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John12357
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December 28, 2006
Question

FPlayer9.0.28 causes Netscape 7.2 to crash.

  • December 28, 2006
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Hi!

After restoring my computer (PC/XP SP2) (20061220) with a Ghost image and updating XP, flashplayer+shockwave, everytime I open a page that contains flash animation/movies it may cause the browser to crash, eg I cannot watch YouTube movies that are embedded/linked on someone elses page, but I can view them directly on YouTube. When floating the pointer on the flash animation on Yahoos homepage clicking "about" for FPlayer, the browser crashes. Generally everytime there is a flash animation the browser might crash.
I have removed the browser and flash installations...rebooting... and reinstalled still the same problem.

I removed the FPlayer 9.0.28 and installed the FPlayer 9.0.16 which I had saved on a CD somewhere, the problem is now gone.

Any ideas, anyone had a similiar problem?


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    chetto1
    Participant
    January 2, 2007
    I had the same problem and started a similar topic a few weeks ago.

    I downloaded/ran the Flash uninstall program to uninstall v9,0.28,0. I then downloaded the Flash 9 archive from:

    http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14266

    I extracted/ran the non-IE version: flashplayer9r16_win.exe.

    Ever since I did this, Netscape 7.2 w/Flash content has been completely stable without a single crash or Flash error message; and sites that require Flash v9 are still happy.

    My experience is that Flash 9,0,28,0 has a fatal bug with Netscape 7.2 and the only workaround I have found is to install the previous version (v9,0,16,0) which completely resolves the Flash/Netscape instability. I still surprised I havn't seen any mention of this serious flaw in the Flash support topic: "4a8d52ae—Flash Player 9 Emerging Issues".
    Hopefully Adobe will release an update before too long that fixes this problem since I would prefer to use the current version.
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    mackjazz
    Participant
    January 4, 2007
    I have the same problem since late Dec. 06. I use NS 7.2 and all was well until then. I can only think that I must have been directed to update at some point and after getting and installing Flash v.9.028.0. many sites that I attempt to go to cause NS to crash and close.

    Thanks for the work in attempting to resolve this issue. I left a support msg for Adobe concerning it and I encourage others to do the same so that they may fix their bug for all the NS 7 lovers still out there.

    I am going back to the version suggested by Chetto1.

    thx
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    Anonymous
    January 11, 2007
    This issue seems to be fixed with Netscape version 8.1.2. Has anyone experienced any issues with the Flash Player in the latest version of Netscape?

    Darren J. McNally
    Technical Support Engineer
    Adobe Systems
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    zlugx
    Participant
    January 2, 2007
    Thanks for posting this topic! Same problem. My band's profile on various sites is unviewable, because it crashes as soon as the player finishes loading.

    I don't want to move all my email files again, and version 8 doesn't include the HTML editor I use on multiple web pages, so I want to avoid upgrading or switching.

    Is version 9.0.16 the one listed on the Archived page? If that's the simple solution, I'll use that. If this isn't it, is there a site (or a user) I can get it from?

    Thanks.
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    P231
    Participant
    December 30, 2006
    I replicated this same problem on my PC. I installed the newest version of Netscape (v8.1.2) and FP installed without a hitch and works just fine. I got tired of trying to get FP work with IE and so will simply use Netscape for Flash-heavy sites.
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    milano99
    Participant
    December 29, 2006
    John, I'm having the same problem. If you dig into the error message, it appears that there is a corrupted DLL in version 9.0.28 -- I didn't note the exact filename.
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    Aspar7597383
    Participating Frequently
    December 28, 2006
    There are issues with Flash Player 9.0.28 in Internet Explorer. There's something wrong with the ActiveX component. It will lead to a crash on some websites, and so far there hasn't been any official information from Adobe concerning this bug.

    Solution: Either uninstall FP9 and reinstall FP8. Or start using Mozilla Firefox, which works just fine.


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