How to Install Flash Player on Firefox Portable

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Firefox Portable is a scaled-down, lightweight version of the Firefox browser. To enable mobility of the browser, the software is designed to run off a USB/thumb drive. The Adobe Flash Player may be installed as a plug-in to the Firefox Portable browser on a USB drive. To accomplish the installation, two files are extracted from the Adobe Flash Player installation file, and then copied to the Firefox Portable plugin directory on the USB drive.

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Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

Firefox Portable installed on a USB drive Adobe Flash Player Download Universal Extractor application

Step 1

Download the most current full version of Adobe Flash Player. Save the installation program to your hard drive.
Step 2

Download and install the Universal Extractor tool.
Step 3

Open the Universal Extractor application. Navigate to the Adobe Flash Player installation file downloaded in Step 1.
Step 4

Extract two files from the Flash Player installation file, and save to hard drive. Extract the files:
1. flashplayer.xpt
2. NPSWF32.dll
Step 5

Navigate to the two files from the previous step. Select both files.
Step 6

Copy the two files to the Firefox Portable plug-in directory on the USB drive. If the default installation for the Firefox Portable installation was used, the directory to copy the two files to is:
\Mozilla Firefox\plugins
Step 7

Test the installation by using the Firefox Portable browser, and navigating to a site that uses the Adobe Flash plug-in, such as YouTube.com, and accessing a video or slideshow which requires the Flash Player.