Adobe Shockwave Player crashes at literally any use of it in any browser

Ok, so this started happening two days ago, and I've been trying to fix this for a total of six hours to no avail. I tried to watch a YouTube video, but the page stops loading halfway, and I get a drop down message saying Shockwave has crashed. The tab also takes about five seconds to close out of, which is much slower than usual. Now it happens literally anytime flash is being used. On amazon, hell, even trying to make an account to post this question was a nightmare. I've uninstalled every adobe product and reinstalled it, but even some of the uninstallers have crashed. I did a system restore, but apparently my oldest restore was two days ago, so I can't do much in that regard. What the hell is going on? I think the stress has taken five years off my life, and I really don't want to have to wipe my desktop because of this stupid thing. If any of you guys have any ideas or have fixed this problem in the past, I would really appreciate it. Thanks in advance.

First, if you haven't rebooted yet, do that.
To give you any useful advice, I'm going to need to know more about your computer and browser:
https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1195540

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* Or open the Help menu and click on the '''Restart with Add-ons Disabled...''' menu item while Firefox is running.
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''Once you get the pop-up, just select "'Start in Safe Mode"''
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Adobe shockwave player crashing or hanging continues

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Hi ezio.lucenti, I'm sorry your post at the end of this long thread hasn't been answered. What operating system do you run?
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(1) Make sure all recorders/downloaders that interact with Flash media are as up-to-date as possible, or disable them.
(2) Disable hardware graphics acceleration in Firefox and in Flash
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orange Firefox button (or Tools menu) > Options > Advanced > General > "Use hardware acceleration when available"
(B) In Flash, see this support article from Adobe: http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/video-playback-issues.html#main_Solve_video_playback_issues
(3) Disable protected mode (Windows Vista/7/8)
See this support article from Adobe under the heading "Last Resort": [http://forums.adobe.com/message/4468493#TemporaryWorkaround Adobe Forums: How do I troubleshoot Flash Player's protected mode for Firefox?]
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Which game or video did you expect it to open? What is your OS, browser and plugin version? And please stop shouting - it doesn't help.

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Problem: Adobe Flash Player crashes on Firefox, when runnig project with such elements like NetSteam, Stratus.
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Flash causes us all immense confusion, and Firefox is adding to the problem.
My Firefox Add-ons page lists (under Plugins -- isn't there a difference?) that I have:
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I need a flash of inspiration to get me out of shock -- I'm not waving, I'm drowning!

In the internals of the plugin it is still referenced as Shockwave Flash. That hasn't changed as it would break websites that check for a specific plugin name. You can see that on the about:plugins page and in the properties of the Flash plugins file.
You can open the Web Console (Firefox/Tools > Web Developer) and paste this JavaScript code in the command line to see how the Adobe Flash Player plugin identifies itself:
<pre><nowiki>console.log(navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"].name);
console.log(navigator.plugins["Shockwave Flash"].description);
</nowiki></pre>
*https://developer.mozilla.org/Tools/Web_Console
On disk you will also see Macromedia for folder names used by the plugin.
*32 bit Windows: C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash\
*64 bit Windows: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\
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Why does Adobe Flash player crash so much?

This is not the first version of FireFox that Adobe Flash player crashes on. It happens 2, sometimes 3 times a day, my browser locks up for 45 seconds or so then I see the "Adobe Flash Player has crashed" yet again.
I've read the forums, tried suggestions but it continues to crash.
I want to keep using Firefox, but I'll have to switch to chrome and just use firefox for the better firebug.
I'm sure this is adobes issue and not firefox, but there's not much I can do.

Try to disable the hardware acceleration in the Flash Player.
See:
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Cannot+view+full+screen+Flash+videos
* http://www.youtube.com/swf_test.html (right-click the player: Settings)
Flash "Display settings" window:
* http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/help01.html
* http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/839/cpsid_83952.html
* http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/409/kb409116.html

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