# Flash Popups blocked in Flash Players 8 and 9?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-popups-blocked-in-flash-players-8-and-9/220888>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 30, 2007, 4:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-popups-blocked-in-flash-players-8-and-9/220888 "2007-03-30T04:15:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![denizengt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58f4c7/32.png) [@denizengt](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/denizengt)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 4:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-popups-blocked-in-flash-players-8-and-9/220888/1 "2007-03-30T04:15:03Z")

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A client wants popups launched from Flash, usually getURL ("javascript:window.open…)… etc works, but now when I do this, Flash launches a security warning and asks me to change settings. This is kinda no good for users - is there a way around it?