After updating firefox cannot play flash content always asks to install even when i have.
I updated to firefox 7 last night and this morning i cannot play any flash content, ive installed it many times but it always says i need to install it when ever i play flash. Its not listed in the plugins list and when i click to check if im up to date it says flash is out dated and been disabled, update to the latest version, which i have. Please could you help, Thankyou
Solution choisie
Create a New Profile as a test to check if your current profile is causing the problems.
-> Basic Troubleshooting - Make a New Profile
IF that New Profile works then you can recover your Bookmarks and Passwords from the Old Profile.
-> Recovering important data from an old profile
Check and tell if its working.
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still no help? whats causing this i download install flash, it works fine on IE and when i check plugins it says flash is outdated and been disabled, but i have the latest release.
Please help
come on someone please help, im not the only one with this problem. I love firefox but since the update it's become unusable and IE is awfull please give a fix
Upgrade Firefox to version 7.0.1
-> Install the Flash plugin to view videos, animations and games
Check and tell if its working.
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Hi thankyou for your reply, i updated to 7.0.1, uninstalled flash (through adobe) reinstalled, uninstalled firefox reinstalled, then falsh again.
Same problem.
-> Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems
Check and tell if its working.
no its not working i tried all that before posting (and the update to 7.0.1 one shortly after) hence the bumping of my post :)
Solution choisie
Create a New Profile as a test to check if your current profile is causing the problems.
-> Basic Troubleshooting - Make a New Profile
IF that New Profile works then you can recover your Bookmarks and Passwords from the Old Profile.
-> Recovering important data from an old profile
Check and tell if its working.
Modifié le par Hasan
ok ill get back to you after and let you know. Thanks
Awesome thats solved it :)
there is one other problem maybe you could help me with. ive had it for a quite a while.
The plugin container process always runs at 80-100% cpu all the time any idea how to calm it down?
-> Update All your Firefox Plugins
When Downloading Plugins Update setup files, Remove Checkmark from Downloading other Optional Softwares with your Plugins (e.g. Toolbars, McAfee, Google Chrome, etc.)
-> Restart Firefox
Check and tell if its working.
Modifié le par Hasan
ok both sites said all my plugins are up todate i tried that reinitialyze thing, i will post back later if the plugin container process keeps burning up the CPU
Thankyou for your help, its great to finaly have FF back i hate IE and chrome with a passion ^^
Glad to hear it
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