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Firefox switches off adobe flash plugin during debugging

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Firefox 3.6.4 switches off adobe flash plugin during debugging

This happened

Every time Firefox opened

== when my application is stopped on breakpoint in adobe flash builder firefox switches flash plugin off in 15-20 secconds. can i disable this behaviour?

Firefox 3.6.4 switches off adobe flash plugin during debugging == This happened == Every time Firefox opened == when my application is stopped on breakpoint in adobe flash builder firefox switches flash plugin off in 15-20 secconds. can i disable this behaviour?

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Enter about:config into the address bar, click through any warning, then into the Filter box paste:

dom.ipc.plugins.timeoutSecs

Double-click that line to change the value to the number of seconds you want.

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Enter about:config into the address bar, click through any warning, then into the Filter box paste:

dom.ipc.plugins.timeoutSecs

Double-click that line to change the value to the number of seconds you want.

cor-el
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You can disable the timeout with a value of -1 of the pref dom.ipc.plugins.timeoutSecs

See http://benjamin.smedbergs.us/blog/tag/hang/