Rename the file to flashplayer-win.zip it so that windows can open it.ģ. Right-Click the Download Link below and Click Save Link As then browse to your Downloads folder or the location where you chose to save it.Ģ. Now that we have that let’s get started! How to Install Flash Plugin Manually in Firefox on Windows 7 or Vistaġ. After a bit of digging, I was able to scrape the address of the XPI file for Flash from the Adobe site. So technically this process should work not just for Adobe Flash, but for any Firefox plugin. Well, when the automatic won’t work, it’s time to switch to the manual method, but don’t worry you won’t have to get your fingers too greasy (hopefully.) Firefox uses XPI files to install the plugin packages available to Firefox. The wizard doesn’t work, the restart doesn’t’ work, it just won’t install! What should I do?” There is an ‘Install Missing Plugins’ button that I’ve gone through many times. “Mrgroove, please help, I’ve installed Firefox on Windows, and I can’t get the flash plugin to install.

Firefox flash plugin process