Recovered Files - FlashTmp0 always in Trash

Every single time I restart my computer a folder appears in the Trash called "Recovered Files." Now I understand what that's for. But it's frustrating when it appears all the time. It only ever contains the file "FlashTmp0" and/or "FlashTmp1." Does anyone know what program could be causing the crash? I've tried reinstalling adobe flash plugin, safari, and firefox.

It's not a crash. Flash is discarding temp files, apparently.
One or more Recovered Files folder may appear in your Trash after restarting your computer. The recovered files are temporary files used by Mac OS X applications. Usually temporary files are deleted by an application when it no longer needs them. If an application quits unexpectedly, the temporary files may not get deleted by the application. When you restart your computer, Mac OS X moves these temporary files to the Trash.
You can retrieve useful files by dragging them out of the Trash. In most cases, however, the temporary files are not important and it is safe to empty your Trash. Check with the manufacturer of the application if you are not sure.

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Message was edited by: John Lippincott

Just to add a bit to what Malcolm said--many programs keep temporary files. In Preview's case you'll notice that there is a "Revert" item in the File menu, so if you make changes and then change your mind it can recover the the original. The temp files for Preview are stored in this hidden directory:
"/private/var/tmp/folders.501/TemporaryItems"
Programs are supposed to clean up after themselves when they quit, invisibly getting rid of their temp files, but some programs fail to do this. Preview USED to but no longer does (one of a number of things that got goofed up in Preview when they re-wrote it). When that happens the system itself will do the clean-up next time you restart, and place the temp files into the Recovered Items folder which it deposits in the Trash. Another Apple program that fails to delete its temp files when it quits is SoundTrack Pro (and its garbage can be very large files). Since programs are supposed to automatically get rid of this stuff, when they don't the system assumes the program crashed and that you might want the things back, so puts them in a folder in the Trash so you can sort through and decide if you need or can use them.
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I'm accustomed to Mac OS X's practice of placing potentially important files in a "Recovered Files" folder in the Trash after a reboot if, say, an application crashes. But I'm getting annoyed by my computer's habit of placing a set of files in such a folder every single time it's shut down. The files all look like remnants of an Asian-language font set. Here are the most recent names:
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