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Sollution to Firefox 3.6.8 issues with Flash 10.1.53.64 !!

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Sollution to Firefox 3.6.8 issues with Flash 10.1.53.64 !!

Had the well known problem after upgrading to 3.6.8. Found that many people had the same problem also. After investigating A LOT about this one i've found that if you set, in about:config, the parameter " dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.npswf32.dll " to FALSE it solves the problem !!

So... dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.npswf32.dll == false

Sollution to Firefox 3.6.8 issues with Flash 10.1.53.64 !! Had the well known problem after upgrading to 3.6.8. Found that many people had the same problem also. After investigating A LOT about this one i've found that if you set, in about:config, the parameter " dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.npswf32.dll " to FALSE it solves the problem !! So... dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.npswf32.dll == false

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For those who want to know what the above does, here is a little bit of background information.

Prior to Firefox 3.6.4, if a plugin such as Flash was to crash or hang, it would also crash or hang Firefox. Starting with Firefox 3.6.4, certain plugins including Flash run in their own process. This means that if the plugin was to hang or crash it would not hang or crash Firefox, instead you get the option to reload the page that contained the plugin to try running it again.

Changing the preference as shown by solver22 will make Flash behave like it did prior to Firefox 3.6.4, it will no longer run in its own process. This will cause Firefox to crash or hang if there is a problem with the Flash plugin, in the same way it did with Firefox 3.6.3 and earlier.

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Well, if you're experiencing problems after the update to 3.6.8, it's possible that you are having a problem with some Firefox add-on that is hindering your Firefox's normal behavior. Have you tried disabling all add-ons (just to check), to see if Firefox goes back to normal?

Whenever you have a problem with Firefox, whatever it is, you should make sure it's not caused by one (or more than one) of your installed add-ons, be it an extension, a theme or a plugin. To do that easily and cleanly, run Firefox in safe mode (don't forget to select Disable all add-ons when you start safe mode). If the problem disappears, you know it's from an add-on. Disable them all in normal mode, and enable them one at a time until you find the source of the problem. See this article for information about troubleshooting extensions and themes and this one for plugins.

If you need support for one of your add-ons, you'll have to contact its author.

If the problem does not disappear when all add-ons are disabled, please tell me, so we can work from there. Please have no fear of following my instructions to the line, as all can be easily undone.

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I am running Win 7 home prem 64. Same problem and did the safe mode disable. I tried enabling Flash only and crash.

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Then you need to contact Adobe for support, if you're only having a problem with Flash and with no other plugin.

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While I have not contacted Adobe, I am sure the answer will be don't use Firefox 3.6.8. ( The compliment to the answer you gave. It not Firefox that has the problem but Adobe.)

Since the only solution that I have seen is to disable the key reason to use Firefox 3.6.8 (crash protection) then the problem would appear to be in how Firefox as done the crash protection.

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Worked perfectly for me! Was getting frustrated with Firefox! :) Now I'm a happy camper again!

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Yep, made the changes as above and it worked but now Firefox crashes completely after a few hours use!! This is frustrating as hell since there is no better browser out there to use while we wait for a fix C'mon Mozilla!!