Adobe Flash/Shockwave crashes immediately in all Browsers WINDOWS 10

Report · Aug 04, 2015

I updated my Acer Aspire V15 Nitro to Windows 10 a few days ago and everything worked pretty good.

Few Days later (i think since 02.08.15) i have the problem that Adobe Flash/Shockwave is crashing immediately in all browsers (Google Chrome, Firefox, Edge) when i open a page where flash is needed.

I tried ti fix it but i am out of ideas, so can anyone help me?

My System:

Win 10 Home 64bit

Adobe Flash version 18.0.0.209

Google Chrome Version 44.0.2403.125 m

Thank you for help everyone, Greetings Matthias

Report · Oct 08, 2015

Thank you! That cleared it all up for me!

Report · Oct 11, 2015

I tried to do everything, I also reinstalled the Realtek software but it worked just for a couple of hours... I really have no idea what to do, this problem is going to be frustrating.

Report · Oct 12, 2015

It has nothing to do with audio/graphics drivers,software or hardware.

It is nothing to do with Operating Systems.

It is nothing to do with Browsers.

The simple fact is, Flash Player, ver 19, is so unstable its a joke and un-useable across all formats.

Report · Oct 12, 2015

I have had the same issue also. it was working for a good month and now its not working on anything at all

Report · Oct 26, 2015

I was having the same issue using chrome. When i tried logging into a particular site for work, it would say the shockwave flash player plugin is not responding. Then I signed out of chrome and tried it again and there was not a problem. That is when I realized the problem must have been in the settings. So I cleared all my history and I unchecked the box in settings under the Privacy section titled "Protect you and your device from dangerous sites". And instantly when i tried to go to a page that required flash it worked no problem! Try it out maybe this will solve the problem. I logged back in again and changed my privacy settings and now there is no issue.

Report · Aug 11, 2016

The most recent version of Shockwave Flash is make all browsers and applications that use it crash! This is absolutely annoying and the reliability of this product over the years has been questionable. The current version is the worst I've ever experienced.

Note that as of September 2016 (in Chrome v53), Google Chrome will no longer support Adobe Flash. Google reasons: "Today, more than 90% of the Flash on the web loads behind the scenes to support things like page analytics. This kind of Flash slows you down, and starting this September, Chrome 53 will begin to block it. HTML5 is much lighter and faster, and publishers are switching over to speed up page loading and save you more battery life. You’ll see an improvement in responsiveness and efficiency for many sites."

Flash has never been supported by iOS, and was removed from Android some years ago. Going forward sites will be encouraged to use HTML5 over Flash.

Report · Nov 06, 2016

The only time I've had the problem shockwave crashing is when I make Microsoft Edge my default browser. I went back to making chrome my default browser, and i have been able to use edge, explorer, and chrome without it crashing.