Flash Player Stopped Working

xharleybabex

xharleybabex

I am having the same issues with Opera and the flash version 23.0.0.162 did system restore takes me back to previous flash 22.0.0.209. all seems fine on the 22 version. Make sure you don't have it set to auto update to the latest version though, otherwise it will re-install 23.0.0.162.

Thank you Tom Marshall, the information you gave me to fix my PPAPI Flash worked and i have no problems now !!! You RAWK !!!

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer

No turbo enabled, I ALSO tried turning it off and on again in the plug-ins section but forgot to mention it.

In Settings, is plug-ins set to 'Run all plug-in content'?

kaliszop

kaliszop

Yes it is, I tried pretty much everything before coming here asking for help

bishoptonyusa

bishoptonyusa

STILL TODAY, SAME ISSUE, DITES THAT HAVE A STREAM, or USTREAM THAT I USED OFTEN, ALL STILL SHOW "COULD NOT LOAD PLUGIN" WHEN i GO TO LINK.. BEFORE FALSH 22 CHANGED TO 23 IT ALL WORKED WELL.... HAVE RESTARTED OPERA 50 TIMES, REBOOTED COMPUTER, ALL STILL SAME,,,? ... BUT OTHER NEM BRAND BROWERS ALL WORK WITH FLASH 23 IN SAME COMPUTER,,,, I HAVE 2 COMPUTERS DOING THE SAME,,, BOTH RUN STEAMS AND USTREAM FINE!
*** STILL USING OPERA 36, *WINXP PRO, *NO TURBO, *ALL SETTINGS THE SAME,,, ***ONLY CHANGE WAS FLASH 22 DID AUTO UPDATE TO 23 AND NOW NO MORE STREAM,,, OH, YOU TUBE WORKS FINE, CAN WATCH VIDEO NO PROBLEMS... 2016,09,16.

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer

STILL TODAY, SAME ISSUE,

It seems that you have a problem with your 'caps lock' key.

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer

STILL USING OPERA 36, *WINXP PRO,

This may be the problem. Each day even more pages will start to fail because neither Opera 36 nor XP have updated resources to deal with those pages.

kaliszop

kaliszop

So what you're saying is I should change my browser

bishoptonyusa

bishoptonyusa

FIXED FIXED YES!!! --> ohhh SORRY ABOUT THE CAP LOCK,,, I have bad eyes,,, BUT guess what, I FIXED MY OPERA !!!!!!!! WOW ! Seems Google ALSO was troubled BUT Adobe got on the ball and most of theirs is getting fixeed!!!!! NOW I finall got a FLASH 22,,, installed it and NOW all things are working again!!!!
SEE the ADOBE FORUM,,,at--> https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2208589 AND HERE someone has put the LINK to a FLASH 22,,, find it in the discussionsm and download it to desktop,,, BUT also get the ADOBE UNINSTALLER,,,, run it,,, THEN install 22 and say DO NOT AUTO UPDATE,,, let it finish,,, OPEN OPERA let it all reload,,, check the Plugin and see if 22 is there, YES GOOD! try it and see,,, !!! THE evidence is that 23 has issues all over and it has caused problems. this fixed it fo me,,, NOW lets see if it will LAST, good luck !

bishoptonyusa

bishoptonyusa

smalll letter version!!!
go back to flash 22 at: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2208589 FIND LINK,,, do uninstall!!!!

Uninstall Flash PPAPI plugin 23.0.0.162 from Control Panel.
Download Flash PPAPI plugin 22.0.0.209 from
http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/licensing/win/install_flash_playe r_22_ppapi.exe
Install it.
Be Happy

A Former User

I now have V. (22,0,0,209) installed, without any change. Any other ideas? On one website I do get sound, but no video. YouTube does work.

llch3ckll

llch3ckll

The best recommended fix I have found so far is setting your pc back to a earlier period then once that is done open up start menu type in Flash Player click flash player then go into update and change the settings to either notify you or never me personally I set mine to never but when u do this make sure you are using any version before adobe 23 it will tell you on the update screen if you follow my previous directions if not you maybe need to set your pc to a earlier period with that being said if all goes well for you hope you should be able to do what you was doing before the lame update... enjoy!

