Adobe Flash Player Problems

Adobe flash player once again causing problems for everyone that's using it, well I guest that would be everyone because flash player is used just about everywhere on the World Wide Web. The problem seems to be with the sandbox a security feature Protected Mode for adobe flash player, added in 11.3.300.257. Firefox got updated around the same time flash player did so finding it on Firefox forums wasn't hard. When Protected Mode was enable the video would be slow and choppy like there was no refresh for the post and with so many videos on this blog it looked ugly not that it ant ugly now but you get the idea.



How did I fix the problem I down graded to Firefox 12 thinking Firefox was the blame with no success I then looked at Adobe's flash player and behold it was adobe thanks Adobe again. Last resort and that's exactly what it was a simple mms.cfg file changing Protected Mode from 1 to 0. Whoever is using Internet Explorer with Adobe Flash Player 11.3.300.257 I wouldn't recommend it or want to be them, the dame explorer with Protected Mode enabled is unusable. It feels like your browser is infected with something and ya it is Adobe's Flash player.

Firefox Support

Adobe Forums

How to Disable Protected Mode of Flash Player

How To Remove Plugins From Firefox

Finally, if these problems are blocking you from using Flash Player we recommend, as a last resort, you either revert back to Flash Player 11.2 or temporarily disable Protected Mode. We strongly recommend that Protected Mode is manually enabled once this issue is resolved. To disable Protected Mode, add the following line to your mms.cfg file located in:


Windows 32bit: C:\windows\system32\macromed\flash

Windows 64bit: C:\windows\syswow64\macromed\flash

ProtectedMode=0

If the mms.cfg file does not exist, create one using any standard text editor (e.g.. notepad) Depending on your operating system, you might need to first save the mms.cfg file to a writable location (such as your documents or desktop folder) and then copy the file into the destination folder using Windows Explorer.

To re-enable Protected Mode, simply remove the line from the mms.cfg file.

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