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This section of the page page is for those who are trying to find Flash capable browsers for my sites and for my Car Audio Amplifier Repair Tutorial and need a bit more information than was given at the top of the page.

As you know, Flash has been blocked by most modern browsers since mid January 2021. It's difficult to find new browsers that support Flash because so many are based on just a handful of browser engines (Blink, Webkit, Trident...) and when those base engines eliminate a feature, it won't be available in the 'wrappers' that are known by other names. Below, you'll find some exceptions that will allow you to use Flash content.

If you still want to use Flash online, you have the Ruffle browser extension. It's not perfect but it works fairly well... but the Flash applets/demos will work more smoothly (as they were designed to do) with a solution that involves the use of a genuine Flash Player (options below). The problem with Ruffle (for me) is that it won't work offline (working with files from your computer's hard drive). Test Ruffle on some of the following sites to see how it works for you.

• My sites with Flash content:
• BCAE1.COM (car audio)
  Page 109 is Flash heavy. It may take a couple of minutes to fully load.
• ASOS1.COM (variety of topics)
  The Karting page is virtually all Flash
• ARLD1.COM (air rifles)
  Virtually all of the air rifle and target files are Flash

Most people are using Chrome as their main (only?) browser. If you visit any of my sites using the latest version of Chrome (with the Ruffle extension, because Chrome now blocks Flash), there is sometimes an option to open a Flash file in a new window, a window that you would maximize to see the fine details more easily. When you select the 'new window' option, Chrome asks you if you want to keep/save the Flash file. If you save it, it may not open if you don't have the stand-alone Flash Player installed. The saved Flash files that you open should function perfectly with the Flash Player (better than in Ruffle). The stand-alone Flash Player file is in the zipped file of all 4 Flash Players.

Get the Flash Players:
CLICK

The second problem is finding a solution to allow the use of Flash content offline. To work offline (where Ruffle won't work) you need to have the Flash Player files installed. Some of the following solutions (browsers) need the Flash Players installed onto your computer and some have them on-board.

Chromium is the internal engine for Chrome. Think of it this way. Chromium is the Christmas tree. Chrome is the Christmas tree after it's been fully decorated. There is a ChromiumPortable_61.0.3153.0 browser that's available in the browser download folder (click link below). It's an earlier version that doesn't block Flash files but requires that you install the flashplayer32_0r0_371_winpep.exe Flash Player. Installing that player in Windows will allow Chromium Portable to work much like Chrome did before they killed Flash. The Chromium portable browser doesn't work with Ruffle.

Get the Chromium browser:
CLICK

Get the Flash Players:
CLICK

The following internet browsers options can be used online as long as you're aware that their security protocols will not be up to date. For those who want to use Flash files offline (for the Car Audio Amplifier Repair Tutorial I sell or for games), the following applies.

Both Win7 and Win10 will allow you to install the Flash Players in the Windows Control Panel. Understand that the Flash Player has to be version flashplayer32_0r0_371 or earlier (nothing beyond 371 will work). The later versions have an inbuilt timebomb (courtesy of Adobe) that prevents them from working beyond the EOL (End Of Life) date of 1-12-2021. See NOTE.

• Little Known Browsers
• Safari 5.1.7 (Webkit) will also run on win7 or Win10 with flashplayer32_0r0_371_win.exe installed. This is the browser that I strongly recommend that you use for the tutorial. It's somewhat limited online, which may be a good thing outside of the content that I've produced for my own sites.

  Get the Safari 5.1.7 browser:
  CLICK

  Get the Flash Players:
  CLICK

• The FlashBrowser is a small, stripped-down browser that's being developed. It has its own Flash Player built in and seems to work perfectly. Did I mention? It's stripped to the core. It works but it doesn't have many of the features of modern browsers.

  Get the FlashBrowser browser:
  CLICK

• Older versions of Internet Explorer (Trident) will still run Flash if the flashplayer32_0r0_371_winax.exe Flash Player is installed.

