backup, I usually append .bak extension. Modify the file you copied earlier to D: and copy now modified version to its original location.

I also restore the original owner and permissions on a backup file in its original location, which is actually a hard link in case of stuff that comes with Windows, it's also referenced somewhere under C:\Windows\WinSxS. By not touching original files, integrity of system files can still be checked with DISM, while sfc may be run afterwards in verify-only mode and manually check its logs to see if it reports anything else besides the file(s) you've messed with.

The thing with permissions is only needed for ActiveX Flash (used with Internet Explorer and old Edge), which comes with Windows 8.x and 10 (until it doesn't anymore), the Flash files installed the usual way through Flash installer have normal permissions, so the administrator account can modify them as desired out-of-the-box.

[Bilbo47]

Whew. Practice this first on a throwaway file. It is possible to change file ownership and permissions such that Windows / your user cannot access the file anymore. Ya don't want a non-usable file eating up a filename or pathname that you care about.