IE not playing youtube videos, flash player problem?

By Value hunter on Aug 13, 2016 | In On the web, Bad business

Got the dreaded black screen, telling you to "install flash player" when you try to watch youtube videos, when you already have flash player installed? It's becoming a common occurance lately.

As official channels are lacking in their solutions, here's a little work around - fix it, I use, for the problem.

When your browser is open, click tools - manage add-ons then disable flash player. Go to the youtube page and your videos will play.
When other websites such as BBC, tell you to install flash player to see the content, then go back to your tools - manage add ons and turn it back on again.

I have no idea what is causing the problem, all I know is that I want to watch videos and youtube will not play them.
Hope this helps...