Is Adobe flash plugin 11.3.300.257 incompatible with Firefox???
On two different machines (one Windows Vista 32 bit and the other Windows 7 64 bit) I updated the adobe flash plugin to 11.3.300.257, and it stopped working on Firefox (still worked on Google Chrome). No crashes, just an error message any time I click on anything needing the flash player. I restored the previous version of the plugin (11.2.202.235) and everything worked again.
Modified by Noah_SUMO
Chosen solution
by cor-elThat issue can be caused by the RealPlayer Browser Record Plugin extension (Tools > Add-ons > Extensions).
- http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/crash-leaving-browser-page-flash.html
- https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes
You can also try to disable protected mode in the Flash player.
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@cor-el Updated,6/16. If you checked the date on Adobe's posting of this it was 2/2/12 and has to do with another issue. I was working on another major issue at that exact time with Real's Level Three Case Managers. It had nothing to so with Adobe then either - nothing could connect with FF but that issue has been fixed for months. But one user has reported to me,and one on Adobe's site, that the Real plugin extension, when disabled, allows them to see videos again, but they now can't download videos. However, I've tested it thoroughly and it's NOT the cause of no Flash Content loading because disabling it does nothing. So clearly, the Flash update has more than one conflict as well as several symptoms (crashes) for different users, but all caused by this update. And as for this complicated Protected Mode fix, Alice Wyman agrees with me that editing an obscure file is not the best solution and you yourself said it reduces security. The proper workaround is simple and works and is what wmtan said worked for him also - simply restoring the previous version of the plugin,11.2.202.257 or, even safer, 10.3 - you can reinstall from Adobe's archives. This is the only workaround that works and makes sense, in addition to switching browsers or using another browser to download videos. The rest is strictly up to the Developers and they're certainly getting enough complaints on this and other issues caused by this "behaving like a beta" upgrade. They'd better start coordinating this better with Adobe's Developers because this whole fiasco should have been prevented in the first place instead of making us jump through hoops with everybody playing guessing games. What I'm really sick of is the fact that so many of you "experts" can't distinguish between trouble shooting steps and practical workarounds and you're misleading people by doing that. For those users, for example who find that disabling the Record Plugin allows them to stream videos again ( it didn't for me), you lead people to believe that's the workaround and they think that's their solution. So now they can't download videos and they think that's a solution because you and Adobe said so. That's garbage in, garbage out thinking, when the really practical workaround is to simply reinstall the previous version 10.3 from Adobe's archives and have a fully functioning RealPlayer Record Plugin. Adobe now says it's a "last resort"?!? RealPlayer's position as of 6/15 is the same as my recommendation to revert back to 10.3-and no, it's not necessarily a "last resort",and switching to another browser or downloading videos with another browser is the simplest for many users. To trouble shoot to try to find the causes of conflicts is fine, but the problem doesn't end there. Until there's a final fix, a practical workaround still has to be determined, and disabling the download button to fix a flash problem is like withholding food from a starving person so that when they die, they won't need the food.
Go to answer 9@ Checkmate. Thank for 'chewing my ear off' :) You did basically answer my question in the sense that Adobe and firefox are aware of the problem and that it is a wide problem enough than indivuals won't have to 'patch/fix' it and they will sort it out. Until then I will use Chrome. Who knows it might force me to learn to like Chorme ;) Especially seeing as my problem is not only with flash video files it is with content and entire websites missing their 'being'. Again - Tx X
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Hi Matt,
As weird as it may seem, about 4 hours ago (it is now 21:12 in Brazil, where I am), I uninstalled Flash Player, using Adobe uninstaller and removed folder Flash at C:\Windows\system 32\Macromed (it is like it appears in my PC). Then I opened IE (I was not able to download the on line installer using FF, it prompted to manual installation) in a page with Flash Player content. That prompted to download Adobe Flash Player plug in, version 11.3.300.262. Then, I browsed to the same page using FF. It prompted to install Flash Player (I guess it was the Active X component). My system has, according to Windows utility: Uninstall / Change (Modify) a Program, the following Adobe Flash Player 11 components installed:
Plugin ................11.3.300.262 Active X .............11.3.300.257.
I have since then been using my PC without any crash. I was giving my system some more time before spreading the news. Some more comments of a computer illiterate: Adobe informs that they have modified a timing related parameter. That matches with the behavior I was seeing with Flash Player previous version. Hope they have made a good job. There is an alert about distortion problems, though. Suggest people to check using audio/video sites (YouTube and the like).
Thanks for updating the community.
Modified by JPinho
Question owner
Matt G; Yes, it works. Thank you.
Question owner
Matt G: I spoke too soon. The new download did work on my 32 bit Windows Vista machine, but it did not help on my 64 bit Windows 7 machine. I had to revert back to Flash 10.3 on my Windows 7 64 bit machine for flash player to work.
Just to support your comment, wmtan, I am having no problem but my system is a 32-bit Windows 7. Just a guess: before installing the new version I would suggest to use Adobe Flash player uninstaller and remove a couple of Flash entries in C\Windows. One is located in system32\Macromed, and other in C\Windows\sysWOW \Macromed.....(I guess this is found in 64-bit system only.). If this was done prior to installing Flash Player, then 64-bit systems have not have been given a solution yet.
Modified by JPinho
Hello, Matt_G.,
After about a week using version 11.3.33.262 for FF 13.0.1, I still see some crashes. Since june 27 until today, July 3rd, I had a total of 3 crashes. I immediately got a Windows box stating that Adobe Flash plug in stopped working and Windows was trying to find a solution for that. I could wait and Windows fixes it (after about 30 seconds) or press F5 (reload). I will move to disable Protected Mode, and see if it completely solves the problem.
Make it easy for yourself - just follow the first option - uninstall and reinstall this version of flash and it will fix your problems - then do not allow auto updates of Flash (learn a lesson this time...) 11.2.202.235 Archived versions - http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions.html
Thanks to wmtan for the first option - everyone else's fix was painful and did not work for me. I spent at least 8 hours dorking around with this....
I use Win 7 64 bit and FF 6.0.2 - I will try a later version of FF at some point - likely above version 10 but for now it is working LIKE IT USED TO! I have to run FF 6.0.2 for other apps right now.
Hopefully Adobe will get this fixed soon so the every day person can use Flash with being a programmer and computer geek to make it happen! Likewise - Mozilla needs to be aware of this before more folks switch to Chrome... ;o)
Modified by sammyc
Agree completely - help fix the problem immediately - tell people to roll back - instead of expecting people to start acting like a techno geek to fix a problem caused by the software provider....