Re: FLASH: Flash 5 Instability

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I've been going through a similar problem with Flash 5 over the past two

weeks. I could open a document and work on it for awhile but then it would

sometimes crash on save. If I tried opening any other documents, it would

lock up every time. If I got too aggressive while working by dragging

bitmaps around with a mouse, that too would cause it to lock up. Really

frustrating since Flash 4 never crashed on me! Anyway... I found a solution.

While working on a separate problem with my double monitor setup, I

discovered that Virtual Memory had gotten turned back on. Not sure when that

happened.. but I quickly turned it off. That was last week and Flash hasn't

crashed since and my the problem with double monitors is gone.


Here's what I recommend for everyone having trouble with Flash 5 on the Mac:


Delete Flash 5 and the preferences in case it's corrupted with all the

crashing. Turn off virtual memory and restart your Mac. Rebuild the desktop

as it's finishing it's startup. Then reinstall Flash and you might find that

to be the solution. Worked for me anyway and I'm using a G3 with OS 9.04


Hope that helps!


Alan Wilson

 

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From: Tom Green <tgreen17home [dot] com>

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Reply-To: flasherchinwag [dot] com

> Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 08:47:37 -0400

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To: flasherchinwag [dot] com

> Subject: FLASH: Flash 5 Instability

> 

> Interesting series of posts. I am experiencing the same instability and it

> is causing me to rip out what little hair I have left. There is no common

> factor other than the simple guarantee - that means open Flash 5 and it

> will crash- that that my Mac PB G3 with 192 mb RAM running OS 9.04 will

> always lock up tighter than a bull's butt in fly season at some point after

> launching F5. It has locked up after I move a small bitmap. It has locked

> up after I click a frame. It has locked up when I add a layer. It has

> locked up when I open a palette. Totally random. To add a bit of fuel to

> the fire, my files are always less than 1 meg. File size, therefore, might

> not be an issue.

> 

> Other than save early and save often, there seems to be nothing I can do.

> It is so bad I have gone back to Flash 4.

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