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How to Enable Appeon on Chrome Version 42

Appeon no longer works in Chrome (version 42) without changing the NPAPI setting to enable plug ins.

To enable it:

  1. Enter: chrome://flags  in the browser’s address bar and hit enter.
  2. Search for the Enable NPAPI option (Enables the use of NPAPI plugins.) and enable it.  This is located about 10 options down from the top.
  3. Restart chrome.

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      Former Member

      Google plans to completely remove NPAPI support in version 45, due in September.

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      Former Member

      What will appeon do for chrome support in october?

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      appeon is working on it.

      in the meantime, there is always firefox

      Author's profile photo Bruce Armstrong
      Bruce Armstrong

      Correct.  However, they have a PPAPI that plugins can use instead.  That's why Flash still runs on Chrome even though NPAPI has been blocked.  The folks at Google actually did the conversion of the Flash player from NPAPI to PPAPI and included the player by default with Chrome:

      Chromium Blog: The road to safer, more stable, and flashier Flash

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      Do you know if Oracle plans a PPAPI version of the Java plugin?

      Author's profile photo Bruce Armstrong
      Bruce Armstrong

      So far no.  And there is no sign that Oracle is interested in doing one.

      Author's profile photo Bruce Armstrong
      Bruce Armstrong

      More info:

      Java and Google Chrome Browser

      " As it is unclear if these dates will be further extended or not, we strongly recommend Java users consider alternatives to Chrome as soon as possible. Instead, we recommend Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari as longer-term options. "

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      Former Member

      Hi M;

      Great tip ... This worked nicely on my v42.0.2311.90 of Chrome.   🙂

      Thanks for the NPAPI update Roland!

      regards ... Chris

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      Former Member

      Great Appeon Web tip!

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      Thanks M. It worked for chrome on my windows 7 but not for chrome on my mac ? I think i'm still missing something, when entering the link to the site nothing happens (no pop ups, just a black page)

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      appeon requires windows for the web version

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      Hi Ben;

        FYI: Appeon Web only works on the MS-Windows version of Chrome at the moment.

      Regards ... Chris