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Firefox crashes

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my firefox crashes at random times and with increasing frequency. prior to this I had pop up saying that flash player has crashed .... cannot get this back even after removing from PC and re-installing

my firefox crashes at random times and with increasing frequency. prior to this I had pop up saying that flash player has crashed .... cannot get this back even after removing from PC and re-installing

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Please update to Firefox 38.0.1 and I strongly suggest updating to Windows 8.1 and let us know if you still have issues.

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Please update to Firefox 38.0.1 and I strongly suggest updating to Windows 8.1 and let us know if you still have issues.

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If you have submitted crash reports then please post the IDs of one or more recent crash reports that have a "bp-" prefix:

  • bp-xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx

You can find the Report ID of recent crash reports on the "Help > Troubleshooting Information" page (about:support).

  • Click the "All Crash Reports" button on this page to open the about:crashes page and see all crash reports.

If necessary then you can open about: pages via the location/address bar.

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You can check for problems with current Shockwave Flash plugin versions and try this:

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