How to fix Adobe Flash support in Chrome 62

I found the cause and fix for the issue.

The Chrome settings file is not writing out the value when you save it.

I've tested on Windows 2012 Server / 7, 10, 32 and 64 bit versions with the most recent and older versions of Chrome so this should fix them all.



Your Chrome settings file is located here:

In Windows:
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Preferences

In OS X:
~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/User Data/Default/Preferences


You should exit Chrome and make a backup before editing.



Open the file with a text editor:

Find the setting: "plugins": which appears after "permission_autoblocking_data"

and replace with this setting to enable flash player

"plugins": {"*,*": {"per_resource": {"adobe-flash-player": 1}}},



or if you want to replace the entire profile section in the setting file with a generic default one:


"profile" : {
		"avatar_index" : 26,
		"content_settings" : {
			"domain_to_origin_migration_status" : 1,
			"exceptions" : {
				"accessibility_events" : {},
				"app_banner" : {},
				"auto_select_certificate" : {},
				"automatic_downloads" : {},
				"autoplay" : {},
				"background_sync" : {},
				"bluetooth_guard" : {},
				"client_hints" : {},
				"cookies" : {},
				"durable_storage" : {},
				"geolocation" : {},
				"images" : {},
				"important_site_info" : {},
				"javascript" : {},
				"media_stream_camera" : {},
				"media_stream_mic" : {},
				"midi_sysex" : {},
				"mixed_script" : {},
				"notifications" : {},
				"password_protection" : {},
				"permission_autoblocking_data" : {},
				"plugins" : {
				"*,*" : {
				"per_resource" : {
					"adobe-flash-player" : 1
					}
					}
				},
				"popups" : {},
				"ppapi_broker" : {},
				"prompt_no_decision_count" : {},
				"protocol_handler" : {},
				"sensors" : {},
				"sound" : {},
				"ssl_cert_decisions" : {},
				"subresource_filter" : {},
				"subresource_filter_data" : {},
				"usb_chooser_data" : {}

			},
			"pref_version" : 1
		},
		"exit_type" : "Crashed",
		"exited_cleanly" : true,
		"icon_version" : 4,
		"last_engagement_time" : "13156449498380465",
		"managed_user_id" : "",
		"name" : "Person 1",
		"observed_time" : 7,
		"was_obsolete_http_data_cleaned" : true
	},




You can use the value of 1 to never ask you to run flash, just do it, or 2 to prompt if you would like to run it.