Is there a way I can select the drop down menu in settings using Chrome Driver with Java?

Question

What I'm trying to do is turn the Flash setting from 'Block' to 'Allow' in the chrome settings page mentioned below. I looked up the xpath for the sel drop down option for Flash to run the Webdriver code but it doesn't select the element at all.

WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
String flashURL = "chrome://settings/content/siteDetails?site=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.xfinity.com";

driver.manage().window().maximize();
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);

driver.get(flashURL);

//copy the xpath for Flash sel drop down: //*[@id="permission"]

WebElement flash = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id="permission"]"));
flash.click();

When I run the program, I get the error saying web element was not found.

I'm on Chrome 78 and have the appropriate chromedriver installed.

Answer 1

With the help of Kwishna in comments I got this answer. Allow Flash content in Chrome 69 running via chromedriver Looks like Johno Crawford gave a reply that will help any one trying to turn on Flash by default.