Add-on crashed

[Gloria E]

I was notified that an add-on had crashed using Google Chrome. The add-on is Adobe Flash Player which is built-in to the browser.

How do you handle a situation like this?

[HansV]

See Shockwave Flash Crashes In Google Chrome.

[Gloria E]

See Shockwave Flash Crashes In Google Chrome.

I read the article at TechLogon.com. I may have been the cause of the crash because I did install Shockwave Flash for Chrome and Firefox.
I understand that no updates of flash are required for Chrome, but I was not aware of that fact until I read the article you referred to. Iwill attempt to fix it using the suggested methods.

The article did convince me to install Update Checker, but that's for another post.

Thank you for the link Hans,

Gloria

[HansV]

The article provides several suggestions for fixing the crash.

[viking33]

Did you CAREFULLY check and follow the instructions in that article on "How to fix it?"
There are a number of steps to look at and complete in order to "fix" it.

You really should settle on one browser and stick to it. Too many browsers spoil the stew.

[Bigaldoc]

... Too many browsers spoil the stew.

Not sure I agree with ya there, Bob. I have (of course) IE; Firefox is my main browser; but I also have Chrome AND Opera installed for isolated needs, such as running Google maps. Chrome is best for that purpose for obvious reasons.

Like the article referenced by Hans, I have two instances in Chrome of Flash. BUT, because I did NOT manually install Flash in Chrome, I don't have a crashing problem like Gloria does. The only reason is that I read somewhere that Chrome updates its addons automatically. In spite of the two instances, when I run the Adobe "check my version" page, I get the correct one and NO crashing.

So, I think it's a matter of following instructions and doing only what's necessary.

[BobH]

I used to have several web sites that I maintained. To be sure they would me visible the way I wanted, I ran IE, Fx, Opera and later Chrome. How else would one verify his HTML, etc?

Nowadays, I run only IE (because Microsofat insists that I must for some things) and Fx with the latter being my every day user.

[Gloria E]

Did you CAREFULLY check and follow the instructions in that article on "How to fix it?"
There are a number of steps to look at and complete in order to "fix" it.

You really should settle on one browser and stick to it. Too many browsers spoil the stew.

Yes Viking, I saved the article to my desktop and also printed the instructions. Today, while rested and fully awake, I followed the printed instructions and in the about:plugins in Chrome I found one instance of the plug-in for Flash. Perhaps I was mistaken when I thought I'd installed another one. The information about Flash is below.

Flash - version:11.1.102.55 and the location of that version. The File Extension: swf.

So why Flash crashed I will never understand. It's been a couple of days since I got that notice, it has not appeared again. I'll wait to see if it happens again and then take further action.

I thank everyone who assisted me,

Gloria E

[agibsonsw]

I used to have several web sites that I maintained. To be sure they would me visible the way I wanted, I ran IE, Fx, Opera and later Chrome. How else would one verify his HTML, etc?

Nowadays, I run only IE (because Microsofat insists that I must for some things) and Fx with the latter being my every day user.

Having a number of browsers is important for a web developer, and I also don't think anyone should be restricted to one browser. It's useful to have two (or three): sometimes one misbehaves or runs slowly, and sometimes specific sites or content perform better in one browser.

Personally, I'm a FireFox man but IE is available (and necessary ). I tried one recently called Ace Explorer which was supposed to be very fast, but I couldn't tell that it was significantly faster. But having a number of different browsers available should not create any issues.