Fixing “This Plugin is Not Supported” Error in Windows 10/11

Since you saw the “This plug-in is not supported” error message, we can safely infer that the nội dung on the site involved failed lớn load.

Thus, you may be wondering, “How lớn fix the ‘this plugin is not supported’ issue.”

In this guide, we intend lớn examine the issue associated with this particular notification and even show you how lớn fix the “This plug-in is not supported” error. Let’s go.

What Does It Mean When a Plugin is Not Supported in Chrome for Windows 10 and 11?

So, what does “This plugin is not supported” mean exactly? And why does a trang web say “plugin not supported?”

Since Google implemented HTML 5 technologies in Chrome, the browser stopped providing tư vấn for all plugins on its platform except Flash.

That said, Google waved goodbye lớn the Flash plugin when Adobe announced it will no longer tư vấn the player.

Therefore, when you see the ‘This plug-in is not supported’ message, then the issue probably involves the absence of the plugin in Chrome.

Moreover, the error could show up whenever Chrome doesn’t tư vấn a plugin that a trang web requires lớn run rẩy. For example, “Microsoft .NET Plug-in not supported.”

When you visit a trang web that needs Flash lớn work for the first time, you are supposed lớn see the prompt about allowing Flash lớn run rẩy, especially if you hover your cursor around the area where the Flash nội dung should be or if you click on the truyền thông media nội dung.

In any case, you will have lớn click on the Allow button lớn proceed. The Click lớn play setup is now the mặc định behavior in Chrome.

Once you give Chrome permission lớn allow the trang web lớn run rẩy its nội dung using Flash, then the site will become capable of playing Flash nội dung automatically in the future (when you visit it again).

But you can’t bởi all that right now because Chrome no longer has a flash option.

Well, if you see the ‘This plug-in is not supported’ error, then it’s because your browser doesn’t have the required plugin.

How lớn fix “This Plug-In is Not Supported” on Chrome

Having taken all the events due lớn which the error message comes up into tài khoản, we came up with a comprehensive list of solutions lớn the problems.

With the procedures described below, you will be able lớn fix the issue.

So, here are your answers lớn “How bởi I fix plugin is  not supported in Chrome?”

Fix 1: Clear the browsing data in Chrome

Here, we are considering the possibility that plugin issues have something lớn bởi with corrupted data being used by your browser.

If the assumptions (made here) hold true, then you will be able lớn fix the ‘This plug-in is not supported’ error by clearing Chrome browsing data.

When you force Chrome lớn clear its browsing data, the application gets rid of bad files, entries, and packages that define your experience on the trang web.

Moreover, a good number of users reported that truyền thông media on the sites affected by the plugin issue started loading up and playing after they cleared Chrome browsing data.

Hopefully, you too get the same result with the task here. These are the instructions you must follow lớn clear the browsing data in Chrome:

• Click on the Chrome icon on your taskbar or the application shortcut on your desktop lớn fire up the browser.
• Assuming you are now on the Chrome window, you have lớn use this keyboard shortcut lớn access the needed function: Ctrl + Shift + Delete.

You will be directed lớn the Settings screen or window. The Clear browsing data window or dialog will be brought up automatically.

• Ensure that the Time Range parameter is mix lớn All time. Click on the drop-down thực đơn lớn make the necessary changes – if you have lớn.
• Now, you must click on the checkboxes for the relevant categories or data forms that you want Chrome lớn clear.

Ideally, you should select all the categories lớn ensure that nothing gets left out in the clearing operation.

However, we understand that you might want Chrome lớn retain certain categories lớn make your browsing experience smooth.

• In any case, you will bởi well lớn select these categories for the data removal operation: Browsing history, Cookies and other site data, Cached images and files, Autofill sườn data, and Site Settings.
• Confirm your selections. Click on the Clear browsing data button.

Chrome will obliterate all the unwanted items and then restart the browser application automatically.

• After Chrome comes up, you have lớn test the site on which you experienced the plugin issues lớn see if things have gotten better.

If you realize that nothing has changed, you will bởi well lớn restart your computer and then kiểm tra again.

Fix 2: Use another browser lớn test things (preferably Internet Explorer):

Since you are yet lớn resolve the problem, it is time you considered the possibility that the problem is down lớn Chrome’s lack of tư vấn for a different plugin and maybe flash.

The site on which you encountered the ‘This plug-in is not supported’ error might have displayed the notification lớn inform you that your browser cannot play its truyền thông media nội dung because it is not running the Java plugin, for example.

In that case, since Chrome does not tư vấn the needed plugin, you will have lớn use a browser that still allows sites lớn use the plugin in view.

Internet Explorer is probably the best browser in that regard because it still provides tư vấn for the vast majority of plugins that are not supported on modern browsers (Chrome, Firefox, and others).

Follow these instructions lớn use Internet Explorer:

• Give the Windows logo button on your machine’s keyboard a tap lớn see the objects, options, and programs that làm đẹp the Windows Start thực đơn screen (or click on the Windows icon in your taskbar).
• Input Internet Explorer into the text box (that appears the moment you begin lớn type) lớn perform a tìm kiếm task using those keywords as the query.
• Once Internet Explorer (App) comes up as the main (or single) entry on the results list returned, you have lớn click on it lớn launch the application.
• Assuming you are now on the Internet Explorer window, you have lớn fill the text field (close lớn the top of the window) with the URL of the site or webpage on which you experienced the plugin issues and then hit Enter lớn go there.
• Wait for the trang web page lớn load completely.
• Check the page lớn confirm that the relevant truyền thông media is now visible. Confirm that you can play truyền thông media on the page.

Microsoft released the new Edge browser lớn replace and làm đẹp for the limitations of Internet Explorer. As a result, you may not find Internet Explorer by searching for it in the Start thực đơn.

Follow these steps if you’re on Windows 10:

• Launch the Start thực đơn and tìm kiếm for Windows Features.
• Click on Turn Windows features on or off.
• Once the Windows Features dialog window opens, scroll lớn Internet Explorer 11 and kiểm tra the box next lớn it.
• Click on the OK button.
• Now, you can launch Internet Explorer.

Follow these steps on Windows 11:

The Internet Explorer is missing from the Windows Features dialog. That’s because Microsoft ceased tư vấn for the browser in June 2022. That said, the browser still exists within the OS.

You’ll have lớn use a script in this case. Here are the steps you have lớn follow:

• Open the Start thực đơn, tìm kiếm for Notepad, and launch the ứng dụng.
• After the Notepad shows up, copy and paste the following text into the new note:

CreateObject(“InternetExplorer.Application”) ie.Visible = True.

• After that, go lớn the top-left corner of Notepad and click on File > Save As.
• Next, enter a name for the new tệp tin and use the VBS extension. For example, you can name the tệp tin “InternetExplorer.vbs.”
• Save the tệp tin lớn your preferred thư mục.
• The mạng internet explorer will open whenever you double-click the tệp tin.

You can also use Microsoft Edge and allow it lớn load sites that require Internet Explorer tư vấn. Here’s how lớn bởi that:

• Go lớn the Start thực đơn and launch Edge.
• After the browser opens, head lớn the top-right corner and click on the three dots.
• Select Settings from the thực đơn that drops down.
• Next, head lớn the left side of the Settings ứng dụng and click on Default Browser.
• Select Allow beside Allow sites lớn be reloaded in Internet Explorer mode (IE mode).\

Fix 3: Use the IE tab extension in Chrome

If you somehow managed lớn find out that the plugin error is down lớn Chrome’s lack of tư vấn for the needed plugins on its platform, then you can make an addition lớn Chrome setup lớn fix things.

Here, we want you lớn add or install a special extension (IE tab extension) that simulates the Internet Explorer environment in Chrome.

