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Since my latest update last eve, flash player will not do anything.

andythebeagle
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I've followed any information I could find for trouble shooting Flash. This includes doing an un-install and a cold install of the most recent version of Flash. No video site will work. Any site that even has a video will not run the video; Includes Twitter vine and imbedded links . I'm stumped. I really don't know much and I always stop by FF online support first. I always follow any advice given there and most of the time I'm a happy camper. Doesn't take much to make me happy. Right now I'm unhappy. Any ideas would be appreciated. AND, is there a stable version of FF available? Some how I ended up getting beta updates, I assume they're a nightly release, and there seems to be some issue most of the time. Usually minor, but just enough to make me chronically aware of the updates. I restart Win7x64 at least every 24 hours due to my video work, and frequently restart FF.

I've followed any information I could find for trouble shooting Flash. This includes doing an un-install and a cold install of the most recent version of Flash. No video site will work. Any site that even has a video will not run the video; Includes Twitter vine and imbedded links . I'm stumped. I really don't know much and I always stop by FF online support first. I always follow any advice given there and most of the time I'm a happy camper. Doesn't take much to make me happy. Right now I'm unhappy. Any ideas would be appreciated. AND, is there a stable version of FF available? Some how I ended up getting beta updates, I assume they're a nightly release, and there seems to be some issue most of the time. Usually minor, but just enough to make me chronically aware of the updates. I restart Win7x64 at least every 24 hours due to my video work, and frequently restart FF.

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Thanx for your support. Seems that all the problems were fixed by resetting FF. Then sorting thru the extensions so eliminate anything I really don't need. I really don't know, but it seems that some of the extensions don't play well with others.

I did try your idea first, ant as my frustration level rose, the idea of resetting became more attractive. It's good to have it as a fall back fix for some of the more confusing issues.

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Sashoto Seeam
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Hello, the version of Firefox you are running is a beta version. It's recommended for general users to download the stable release. Which is currently Firefox 38.0.1. You can download it from: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/

And if you want to continue with Firefox 39.0, you may give it a try:

  • Type about:preferences#advanced at your navigation bar. (where you type websites adress)
  • In General tab, at bottom you'll find Use hardware acceleration when available
  • Uncheck it if checked. Restart Firefox
andythebeagle
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Thanx for your support. Seems that all the problems were fixed by resetting FF. Then sorting thru the extensions so eliminate anything I really don't need. I really don't know, but it seems that some of the extensions don't play well with others.

I did try your idea first, ant as my frustration level rose, the idea of resetting became more attractive. It's good to have it as a fall back fix for some of the more confusing issues.