Error in Yandex Browser: Failed to download the plugin

Sometimes Yandex.Bauser users may encounter such an error: "Failed to load the plugin." Usually it happens in attempts to reproduce some media system, such as video or flash game.

Most often, such an error may appear if the Adobe Flash Player is broken, but it does not always reinstall it helps to solve the problem. In this case, it is necessary to resort to other ways to eliminate the error.

Causes of error: "Failed to load plugin"

This error may appear by one of several reasons. Here are the most common of them:

The problem is in the work of the flash player;
loading the cached page with a shut off plugin;
Outdated version of the Internet browser;
Viruses and malicious software:
Fault in the operating system.

Next, we will analyze the ways to eliminate each of these problems.

Flash player problems

Flash player update to the latest version

As mentioned earlier, a failure in the work of the flash player or an outdated version of its version can lead to the fact that the browser will issue an error. In this case, everything is solved quite simply - updating the plugin. In the other article on the link below you will find the instructions for reinstalling it.

Read more: How to update Adobe Flash Player in Yandex.Browser

Inclusion plugin

In some cases, the plugin cannot start for a simple reason - it is turned off. Perhaps after a failure, it cannot start, and now you need to turn it on manually.

Write the following address in the search string:
browser: // plugins
Click on the ENTER keyboard.
Next to the ADOBE Flash Player disabled, click on the "Enable" button.
Just in case you can put a tick "run always" - it will help automatically resume the player's work after the collapse.

Conflict plugins

If you see next to the Adobe Flash Player clause "(2 files)", and they are both launched, the reason for stopping the work of the plugin can be the conflict of these two files. To determine if it, it is necessary to do the following:

Click on the "More details" button.
Find a section with Adobe Flash Player and disconnect the first plugin.
Restart the problem page and check whether the flash content is loaded.
If not, then go back to the plug-on page, turn on the disconnected plugin and turn off the second file. After that, restart the desired tab again.
If this does not give the result, turn on both plugins back.

Other solutions to the problem

When the problem is saved only on one site, then try to open it through another browser. The inability to load flash content through different observers may indicate:

Breakdowns on the site side.
Incorrect work Flash Player.

We recommend to familiarize yourself with the article below, which tells about other frequent reasons for the inoperability of this plugin.

Read more: What to do if the Adobe Flash Player does not work in the browser

Cleaning cache and cookies

It may be that after the page has been loaded for the first time along with the plugin disconnected, it is preserved in the cache in this form. Therefore, even after updating or turning on the plug-in, the content is still not loaded. Simply put, the page is loaded from the cache, without any changes. In this case, you need to clean the cache and, if necessary, cookies.

Press the menu and select "Settings".
At the bottom of the page, click on the "Show Advanced Settings" button.
In the "Personal Data" block, select "Clean the Load History".
Set the period "for all time."
Install the checkboxes next to the "Files stored in the cache" and "cookies and other data of sites and modules". The remaining ticks can be removed.
Click on the "Clear Story" button.

Browser update

Yandex.Browser is always updated automatically, but if some reason has emerged, according to which he could not update himself, then it is necessary to do it manually. We have already written about this in a separate article.

Removing viruses

Often, malicious software affects the most popular programs installed on the computer. For example, viruses may interfere with Adobe Flash Player or fully block it, because of which it cannot display video. Scan an antivirus PC, and if not, then use the free Dr.Web Cureit scanner. It will help to find dangerous programs and remove them from the system.

Download Dr.Web Cureit utility

System Restore

If you notice that the error appeared after updating any software or after certain actions affecting the operation of the system, you can resort to a more radical method - to roll back the system. It is best to do it if other tips did not help you.

Open the Control Panel.
In the upper right corner, set the "Minor Icons" parameter and select the "Restore" section.
Click on "Starting System Recovery".
If necessary, click Tick next to the item "show other recovery points".
Focusing on the date of creating a recovery point, select the one when the problems with the work of the browser were absent.
Click "Next" and continue to start the system recovery.