With the IE tab extension, you will be able lớn access websites as if they were being loaded up in the Internet Explorer application.

Since the plugin problems are nonexistent in Internet Explorer, you will no longer experience them in Chrome after you visit the affected websites using the IE tab extension.

These instructions cover almost everything that you need lớn do:

• Open Google Chrome by clicking on the browser icon on your taskbar or the application shortcut on your desktop.
• Assuming the Chrome window has been brought up, you have lớn input the following text into the URL box (close lớn the top of the window): IE tab extension.
• Give the Enter button on your machine’s keyboard a tap lớn perform a tìm kiếm task on Google using the inputted keywords as the query.
• Once the Google Search results page comes up, you have lớn click on IE Tab – Google Chrome, which is usually the first or second entry.

You will be directed lớn the page for the IE tab extension in the Chrome trang web store.

• Click on the Add lớn Chrome button.

Chrome will now work lớn install the extension on its application on your computer.

After the installation operations reach completion, you are likely lớn see a small IE logo in the top-right corner of your browser window (the icon is usually close lớn the address bar).

You can click on the IE logo (at any time) lớn force Chrome lớn load the webpage you are on into a tab in Internet Explorer.

• Now, you have lớn visit the trang web or webpage where you encountered the ‘This plug-in is not supported’ error earlier. Once you get there, you have lớn click on the IE logo lớn proceed lớn the same webpage in an IE tab (where the truyền thông media nội dung should play fine).

You can also mix Chrome lớn allow the IE tab extension load specific websites automatically. If you want lớn bởi that, then you must continue with the instructions below:

• Right-click on the IE icon (in the top-right corner of the Chrome window or close lớn your address bar) lớn see the available context thực đơn.
• Click on IE Tab options and then select Options (from the sub-list).
• Now, you must navigate lớn the kết thúc of the settings screen. Locate the Auto URLs option.
• Input the trang web or webpage URL into the text box (under Auto URLs) and then click on the Add button.

Chrome will now receive specific instructions lớn always load the trang web or page in Internet Explorer tabs on the platform.

• Restart Chrome lớn ensure the browser takes all the relevant changes into tài khoản.

Fix 4: Use the NoPlugin Extension

NoPlugin is an incredibly useful extension through which browsers get lớn play multimedia nội dung even when tư vấn for the plugins (needed lớn play the content) is lacking on their platforms.

In other words, the extension enhances browsers’ compatibility with old websites (that still use outdated plugin technologies lượt thích Flash).

NoPlugin works by converting the plugin code lớn HTML5 and then renders the result ví that the truyền thông media nội dung plays right in the browser.

With the NoPlugin extension, you can easily resolve the issue with videos or animations that refuse lớn play, especially after the ‘This plug-in is not supported’ error message has been displayed.

The NoPlugin extension is available for all the major modern trang web browsers (Chrome from Google, Firefox from Mozilla, and others).

These are the instructions you must follow lớn tải về and install the NoPlugin extension in Chrome on your computer:

• First, you have lớn click on the Chrome icon on your taskbar (or the shortcut on your desktop) lớn bring up the browser application window.
• Type the following text into the URL or address box (close lớn the top of the Chrome application window): NoPlugin extension for Chrome.
• Hit the Enter button on your machine’s keyboard lớn force Chrome lớn perform a tìm kiếm task on Google using the inputted keywords as the query.
• Once the Google Search results page comes up, you have lớn click on NoPlugin – Google Chrome, which is usually the first entry on the list.

You will be directed lớn the NoPlugin page on the Chrome trang web store.

• Click on the Add lớn Chrome button.

Chrome will now work lớn add or install the NoPlugin extension on the browser application running on your computer.

After the installation operations for the NoPlugin extension reach completion, you have lớn test the new add-on. Continue with the instructions below:

• Open the trang web or webpage where the multimedia nội dung refused lớn play due lớn the lack of plugin tư vấn.
• Check and confirm that all the relevant truyền thông media nội dung can now be played without issues (since the NoPlugin extension is active).

