Flash crashing Chrome

-TangleFoot-

First, if you have multiple versions of the Flash Player installed you should probably get rid of them; Chrome has its own built-in.

Second, try this:

1. Click on the spanner and select Settings
2. Choose Under the Bonnet from the list of available categories
3. Click on the button marked Content Settings at the top of the page
4. Under Plug-ins, select Click to play.

maryfrench

I've opened chrome alongside this page in ie and have done what you say, Can you please tell me how this fixes it as I would like to understand how it works. thanks. I will also try it out and get back here to let you know.

maryfrench

Ok seems ok so far but its not a skull its a jigsaw puzzle icon on a black square and its still happening on video links on a site , but if I click on the puzzle it works. very confused at the moment, until I can understand it I think I will stay with ie9.
Its not letting me use you tube unless I click on the puzzle, so not really fixed.

westy22

That has happened to me over the past 24 hours - it seems to crash when I go to BBC news and then stays crashed until I come out of Chrome and then go back in. I'm on the latest Chrome update so it must be a recent bug

maryfrench

Glad its not something I did.

-TangleFoot-

elkieluca wrote: »

seems ok so far but its not a skull its a jigsaw puzzle icon on a black square and its still happening on video links on a site , but if I click on the puzzle it works.

That's how 'click to play' works; the puzzle piece is a simple visual indicator which tells you a plugin is present on the page but is yet to be loaded into memory.

If it isn't running, it can't crash.

maryfrench

Yes but thats not how it should be and I would like to fix it properly.
Maybe I'm a fusspot .

-TangleFoot-

Under Plug-ins, select Run automatically (recommended), then click Disable individual plug-ins. What do you see in the list that appears there?

maryfrench

Flash (3 files) - Version: 11,2,202,235Shockwave Flash 11.2 r202

Name:Shockwave Flash
Description:Shockwave Flash 11.2 r202
Version:11,2,202,235
Location:C:\Users\Marion\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\18.0.1025.168\gcswf32.dll
Type:NPAPI
[URL="chrome://plugins/#"]Disable[/URL]
MIME types:MIME typeDescriptionFile extensionsapplication/x-shockwave-flashAdobe Flash movie.swfapplication/futuresplashFutureSplash movie.spl


Name:Shockwave Flash
Description:Shockwave Flash 11.1 r31
Version:11.1.31.203
Location:C:\Users\Marion\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\PepperFlash\11.1.31.203\pepflashplayer.dll
Type:PPAPI (out-of-process)
[URL="chrome://plugins/#"]Enable[/URL]
MIME types:MIME typeDescriptionFile extensionsapplication/x-shockwave-flashShockwave Flash.swfapplication/futuresplashShockwave Flash.spl


Name:Shockwave Flash
Description:Shockwave Flash 10.2 r153
Version:10,2,153,1
Location:C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\NPSWF32.dll
Type:NPAPI
[URL="chrome://plugins/#"]Enable[/URL]
MIME types:MIME typeDescriptionFile extensionsapplication/x-shockwave-flashAdobe Flash movie.swfapplication/futuresplashFutureSplash movie.spl



[URL="chrome://plugins/#"]Disable[/URL] Allow

-TangleFoot-

Remember the first thing I suggested? Pop into Windows' Control Panel and uninstall all versions of Flash that you find there. You can reinstall the one for IE later should you so wish.