  Get the Flash Players:
  CLICK

  For Amplifier Repair Tutorial Buyers

  The Maxthon browsers can have problems with changing the fonts from the default to a more readable font. This can be resolved but it takes editing a .css file in the Amplifier Repair Tutorial. It's as simple as opening the file in Windows Notepad (it must be a plain text editor that adds no hidden characters, like most text editors do) and simply moving the */. From that point, you'll adjust the font setting in the .css file. The 20px size and Gulim font are a good starting point.

  /* body { font-family: gulim; font-size: 20; } */

  >>

  /**/ body { font-family: gulim; font-size: 20; }
• Flash will still run with using the Maxthon6 browser (Blink) and the flashplayer32_0r0_371_winpep.exe Flash Player. Maxthon6 is built on the same engine as Chrome but, unlike the new Chrome, it works as expected when you choose to open a Flash document in a different window.

  Get the Maxthon6 browser:
  CLICK

  Get the Flash Players:
  CLICK

• The Maxthon MX5 5.3.8.2000 browser (Blink? and 6 versions of Trident) is supposed to work for Win10. It works in Win7. This browser isn't delivered with the Flash files installed but as soon as they are needed, a blue button will appear on the far right of the window asking if you want to download them. The Flash files are added to the Maxthon5 browser files and not installed onto your computer.

  Get the Maxthon MX5 5.3.8.2000 browser:
  CLICK

• The Maxthon Portable 4.9.5.1000 browser (Blink and Trident) works in Win10 and in Win7. This browser is one of the few that have their own, on-board Flash drivers. This means that it doesn't need to have Flash Players installed on your computer.

  Get the Maxthon Portable 4.9.5.1000 browser:
  CLICK

• The Maxthon Portable 3.5.2.1000 (Webkit and Trident) browser is an even older version of the Maxthon browser. It also works well and it too has its own on-board Flash drivers.

  Get the Maxthon 3.5.2.1000 browser:
  CLICK

All of 32.0.0.371 flash player files (MANY more than the 4 files you need for viewing the Flash files in the tutorial) can be downloaded from the Wayback Machine site (archive.org). This was previously stated but bears repeating... For those who get an error message when trying to install the Flash Player files, right-click the file name and select "Run as Administrator".
fp_32.0.0.371_archive

• Notes:
• In some instances, when using these browsers, the Flash file may not initially show up. Clicking on the blank area where the file should be displayed will generally make it load.

• If/when you install the Flash Players, there will be a list of options at the end of the install process. Tell it NOT to update the Flash Player file. You don't want an automatic update of the Flash Player files because it will replace the working 371 file with a file that will not work. Actually, that goes for the browsers as well.

• When installing the Flash Players in the Windows Control Panel, you need to remove/uninstall any that you currently have installed. The last Flash Player that doesn't have the inbuilt timebomb is the _371. The 371 Flash Players are the ones that you need to have installed and will download from the links I provide here.

• Do you know how to get to the CONTROL PANEL >> PROGRAMS AND FEATURES?
• You can do a START BUTTON search for:
  PROGRAMS AND FEATURES
• When you get there, you will see the location indicated by the red arrow. The list of files below should look very similar. Sort by name to bring the Adobe files to the top.
• To see what version of the Flash Player you have, click on the Adobe Flash Player in the control panel's list of installed files to highlight it (green arrow) and then look at the bottom of the control panel window (orange arrow) for the version. You can also look inline with the file name but sometimes, the columns are spread too wide to see all of them.
• If you have no Flash Player files or the ones you have are later than _371 (later versions will have to be uninstalled), go to the following address and download the flashplayer32_0r0_371_winall.zip file.
• http://www.bcae1.com/fdltestfiles/!flashplayers/flashplayer32_0r0_371_winall.zip
• After unzipping and installing Safari and the _371 Flash Players (remember to tell them NOT to update when installing the _371 Flash Player files), go to the following page and make sure that the graphics are displayed and you can interact with them. http://www.asos1.com/karting/index.html
• If you're reading this page because you're interested in the Car Amplifier repair Tutorial, after you get a Flash-capable browser working (Safari 5.1.7 preferred) with the proper Flash players (not Ruffle), I will need your IP4. More detailed information can be found on the following page.
  http://www.bcae1.com/repairtutorialcdinfo.htm

Safari 5.1.7, Maxthon3 3.5.2.1000 and Maxthon4 4.9.5.1000 are older browsers that will not be entirely secure on risky sites. These solutions are to view the content that I've produced both online and off. Using the older browsers online, you can expect to get infected with a computer virus or suffer some other sort of attack on any sites where you are trying to get something for free that's not supposed to be free. I'd also suggest doing a search for the best anti-virus software and installing that.

• I'd advise you not to use any 'cloud' based services/features offered by these browsers.
• Do not enter ANY personal information into these browsers.
• Do not use the browsers for email.
• Do not enter any financial information like credit card numbers into these browsers.
• Do not not enable magic fill or any features that remember and automatically fill form fields.
• There are some people who are concerned about the Maxthon browsers. If they can't be trusted, it's a shame because the older ones function perfectly, as far as I'm concerned. If you find that you like one of them, you can always set up a Windows firewall rule. Doing that AND abiding by the rules above should make them usable.

  For those who are confused about blocking internet browsers from the internet with a firewall, realize that I started this page because I had been looking for a browser that could work offline with Flash for the repair tutorial that I sell. Adobe's actions made sales almost impossible.

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When you install normal software onto your computer, it's generally integrated into the operating system (Windows-whatever). This often results in bits of it being dropped into hundreds? thousands? of locations. Portable software is typically self-contained. It may use files stored on your computer but it's not distributed widely into locations other than the folder that's created when it's unzipped. Using portable software means that you can use a familiar software of YOUR preferences without affecting another computer.

Portable internet browsers can be loaded onto a flash drive (or any storage media) that you can carry with you to use at home or work.. wherever. Most browsers rely on files on the computer that's being used. This is true for some portable browsers as well. For this use, the files that we're concerned with, are the Flash Player files. These can be seen if you go into the CONTROL PANEL >> PROGRAMS AND FEATURES). See NOTE.

Initially, I was told that Microsoft has prevented the Flash Player files from being installed into the Win10 operating system (even the pre 371 versions). I don't use Win10 but from what I've seen (from buyers of the tutorial), the installation in Win10 isn't an issue. I'm not sure about Win8/8.1. Not being able to load the Flash Players means that browsers (standard and some portable) can't display Flash graphics. You need a fully self-contained browser that doesn't require that the Flash Players be installed in Windows.

Maxthon3, Maxthon4 and FlashBrowser appear to be the only browsers with their own on-board Flash Player drivers (actually a .dll file). They can be used as normal (integrated into your computer's OS) or portable browsers. Since these browsers have Flash software built into the files, you don't have to worry about having the files on the computer that you use them on. This is especially important for the portable version that you take with you.

Email me (under banner at the top of the page) if you know of any other self-contained browsers that don't need the Flash Players to be installed onto the computer that's being used.

When Maxthon portable browsers are unzipped, you will need to open the Maxthon.exe file and create a shortcut to it, pin it to the taskbar or to the start menu. In my situation the file is here:

E:⧵maxthon_portable_4.9.5.1000⧵MaxthonPortable⧵BIN⧵Maxthon.exe

and here

E:⧵maxthon_portable_5.3.8.2000⧵MaxthonPortable⧵BIN⧵Maxthon.exe

It will be somewhat different on your computer but you can see that it's in the BIN folder. Knowing that makes it a bit easier to find.

The original Flash Player in 4.9.5 was v18. It generally worked well but sometimes had a long lag. THIS site has newer DLL files for the pepflashplayer. I've tried up to 24.0.0.170. It appears to be a bit better. If you update the file, make a new folder in the plugins folder and drag the original flash DLL into it. Then copy and paste the new unzipped DLL file into the plugins folder (example below for the portable version).

maxthon_portable_4.9.5.1000⧵MaxthonPortable⧵Core⧵Blink⧵plugins

• Feel free to email me if:
• you have questions about viewing Flash content that weren't answered
• you have an option for viewing Flash content that isn't covered on this page
• babin_perry@yahoo.com