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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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