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    • davehawley
      davehawley last edited by

      Set the browser to only load plugins on demand, instead of all the time.
      When the problem comes back, you'll know which plugin is guilty because it will be the one you last invoked!
      🙂

      Still in mourning for Opera 12.........

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      • linuxmint7
        linuxmint7 last edited by

        Does the problem persist if you just disable the flash player plug-in ?.

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        • threesixty360
          threesixty360 last edited by

          Thanks for the responses everyone! I'm almost a hundred percent certain it's definitely Shockwave Flash causing the problem. I just visited Soundcloud with the Flash plugin disabled and everything was fine. I then enabled the Flash plugin (to listen to the Soundcloud music player) and boom, "Opera is Not Responding". Opera Next is smart enough to know that it's the Flash plugin and tells you with an error message though Opera 12.17 seems none the wiser.

          So Shockwave Flash is causing the "Not Responding" errors. I've visited the Flash website and updated Flash to the latest version but the problem still persists. At the moment the only solution I have is to disable the plugin.

          Anyone know of another way to resolve this issue?

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          • davehawley
            davehawley last edited by

            Are you sure that you only have one Flash plugin listed in the plugins list?
            It's usually the one in the Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash folder.
            The latest is NPSWF32_14_0_0_145.dll.
            If there are any others in other locations, disable them.
            🙂

            Still in mourning for Opera 12.........

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            • nmarett
              nmarett last edited by

              I have the same problem, there is NPSWF64_14_0_0_145.dll

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              • Deleted User
                Deleted User last edited by

                Soundcloud works fine, even if plugins are enables to start automatcially.

                Windows 7 x64 with Opera 12.17 x86.

                May be, the 64bit of Opera or Flash player is the problem.

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                • mentaljewlry
                  mentaljewlry last edited by

                  I got the same problem. "The plug in "UNKNOWN" is slowing down your computer" etc...

                  Mind you, I've got NO extensions at all.

                  Version: 23.0.1522.60
                  Update stream: Stable
                  System: Windows XP 32-bit

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                  • madddyyy
                    madddyyy last edited by

                    i also have this problem. windows 7, 64bit, opera next. only affects youtube, and it will not play certain videos, skip vids in playlists, take around 40 seconds to play after a pause and breif popup of message stated earlier. i have tried everything and finally givein and im setting up firefox again which i do not want.

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                    • ginny2221956
                      ginny2221956 last edited by

                      Now I have been having this same problem in Opera constantly for the last few days. This is what I found in the following links:

                      C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash
                      NPSWF64_14_0_0_179.dll

                      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash
                      NPSWF32_14_0_0_145.dll
                      NPSWF64_14_0_0_179.dll

                      So which one in which folder should I disable & where do I go to disable them?

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                      • jm4444
                        jm4444 last edited by

                        I think you only need to disable the Shockwave Flash Player plug-in (it's 12.1.3r.163) and enable the Adobe Flash plug-in (14.0.0.179).
                        In Opera 23, if you haven't done so already, you click Opera>Settings>Show Advanced Settings. Then Opera>Developer Tools>Plug-ins and disable Shockwave and enable Adobe Flash.
                        I don't know what's wrong, but that fixes the problem here.

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                        • jm4444
                          jm4444 last edited by

                          Further note...I just tried it the other way around (enable Shockwave, disable Adobe Flash) and that works also. How and why I have two Flash players, I'm not sure, but maybe one came with Opera and the other came over from Firefox when I switched to Opera. BTW I'm running Win7-64, Opera is x86 32 bit version 23.

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                          • jm4444
                            jm4444 last edited by

                            Posted too soon. With Shockwave enabled and Adobe Flash disabled, Opera crashes at the Shockwave test site

                            http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/welcome/

                            when you run the test.

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                            • jm4444
                              jm4444 last edited by

                              My bad! It's Shockwave Player 12.1.3.153 that is bad, not Shockwave Flash Player. It confused me because the Adobe Flash shows in the plug-ins list as Shockwave Flash 14.0etc. Shockwave Player is a different animal and is not associated with Flash files (it still doesn't work, anyway). In the Adobe forums, people are reporting problems with other browsers inc. Chrome 36 and IE. Sorry if I added to anyone's problem. BTW, I did a fair amount of web surfing yesterday with Shockwave disabled and didn't run into a single site that needed it.

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                              • ginny2221956
                                ginny2221956 last edited by

                                jm444 - tried everything you said still crashes

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                                • leocg
                                  leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                                  Opera 24 will probably solve those issues.

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                                  • A Former User
                                    A Former User last edited by

                                    Yep "DNA-24995 [Win] Flash plug-in slowing the computer" is listed in the changelog. By the looks of the changelog and the current date Opera 24 must be almost out already.

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                                    • cheneyglscattercreek
                                      cheneyglscattercreek last edited by

                                      Disable this in settings, browser plugins, Disable individual plug-ins...
                                      Adobe Flash Player
                                      Version: 14,0,0,179
                                      disabled
                                      Shockwave Flash 14.0 r0

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                                      • jm4444
                                        jm4444 last edited by

                                        Shockwave Player (not Shockwave Flash) still crashes in Opera 24.

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                                        • threesixty360
                                          threesixty360 last edited by

                                          Just wanted to add a note here for everyone that the problem seems to be completely gone in Opera 27. Opera 12 still has the problem and has the problem quite severely but Opera 27 runs perfectly without the flash plug-in error.

                                          I wanted to let everyone know so that they're aware that the easiest solution to this is to just upgrade.

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