Q: Shockwave Flash crashes Chrome browser
Every time I browse the internet or go to sites I use regularly, daily, at some point Chrome displays an error bar at the top of the browser page/window saying "Shockwave Flash has crashed". The choices offered by that yellow bar are to "Reload" or just close the error message. It happens multiple times in a session, and often apparently disables the page I'm viewing until I "reload" the crashed app. Almost without fail, after a "reload" the same error occurs and I have to do the same thing over (and over and over ad infinitum) again.
I have read elsewhere that Flash is not recommended nor needed for OSX. When I do a Spotlight search for "Shockwave Flash" I get no such thing listed. Yet, it constantly affects my use of Chrome, which is my default browser since I was unable to use Safari or Firefox to access and use features on websites I access daily, as both those browsers would crash (sites like Photobucket, for one; also a diecast car collectors' forum called Swifty's Garage; also, ebay).
I found a "help" page reference pointing me to Adobe's website for instructions how to disable "flash" in Chrome, but the instructions discuss things that aren't visible on screen when I attempt to follow them; for instance, the instructions say to find the plugin in a Chrome preference pane called "plugins" but there's no such preference pane in Chrome (Version 42.0.2311.135 (64-bit)).
I uninstalled a version of Flash Player a short while ago but that doesn't seem to have anything to do with the browser issues. I'm not sure what I would need Flash Player for anyway; I rarely use YouTube or any other online video sites.
Anybody have any ideas how I can stop "Shockwave Flash" from constantly crashing while I use Chrome?
Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.6.8), core duo
Posted on Aug 4, 2016 11:23 AM
Flash is built into Chrome, unlike Safari or Firebox, etc where it is an additional plugin.
You could use another browsers that you know doesn't have flash installed by default? See if the problem still happens.
Posted on Aug 4, 2016 11:27 AM