# How to find out if Flash player is installed?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-find-out-if-flash-player-is-installed/93915>\
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**Created:** [November 6, 2003, 8:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-find-out-if-flash-player-is-installed/93915 "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/93915/1 "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.