Flash plugin is causing my Firefox to not respond--workaround?

Hi, I have Firefox 3.6.16 and Windows 7. By a process of elimination, I have determined that Shockwave Flash plugin is causing my Firefox to stop responding. The problem is that Flash is a pretty important plugin...is there any workaround for this or do I simply have to uninstall Flash (or leave Firefox!) Thanks.

This can be a problem with the files [http://kb.mozillazine.org/sessionstore.js sessionstore.js] and sessionstore.bak in the [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox Profile Folder]
Delete [http://kb.mozillazine.org/sessionstore.js sessionstore.js] and sessionstore.bak in the [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox Profile Folder]
If you see files sessionstore-##.js with a number in the left part of the name like sessionstore-1.js then delete those as well.
You will have to redo App Tabs and Tab Groups after deleting sessionstore.js.
See:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Session_Restore

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