How to download and install Silverlight on Windows 10

Microsoft Silverlight was used in the past, but with rapid change of Internet and introduction of new technologies Silverlight was replaced by them.

If you want to use Silverlight on Windows 10, today we’re going to show you how to do it.

How to install Silverlight on Windows 10?

To install Microsoft Silverlight, you need to do the following:

1. Go to Microsoft’s website and download Silverlight.
   

   

2. After downloading it, you should be able to use it without any problems.
   

   

As we already mentioned, if you visit a website that still uses Silverlight, you’ll have to use Internet Explorer 11 or Firefox in order to display Silverlight content.

Google Chrome has dropped support for NPAPI plug-ins and it doesn’t run Java or Silverlight anymore, so you’ll have to use one of aforementioned browsers.

Check which browsers still work with Silverlight and fix common errors with these guides: Browser support for Silverlight and Silverlight not working.

Silverlight was once a popular framework, but it was replaced by HTML5, and in fact, even Microsoft recommends streaming services to use HTML5 over Silverlight.

HTML5 is supported by all major modern browsers. It works perfectly on all platforms and devices, and there are no additional plug-ins to install.

Silverlight is slowly but surely becoming a thing of a past, and even Microsoft suggests users to move on from Silverlight to different technologies.

If you still need to run Silverlight, you can download it and install it by following the instructions above.

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