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WINDOWS ONLY - ENABLING SILVERLIGHT PLUGIN (NPAPI PLUGINS) IN CHROME

ENABLING SILVERLIGHT PLUGIN (NPAPI PLUGINS) IN CHROME - FOR windows USERs ONLY

In Chrome v42 and newer, Google disables NPAPI plugins by default. If you have Silverlight installed but see the prompt "To use this, please install Microsoft Silverlight" please follow the below steps to resolve the issue. 

How to Enable NPAPI plugins (Silverlight) - Windows only

1. Open Chrome and browse to chrome://flags/#enable-npapi

2. Click the Enable NPAPI setting.  

3. After that, click "Relaunch Now" at the bottom of your Chrome window. Note: Closing and reopening Chrome is not sufficient, you must click the "Relaunch Now" button.
4. Once Chrome relaunches, verify Silverlight is installed by browsing to http://www.microsoft.com/getsilverlight/Get-Started/Install/Default.aspx

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