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Why does my flash player not working?

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When I first intalled it workek. Later it dint work. Dont know what is the reason for that.

When I first intalled it workek. Later it dint work. Dont know what is the reason for that.

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Hello,

Crashes or other problems with certain multimedia content in Firefox (such as Youtube videos and Flash animations or games) can often be resolved by performing the steps in these Knowledge Base articles:

On Windows Vista and above, you can disable Flash protected mode by following the instructions on these pages:

(See this Adobe blog post for technical details about Flash protected mode.)


For recent updates for Adobe Shockwave Flash, please update your version to 14. Please refer to the security updates and Adobe Security Bulletin for more information.

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What Flash version do you have installed?

Did you check in "Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Plugins" that the plugin is enabled?

Note that a 32 bit Firefox version needs a 32 bit Flash.

You can find the latest Flash player versions for Firefox on this page:

See also: