Symptoms
When working with Microsoft Silverlight you may encounter the following scenarios:
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You can use the Netflix HTML5 player or the Silverlight plug-in to watch Netflix TV shows and movies on: PCs running Windows XP or later. Intel-based Macs running OS X Tiger (v10.4.11) or later. IPads running iPadOS 13.0 or later. See complete requirements below for HTML5, Silverlight 4, and Silverlight 5. Silverlight and IE11 We have Windows Server 2019 Standard (1809) users are accessing remotely to use Silverlight application with Internet Explorer 11 and sice last week, everyone is getting just a blank white page.
In approximately 15 months from now, Silverlight will effectively cease to exist. On October 12, 2021, users will no longer be able to download the IE plugin needed to use applications created with it. Internet Explorer for your Mac and ChromeBook Supports Java / Silverlight / Shockwave / Flash Easily switch between Internet Explorer versions (IE7, IE8, IE9, IE10, IE11).
Install Microsoft Silverlight
Upgrade to another version of Microsoft Silverlight
Uninstall Microsoft Silverlight
Microsoft Silverlight does not work as expected
Attempts to restart the computer and try to upgrade, install or uninstall Microsoft Silverlight again end in the same results.
Cause
This issue can occur if an existing installation or uninstall has become corrupt.
Resolution
To automatically uninstall Microsoft Silverlight, click the button in the 'Fix it for me' section. If you would rather verify and update these keys yourself, go to the 'Let me fix it myself' section.
Fix it for me
Note This wizard may be in English only. However, the automatic fix also works for other language versions of Windows.
Note If you are not currently using the computer that is experiencing this problem, you can save the automatic fix to a flash drive or to a CD, and then you can run it later on the computer in question.
When the Fix it solution has completed, click the link below to install the latest version of Microsoft Silverlight:
http://www.microsoft.com/getsilverlight/get-started/install/default.aspx
Let me fix it myself
To resolve this issue yourself, follow these steps:
Click Start and type Notepad in the Search box
Double-click on Notepad from the list of results above
Copy and then paste the following text into Notepad.
Click File and Save As and type CleanSilverlight.cmd
In the Save astype box, click All Files (*.*)
In the Save in box, click Desktop, and then click Save
On the File menu, click Exit
Right-click the CleanSilverlight.cmd file on your desktop and click Run as administrator
When the uninstall completes, right-click the CleanSilverlight.cmd file on your desktop and click Run as administrator a second time
Once the uninstall has completed, click the link below to install the latest version of Microsoft Silverlight
http://www.microsoft.com/getsilverlight/get-started/install/default.aspxDelete the CleanSilverlight.cmd file from your desktop.
More Information
Microsoft Community
Have other questions? To obtain free support, check out our Microsoft Community. There, you can search for answers or ask other users specific questions. Click the following link to visit the Microsoft Community Forums: http://answers.microsoft.com
Questions specific to Silverlight
There are couple of ways to check if Microsoft Silverlight is installed on your Windows computer. This post explains both the methods with examples.
Programs and Features console
This console shows all installed software on your system and also features available on your Windows installation that you can enable as add-on. You can look for Microsoft Silverlight among the listed items, sort the list by name column so that you can quickly look it up. On my windows box, it shows up as below.
WMIC command
If you want to check the installation from CMD, the below command can be used.
What this command does is, it gets the list of software installed on the system and then searches for silverlight among the list.
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Example when Silverlight was installed on the computer
Example when Silverlight was not installed
It prints blank line when it does not find the specified software in the list.
Get Silverlight version
Enable Silverlight Ie11
We can use ‘get version’ with WMIC command to find the version of silverlight installed on the computer.
Ie11 Silverlight Plugin
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