# How to find out if Flash player is installed?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-find-out-if-flash-player-is-installed/34776>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [November 6, 2003, 8:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-find-out-if-flash-player-is-installed/34776 "2003-11-06T08:18:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![lpashov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@lpashov](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lpashov)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 8:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-find-out-if-flash-player-is-installed/34776/1 "2003-11-06T08:18:06Z")

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Hello, 🙂  
Can anybody let me know, what must I insert in my WEB page’s HTML source to determine if the browser has Flash player plug-in installed?  
I found out recently, that if the browser is IE 5, and Flash is not installed, it does not start automatically downloading and installing the player.  
So I if it is possible to know whether the player is not installed, I will start an alternative (to the flash part of my site).

Thank you in advance! 🙂  
Lyubomir.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-find-out-if-flash-player-is-installed/34776/2 "2003-11-06T13:56:24Z")

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_cough_ [macromedia.com](http://macromedia.com) _cough_

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-find-out-if-flash-player-is-installed/34776/3 "2003-11-06T21:07:10Z")

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[http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/download/detection\_kit/](http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/download/detection_kit/)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 11:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-find-out-if-flash-player-is-installed/34776/4 "2003-11-06T23:08:51Z")

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thanks eyez

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 7:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-find-out-if-flash-player-is-installed/34776/5 "2003-11-07T07:50:46Z")

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Thank you eyezberg! 🙂