Flash Player says it is installed but doesnt actually work

So i am trying to use the Pandora website as well as some others, but it keeps saying i need flash player. I go to the adobe site and i installed the newest one and it said successfully installed. But when i (even after restarting my computer) try to use Pandora again it says i need to have flash player.
I tried to do the plugin check thing for Firefox but it just kept loading during the check. Also I looked in my add-on page, and i cant make it so a flash player can always be active. Thanks!

any ideas??

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