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After updating firefox cannot play flash content always asks to install even when i have.

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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

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

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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 whats causing this i download install flash, it works fine on IE and when i check plugins it says flash is outdated and been disabled, but i have the latest release.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

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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

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Upgrade Firefox to version 7.0.1

-> Install the Flash plugin to view videos, animations and games

Check and tell if its working.

Modified by Hasan

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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.

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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 :)

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Chosen Solution

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.

Modified by Hasan

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ok ill get back to you after and let you know. Thanks

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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?

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-> 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

-> Troubleshooting Plugins

Check and tell if its working.

Modified by Hasan

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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 ^^

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Glad to hear it

Modified by Hasan