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Old August 10th 18, 10:08 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Paul[_32_]
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Tim wrote:
While upgrading Flash today, I found that I have both Flash Player 30 NPAPI
and Flash Player 30 PPPAPI. What is the difference between the two, and do
I need both?

I suspect that one is a developer version, and the other a run-time, but
what do I know.

TIA


NPAPI is for Firefox.

PPAPI is for SrWare Iron (a Chrome-clone).
And apparently for Opera Browser too.

Google Chrome would actually update its own PPAPI
privately (that's what "embedded" means). It's only
"Chrome-clones" where the auto-updater is removed,
where manual PPAPI updating is required.

The N in NPAPI is traceable to "Netscape", which is
a grandparent to this stuff.

The table at the bottom of the page here, hints at
how many unique cases there are.

http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/about/

Windows 10 will take care of the Flash in IE11
and the Flash in MSEdge for you. There should be
a separate entry in Windows Update History listing
for it, when it comes in. It's not normally in the
Cumulative, because Flash is an Adobe product,
not an MS product, and packaging it in with
masses of Microsoft software wouldn't be the
right thing to do.

Paul
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