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Firefox crashes Adobe Flash

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Can anyone tell me why the latest version of Flash Player Crashes in Firefox? Is there a way to get around that?

Can anyone tell me why the latest version of Flash Player Crashes in Firefox? Is there a way to get around that?

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Type about:addons<enter> in the address bar to open the Add-ons Manager. Hot key; <Control> (Mac=<Command>) <Shift> A)

On the left side of the page, select Plugins. Find Shockwave Flash, and press the Options button. Uncheck Enable Adobe Flash Protected Mode.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/adobe-flash-plugin-has-crashed#w_disable-flash-protected-mode Disable Flash protected mode

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/adobe-flash-plugin-has-crashed#w_disable-hardware-acceleration-in-flash Disable hardware acceleration in Flash

Modified by FredMcD

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This still did not solve it. Thanks for the tip. Any other ideas?

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These sites basically say to uninstall and reinstall if you have a problem. That doesn't help me much. A reinstall gives me the same problem.