Internet Explorer freezing on x64 systems... tip and (I hope) a solution

hello,

I know that there are a lot of discussion about the issue in the subject.

This is not a question but something like a survey to understand if the solution I found should be useful for us and, mostly, for adobe's technicians to definitively solve the issue.

We know that a lot of Internet Explorer users, in 64bits systems, have flash player that freezes or hangs internet explorer the first time you open a site with flash content.

After some minutes flash content loads and you can use Internet Explorer without problems.

This problem happens ONLY the first time you open Internet Explorer after a restart of your PC. No differences between IE x32 or x64 version (you have probably both versions in your PC, look in "Program Files" folder for x64 version and in "Program Files (x86)" (or something similar it depends from your OS language) for 32bit. Of course you need to search for it under "Internet Explorer" folder....

I used that site to test flash freezes: www.lalaziosiamonoi.it

Well....

Yesterday I downloaded every version published by Adobe since 2012 and I found that installing the x32 version of the activex plugin works like a charm.

Adobe, in last 2012 joined x32 and x64 versions of the ax plugin (the one used for Internet Explorer) to an unique release (valid, they said so... for both browser's version).

For everyone experiencing such a problem: download the x32 version of the flash player (I guess the last version existing is the one in the following link:

http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/installers/archive/fp_11.2.202.235_archive.zip

I think that the above version is the latest with x32 native activex flash player. If you know another newer release, please, let me/us know!

DO NOT FORGET TO UNINSTALL, with the official uninstaller, every previous version you have and to restart your PC to test the new version installed.

Install the "flashplayer11_2r202_235_winax_32bit.exe" under the x32 folder in the zip file and test...

Please, reply to this thread to have a feedback and to help adobe to repair their new installer (since 2012...).

You can install this version together with last version (12.0.0.77) of the "plugin" version (the one for firefox, chrome and so on) and with shockwave player without any problem.

If I found a definitive solution, maybe, adobe should pay me for such a discover... 🙂

cheers

Message was edited by: MarcoGancio