Flash Player constantly crashing

Report · Apr 29, 2014

Have Flash Player 13.0.0.2 something, something. It constantly crashes. I've uninstalled it several times through Windows Explorer, with Flash Player Uninstaller, and manually, then re-installed it. I've downloaded it several times to attempt to do a clean install. I've checked with Adobe, and it's working correctly. I've checked my pluggins, and they are not the problem. This happens in Firefox, Chrome, and currently in Opera. I'm running Windows 7, 64 bit. I've disabled the hardware acceleration, but it still crashes. I booted my system in safe mode, and scanned for virus's, malware, and spybots, but it still crashes. I've checked my system devices, and there are no conflicts. In Chrome, I checked for conflicts with the pluggins, and there were none. The only saving grace has been Opera, which does an excellent job of recovering pages. I've looked for Flash Player 12, but I always end up back at version 13. Is there any place I can get version 12 from, until the problems with version 13 are solved?

Report · Apr 30, 2014

http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions.html

Report · Apr 30, 2014

I'm experiencing similar behaviour. Not just crashing, but significant cpu usage by FlashPlayerPlugIn_13_0_0_206. This has been going on since I upgrade to 13 yesterday. I'm going to revert back.

Report · Apr 30, 2014

I've seen a few people who were able to resolve it by (surprisingly enough) updating sound and video drivers.

Report · Apr 30, 2014

I've been checking my driver levels as well and I'm confident that I'm at the latest versions for those. they haven't changed in a couple years.

Report · Apr 30, 2014

Even the most up to date drivers can become corrupted. And Windows won't always show you if they are.

Report · Apr 30, 2014

Thanks for the link. My drivers are up to date, with the video driver being updated with a driver dated 4/27/2014. The cpu usage is up also, as I keep that 'cpu meter' up as a means to tell when something might be lurking in the background.

Report · May 01, 2014

Updated all my drivers, even though they were all at the right level. Still had the performance problem with Version 12 (didn't try version 13). Version 11 seems to be better.