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dizexpat
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August 20, 2010
Question

Shockwave Flash Keeps Crashing in Google Chrome

  • August 20, 2010
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In Google Chrome I keep receiving the message "The following plug-in has crashed: Shockwave Flash. Do you want it to stop running?"

What can I do to resolve the problem?

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    burayi6
    New Participant
    October 31, 2011

    i have the same problem..anyboy pls help

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    nikoncameract
    Participating Frequently
    July 9, 2011

    AS OF TODAY I am still having this problem and it is new. It just started in the last few days. Never had this problem before but mine acts exactly as others have said...system becomes unresponsive then error message and message that shockwave crashed.

    I love Chrome and hate to give it up.

    I saw to remove a duplicate plug in which I did but that did not help either

    jp

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    Anonymous
    March 20, 2011

    I also have a problem with google Chrome and Flash, the flash problem does not happen in FF or Safari and I dont use IE as not worth it.  I uninstalled and reinstalled Chrome thinking maybe an update was corrupted, nope as soon as I tried to view a flash file through Chrome same issue.

    My Problem seems to point to the Chrome extension, anyone got any ideas on how to resolve this?

    stevedm
    stevedm
    New Participant
    July 6, 2015

    I have been having this issue for well over a year.  I have followed instructions making sure I only have one Shockwave enabled, and that I have the latest version.  I still get the problem 5-10 times a day.  Worse my entire PC will freeze during the crashing process.    It is making Chrome useless and unusable. 

    This is all I have for flash player

    Adobe Flash Player - Version: 18.0.0.194
    Shockwave Flash 18.0 r0

    Name:Shockwave Flash

    Description:Shockwave Flash 18.0 r0

    Version:18.0.0.194

    Location:C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\43.0.2357.130\PepperFlash\pepflashplayer.dll

    Type:PPAPI (out-of-process)

    Disable

    MIME types:
    MIME typeDescriptionFile extensions
    application/x-shockwave-flashShockwave Flash
    .swf
    application/futuresplashFutureSplash Player
    .spl

    Disable

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    Textgenie
    New Participant
    August 31, 2010

    Mine has incessantly displayed this annoying notification for two years, ever since I bought this HP Vista Home machine and used Chrome/.  The truth as other threads at Google show is that Adobe Flash doesn't work well any more, and proves that Steve Jobs is right to ban it from the iPad.   Tonight my Chrome displayed about fifteen of these notices.   Evidently it is something Adobe cant fix.  Judging from the first response on this thread, it is not paying attention at all.  It is time that Adobe fixed this famous glitch.

    pwillener
    pwillener
    Brainiac
    August 31, 2010

    Nobody forces you do use it; you can ban it from your computer as well...

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    Textgenie
    New Participant
    August 31, 2010

    And run no Flash, which is ubiquitous on the Net?  You must be using an iPad.

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    Anonymous
    August 20, 2010

    Hi, I don't use Chrome and am not familiar with it.  Is this an add on/plugin/extension in the browser?

    When you reply, please provide your operating system and browser versions. Also I don't understand what you mean by Shockwave Flash.

    Thanks,

    eidnolb

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    dizexpatAuthor
    New Participant
    August 20, 2010

    This is a program included with Google Chrome which crashes on an everyday

    basis. The message reads as I wrote it in my initial post. "The following

    plug-in has crashed: Shockwave Flash. Do you want it to stop running?"

    I have Windows XP.

    I can use Internet Explorer or Google Chrome. I prefer to use Google.

    I hope this info helps locate the problem. Thanks.

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    Anonymous
    August 21, 2010

    Thanks. You may want to check your Flash Player files. Go to C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash

    Open Flash and post back all files listed there. Right click on all NPSWF files and then click on Properties to obtain the version numbers.

    Also look in plugins for a SWF and tell me what version number that is and whether it is enabled.

    Thanks,

    eidnolb

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