Flash CS3 freeze when saving

I bought the CS3 suite a few years back and since day 1, Flash will freeze every time I save on a file larger than a couple hundred frames. I asked around on other forums when I first started having the problem, found no working solution and resigned to it just being one of those things that I need to just deal with. But now, I'm doing an animation project for school that needs to be of a decent length, so it's important that I figure this out soon. The lag gets larger as the file size increases. My animation is only thirteen seconds long and already it takes half a minute to save the tiniest edits. I fear that it will just start crashing aftern a certain point. What I find peculiar, though, is that the freeze doesn't happen on Photoshop, Fireworks, or any of the other programs that came with the suite. Just Flash. Any suggestions?
OS: Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit
RAM: 4gb
64 X2 Duel core processor
The computer is from 2007 (Though CS3 is from about that time and it lagged back then, so I don't imagine that's the problem)
I already tried:
Running Flash without any other programs running
Reinstalling
Adding RAM
Saving extremely frequently

I haven't been clicking things fast. It happens when I try to save. It's not random. I've spent a decent amount of time on google and haven't found a solution. There are a lot of results about freezing and crashing, but I haven't found any on freezing due to saving.
I know it should be fine, but that's what's weird about it. It shouldn't be freezing like this and it's at a point where it's not something I can ignore.

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Fault Module Timestamp: 46015140
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Additional Information 1: bd02
Additional Information 2: b71b5bf9ea5ff08d6fffcb887aba95ff
Additional Information 3: 1fd9
Additional Information 4: 0053c83f18f91bf1d56eaad6275e8c5b
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quote:
Originally posted by:
Newsgroup User
I Love Doing Websites,
> my flash cs3 is crashing every time I try to publish a
file, why?
That description is about as wide open as it gets! ;)
Troubleshooting
is often like a detective story: the more clues one has to
work with, the
more confidently one can begin the chase.
Well, my problem is that the cs3 starting to crash doesn't
really have an explanation for me. but I will put details here.
> I run vista business 32 bit
> I didn't have problems until today,using flash cs3 for
the last
> month
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provide any
offhand suggestions. Since you haven't seen problems until
today, the first
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external asset (even
if only unsual for you)? Maybe you imported a corrupted JPG
or PNG. Maybe
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created another fla, imported some random jpgs 2 I believe, tried
to export it to the same folder, and cs3 crashed, saved the fla
with another name garbage.fla No fonts were used
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Has anyone experienced this? Any help or solutions? I have the latest version of PS CS4.
(Note: If I go under Save for Web & Devices I can save it as a JPEG, but seems like an less than timely run-around)

I have not experienced that problem, but with all unexplainable Photoshop-problems You might try trashing the prefs (after making sure all customized presets like Actions, Patterns, Brushes etc. have been saved and making a note of the Preferences You’ve changed) by pressing command-alt-shift on starting the program or starting from a new user-account.
System Maintenance (repairing permissions, purging PRAM, running cron-scripts, etc.) might also be beneficial.

CS3 hangs when saving as PDF

Having another issue today. When saving my file as Acrobat(PDF), the program just lock up. Only way out is to task manager and close down. Am running Vista Home Pro, Core2 Quad with 3gb memory. It had worked for about a week then all of a sudden, this issue. I have the complete CD3 master suite loaded and reloading/running the repair did not help. Anyone experience this or have an answer? Thanks in advance.

I'll assume you're working on a Windows system.
It's there, just off-screen.
Have you ever had a second monitor installed or worked at a different screen resolution?
Unfortunately, the PDF options dialog cannot be repositioned using normal methods (see http://forums.adobe.com/message/2465666#2465666). Position information is buried deep in the Windows registry, so resetting prefs (and, possibly, even reinstalling Illustrator) won't help.
Can you temporarily switch to a higher resolution or attach a second monitor? Once you have the dialog visible, you can pull it into your primary monitor area. It should then stay there after you restore your setup.
Creating a new Windows user account and logging in as a new user might also solve the problem.

Firefox freezes when saving, printing, or otherwise opening "sub-windows"

Firefox freezes when I open a window to save, print, etc. - not always, but far too often. If I dare try to choose another folder in which to save, I'm even more likely to make it freeze.
When it happens for the first time after opening Firefox, I can often wait several minutes, then it unfreezes, and I can then do one or two more clicks (e.g., scroll, save, etc.) before it freezes again. Otherwise (or the next time, if I didn't restart Firefox in the meantime), the program just gets completely unresponsive, and I have to close it via the Task Manager. So there's unfortunately no error message, crash ID, etc.
Possibly related: When I'm using Firefox for a while (with many Firefox windows open), I'm often not getting menus displayed anymore, just the outline of the menus. The program still reacts to clicks into the outline, but it's like driving blindfolded... Menus include those from the menu bar, those from right-clicking into a website, or those from Adblock Plus (icon in the bar, at the right bottom of each window).
I'm currently still using 3.6.13 (with Adblock Plus) on a Windows 7 (x64) machine. The problem has persisted long before I've updated to this or previous Firefox versions... possibly since I've been using it on this computer (= summer 2010), but I'm not sure. I should add that I *am* using Firefox with lots (!) of Firefox windows open simultaneously, and I often let my computer hibernate rather than shut it down every single time I walk away... but I've been doing that for at least 5 years now (using tons of Firefox windows even much longer, still with Windows 95 or 98), and the problem is new. And limited to Firefox. (Indeed I can even open pages, on which Firefox has just crashed, in Internet Explorer or Opera, and then peacefully save, print, etc. there.)
I'd prefer to keep Firefox as my standard browser, but the problem is getting too annoying! Thanks for your help!!

Hi Susan,
The Adobe plugin in Internet Explorer is a bit different from the one in Firefox, however they're all made by Adobe and they usually come with Adobe Reader.
When you open a PDF file in Firefox, it "calls" Adobe Reader to help it read the file. In this case, the Adobe Reader takes over, and it is responsible for freezing your browser.
I suggest you try the last 4 solutions presented on the [[Opening PDF files within Firefox]] (start with "Re-install the plugin" through "Re-install Adobe Reader").
Good Luck :D

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