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Aurora 19.0a2 (2012-12-04), flash 11.5.502.110 crashes with "Unable to open file mapping"

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Aurora 19.0a2 (2012-12-04), flash 11.5.502.110 crashes with "Unable to open file mapping" 11.5.502.110 Latest aurora update killed the flash player. Reinstallation, unistall/install of latest flash player do not help. Error is "Unable to open file mapping", shown twice for each flash player instance on a loaded page.

Aurora 19.0a2 (2012-12-04), flash 11.5.502.110 crashes with "Unable to open file mapping" 11.5.502.110 Latest aurora update killed the flash player. Reinstallation, unistall/install of latest flash player do not help. Error is "Unable to open file mapping", shown twice for each flash player instance on a loaded page.

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Recent crashes of certain multimedia contents (this includes Youtube videos, certain flash games and other applications) in conjunction with Firefox are most probably caused by a recent Flash 11.3 update and/or a malfunctioning Real Player browser plugin.

In order to remedy the problem, please perform the steps mentioned in these Knowledge Base articles:

Flash Plugin - Keep it up to date and troubleshoot problems

Adobe Flash plugin has crashed - Prevent it from happening again

Flash 11.3 doesn't load video in Firefox

Other, more technical information about these issues can be found under these Links:

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1018071?tstart=0

http://blogs.adobe.com/asset/2012/06/inside-flash-player-protected-mode-for-firefox.html


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