Google has updated the Chrome browser bringing it to version 42 which does not present additional functions, but an important innovation relating to the security of Chrome itself. Practically now, by default, all plugins external to the browser such as Java and Silverlight are blocked and are not executed when requested by a site.
In technical terms, NPAPI plugins, an old technology for integrating external components in browsers, have been blocked .
Chrome instead supports a new API, called PPAPI, used for example by Adobe Flash uses in Chrome which in fact is not blocked.
For the moment there is also no direct option to re-enable blocked plugins.
For example, if we have Silverlight installed and it worked on Chrome until yesterday, it is not really seen now.
You can try it by going to a test page on the Microsoft website and note that Silverlight installation is required. All content that requires an NPAPI plugin such as Java and Silverlight will no longer be loaded into Chrome and the browser will show us an error message or suggestions on how to install the missing plugin.
To see the plugins blocked in Chrome you can open a new tab with the address chrome: // plugins / (no longer exists) and note, in the list of plugins, that for each one is written " Type: PPAPI ". Those that are not PPAPI will not work and can therefore be removed.
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To ignore the blocking of plugins in Chrome and continue to use Java-based applications or other NPAPI plugins you will therefore have to use another browser such as Edge or Internet Explorer.
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