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Adobe Flash only works when I run Firefox in Admin Mode

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As the title says, I need to run Firefox in admin mode each time for Adobe Flash to work.

When I do not run it in admin mode, and I visit say Youtube, the box where the flash player should appear flickers and just does not load. The HTML5 version eventually loads instead.

When I visit the adobe flash test page it does not work either. Only when I run in admin mode it works fine.

Problem is I do not want to run Firefox in Admin mode for security reasons each time I use the browser. I have tried reinstalling mozilla, disabling all plugins/extensions, reinstalling adobe flash several times.

I DO NOT have this problem when using Google Chrome.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Kind Regards,

Skanza

As the title says, I need to run Firefox in admin mode each time for Adobe Flash to work. When I do not run it in admin mode, and I visit say Youtube, the box where the flash player should appear flickers and just does not load. The HTML5 version eventually loads instead. When I visit the adobe flash test page it does not work either. Only when I run in admin mode it works fine. Problem is I do not want to run Firefox in Admin mode for security reasons each time I use the browser. I have tried reinstalling mozilla, disabling all plugins/extensions, reinstalling adobe flash several times. I DO NOT have this problem when using Google Chrome. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Kind Regards, Skanza

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I have just updated to Firefox 31.0 and the issue still occurs.

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Hi skanza,

Did you try to reset firefox as explained in the following howto here  ?