# \[Solved\] "Flash Plugin not installed" in small preview on Windows 10

**URL:** <https://forum.iscreensaver.com/t/solved-flash-plugin-not-installed-in-small-preview-on-windows-10/556>\
**Category:** Flash (SWF)\
**Created:** [December 4, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.iscreensaver.com/t/solved-flash-plugin-not-installed-in-small-preview-on-windows-10/556 "2016-12-04T21:30:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![mmrob](https://forum.iscreensaver.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/87869e/32.png) [@mmrob](https://forum.iscreensaver.com/u/mmrob)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.iscreensaver.com/t/solved-flash-plugin-not-installed-in-small-preview-on-windows-10/556/1 "2016-12-04T21:30:03Z")

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My Flash-based screensavers created with iScreensaver Designer 5 work just fine on Windows 10, but in the Screen Saver Settings panel there’s always an error message stating “Flash Plugin not installed, unable to display X.swf. Please install the Flash Player Plugin”. See: [http://i.imgur.com/7LQFRpq.png](http://i.imgur.com/7LQFRpq.png)

Can anything be done about this?

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**Author:** ![iScreensaver](https://forum.iscreensaver.com/user_avatar/forum.iscreensaver.com/iscreensaver/32/24_2.png) [@iScreensaver](https://forum.iscreensaver.com/u/iScreensaver)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.iscreensaver.com/t/solved-flash-plugin-not-installed-in-small-preview-on-windows-10/556/2 "2016-12-05T16:52:24Z")

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This sounds like it could be malfunctioning anti-virus protection to me. Are you running any anti-virus software?

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**Author:** ![mmrob](https://forum.iscreensaver.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/87869e/32.png) [@mmrob](https://forum.iscreensaver.com/u/mmrob)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.iscreensaver.com/t/solved-flash-plugin-not-installed-in-small-preview-on-windows-10/556/3 "2016-12-05T17:30:21Z")

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Only the default Windows Defender software that comes with Windows 10.

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**Author:** ![mmrob](https://forum.iscreensaver.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/87869e/32.png) [@mmrob](https://forum.iscreensaver.com/u/mmrob)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.iscreensaver.com/t/solved-flash-plugin-not-installed-in-small-preview-on-windows-10/556/4 "2016-12-05T17:31:31Z")

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Disabling that doesn’t make a difference, though.

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**Author:** ![iScreensaver](https://forum.iscreensaver.com/user_avatar/forum.iscreensaver.com/iscreensaver/32/24_2.png) [@iScreensaver](https://forum.iscreensaver.com/u/iScreensaver)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.iscreensaver.com/t/solved-flash-plugin-not-installed-in-small-preview-on-windows-10/556/5 "2016-12-05T17:54:52Z")

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Is it  
32 or 64 bit Windows 10? What version of iScreensaver are you using?

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**Author:** ![mmrob](https://forum.iscreensaver.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/87869e/32.png) [@mmrob](https://forum.iscreensaver.com/u/mmrob)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.iscreensaver.com/t/solved-flash-plugin-not-installed-in-small-preview-on-windows-10/556/6 "2016-12-05T17:59:12Z")

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Windows 10 64-bit, and the screensavers are created with iScreensaver Designer 5.0.2.1125 on macOS Sierra.

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**Author:** ![iScreensaver](https://forum.iscreensaver.com/user_avatar/forum.iscreensaver.com/iscreensaver/32/24_2.png) [@iScreensaver](https://forum.iscreensaver.com/u/iScreensaver)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.iscreensaver.com/t/solved-flash-plugin-not-installed-in-small-preview-on-windows-10/556/7 "2017-01-05T20:55:36Z")

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Thank you for reporting this issue. This problem has been fixed in release 5.0.3.1128 available here: [http://iscreensaver.com/download](http://iscreensaver.com/download)