bishoptonyusa

bishoptonyusa

under Ver 36,,, BE SURE you have also the latest SHOCKWAVE installed,,, Be sure all plug in are ENABLED.
Flash 22 is workin fine for me,,, IS it telling YOU it cannot load plugin? If it loads then its in and there may be other issues... MAYBE uninstall,, do fresh 36.0 then add falsh 22 and Shockwave. I was having trouble with not getting Ustreams and a news stream,, NOW all that is gone. WE all hope OPERA techs can find out with ADOBES help why some works and some do not? Keep us informed,,, SEND tips! thanks NOTE,as to rolling back system restore,,, Hmmm you might solve it,,, BUT think also what will be loss that you did between then and now and what might need to be redone... Give it some thought,,, LOTS of THOUGHTS!

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer

So what you're saying is I should change my browser

You should upgrade your Windows. Sooner or later all browsers and other softwares will stop working on XP/Vista.

A Former User

The new Flash player 23.0.0.162 fixes critical security vulnerabilities : "... if exploited would allow malicious native-code to execute, potentially without a user being aware."

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-29.html

Code execution, information disclosure, stuff like that.

Going back to 22.0.0.209 doesn't sound like a good idea.

And now the cat got out of the bag : we XP users may still be running 22.0.0.209.

Double shot of unpatched.

FML.

A Former User

Uninstall Flash PPAPI plugin 23.0.0.162 from Control Panel. 2. Download Flash PPAPI plugin 22.0.0.209

I don't think this is the solution. The reason I say this is because, I have set my Adobe Flash to be updated MANUALLY. So I dont get automatic updates and was using the old version 22.0.0.229,. However, the BBC web site is broken where I get the message 'Couldn't load plug-in.'.

Example : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37386017 - comes up with 'Couldn't load plug-in.'

So I went forward and upgraded my Flash to 23.0.0.162 and the problem is still there.

I am using Windows XP.

kaliszop

kaliszop

The version 22.0.0.229 works for me

bishoptonyusa

bishoptonyusa

I went back to 22 and it is all working fine... SEE the Adobe Forums. 23 crashed Chrome and there was horror at google..thousands died using Win 10! It is a wide spread issue and it aint XP or Vista! Its all over. <> Adobe was fixing the Issue with Google. But Opera techs had no solution yet, the one I contacted said 22 was fixing the issue but why 23 was not working was Unknown. See links above.

bishoptonyusa

bishoptonyusa

Uninstall Flash PPAPI plugin 23.0.0.162 from Control Panel.
Download Flash PPAPI plugin 22.0.0.209 from
http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/licensing/win/install_flash_playe r_22_ppapi.exe
Install it.
Be Happy .
FOUND THIS AT ADOBE FORUM.
WORKED FOR ME
ADOBE LINL.... https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2208589

A Former User

Hi bishoptonyusa,

Thx! I stand corrected, I went back to the previous version ( 22.0.0.209 ) and the videos on the BBC web site started working again. I can't explain it, because I only upgraded to 23.0.0.162, because my existing version was not working. Mine was set to 'manual' update.

Another useful tip, those who go back to the previous version, need to set Flash to "Notify to install updates" otherwise, Flash will keep re-installing the latest version and it will break again.

Will someone be kind enough to let us know when it is safe to upgrade Flash? As I think they are trying to work on a fix....

bishoptonyusa

bishoptonyusa

note as a Precaution,,, if You use XP or Vista,,,, go to services.msc,,, disable the BITS services and click on stop,,, then disable the 2 chrome updaters and hit stop,,, then Disable the Automatic Updates and hit stop. This will stop all call home ports. ALSO if you have the Manufacture calling home, then disable them too,,, WHY do all this? Because your computer was not told that the Phone line to MS was unplugged and they will forever try to call home and up date to LINKS all now gone. vista uses 50% processor till it gets home to answer,, BUT the line is dead. Flash Player 22 should stay stable! KEEP checking to see when they resolve the issue and which Version works in Opera again!!! Good Luck.