If the playback operation for the truyền thông media nội dung on the affected webpage fails again, then you can click on the Open nội dung button (from the NoPlugin extension menu) lớn save the truyền thông media tệp tin lớn your drive.

The tệp tin will be downloaded. You will then be able lớn use your preferred truyền thông media player lớn play the đoạn phim or audio tệp tin.

Fix 5: Update Chrome

Finally, we have lớn consider the possibility that the plugin is not supported issue is not down lớn Chrome’s lack of tư vấn for old plugins but rather newer technologies.

Perhaps, the affected trang web or webpage is using some HTML5 technologies that your current browser build does not recognize.

In that case, we can safely infer that your computer is running an old or outdated version of Chrome – because the newest Chrome build is always embedded with tư vấn for the relevant trang web technologies.

Chrome is supposed lớn kiểm tra for, tải về, and install updates automatically.

However, on your PC, it seems something is wrong with the automatic update mechanism or the update function is currently broken. In any case, you have lớn initiate the manual kiểm tra for updates.

Follow these instructions lớn update Chrome manually:

• Open Chrome. Click on the icon formed from three dots arranged vertically (in the top-right corner of the browser window).

If you see the Update Chrome button already, then you must click on it.

• Click on Help. Select About Chrome (from the shortlist).

You will be directed lớn the About Chrome screen or thực đơn now. Chrome will now get in touch with Google servers lớn see if there are updates for the Chrome application running on your computer.

Google Chrome will tải về the updates while you watch the operations progress.

• You will have lớn relaunch or restart Chrome lớn finish things.
• After the fresh Chrome window comes up, you have lớn go lớn the trang web or webpage where the truyền thông media nội dung refused (or failed) lớn play lớn see if everything now works fine there.

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Other things you can try lớn fix the This plug-in is not supported issue in Google Chrome and other browsers

If you still cannot get Google Chrome (or your preferred trang web browser) lớn play truyền thông media on certain websites or webpages, then you have lớn try the following fixes:

• Open the affected webpage in incognito mode on Google Chrome (or similar mode on your preferred browser).

The incognito mode allows Chrome lớn stop saving your browsing activity lớn the browser history repository. This mode could help you load the webpage without issues.

To open Incognito Mode, click on the three vertically arranged dots in the top-right corner and select New Incognito Window or tap Ctrl + Shift + N.

• Reset Google Chrome (in its entirety).

You may have installed an extension or applied some settings that may be causing the problem. If you’re not sure about the possible culprit, then you should reset your browser.

Here’s how lớn bởi that:

• Launch Google Chrome.
• Click on the three vertically arranged dots in the top-left corner.
• Select Settings.
• After Settings appears, head lớn the left pane and click on Reset and Clean Up.
• Select Restore settings lớn their original defaults on the Reset and Clean Up Page.
• Click on Reset Settings.

Uninstall the browser application, restart your computer, and then install the latest build of the browser available.

If nothing worked, consider removing Chrome from your computer and reinstalling it. Follow these steps if you run rẩy Windows 10:

• Open the Settings ứng dụng.
• Click on Apps.
• On the Apps & Features page, scroll down lớn Chrome or use the tìm kiếm bar lớn đường dây nóng up the ứng dụng.
• Click on Google Chrome and select Uninstall.
• Select the Uninstall option again in the confirmation pop-up.
• After that, follow the subsequent instructions on the screen lớn remove the program, then restart your computer.

Follow these steps if you run rẩy Windows 11:

• Launch the Settings application.
• Click on Apps on the left side of the Settings window and click on Apps & Features once the Apps screen appears.
• Go lớn the Apps List section and scroll lớn Google Chrome. You can also use the tìm kiếm bar lớn find the browser.
• After Chrome appears, go lớn its right and click on the three dots.
• Select Uninstall.
• Click on the Uninstall button again.

Conclusion

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