Download link for silverlight broken

Question

Hi,
the downloadlink for silverlight for windows (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=229321) is broken.
Anyone from MS who can report this to the correct place and get it fixed?

(Yes unfortenenatly still dependenent on Silverlight as SQL MDS uses it...)

Answer 1

Hi @Daniel Nilsson ，

Microsoft Silverlight will reach the end of support on October 12, 2021
the Silverlight installer will no longer be available after the end of support date of October 12, 2021.

look at this doc: Silverlight End of Support

If there is a need to migrate applications from Silverlight, it is recommend that you evaluate the requirements of the application that you are migrating and determine the technology that best suits the application in question

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Answer 2

When you use Internet Explorer the SilverLight installer should start, when you visit https://www.microsoft.com/getsilverlight/Get-Started/Install/Default

Answer 3

Hi @Daniel Nilsson ,

This is Silverlight's homepage:
https://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/default

Make sure you are running a Silverlight-compatible Windows operating system and browser and that you have uninstalled any previous version of Silverlight.

You can instand it from Windows Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox

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Answer 4

But the problem is that the link that points to the installation file is broken.
If you use the link OlafHelper-2800 supplied, and click "download for Windows" it does not work

Answer 5

Thanks @YufeiShao-msft for finding that small line of text! "Silverlight installer will not be available after October 2021" that answers why it can't be downloaded any more!