Been having problems with the latest Yahoo Messenger 7 build 437 crashing everytime I load it up. That’s why I haven’t been able to respond back to a lot of YM buzzes for a couple of days.
I tried uninstalling and re-installing it back to no avail. I checked the error message and it says something’s wrong or incompatible with a flash.ocx file. I did a search in Google and someone in a forum mentioned about updating Flash Player 8 which I did but that did not help either. I actually considered reverting back to a fresh install with Norton host.
My last attempt to figure out the cause of this problem ended up in me searching for the verisons of flash.ocx in my desktop. I found two files, the other one was a much older version than the other. I overwrote the older version with the newer one.
Guess that fixed it. Just had to post this minor glitch here thinking someone else might encounter the same problems with YM. I’m not sure though if the Firefox 1.5 installation had something to do with this though.
I’ve noticed it crashes during a particular ad for Resident Evil 3 at the exact same time EVERY time (which happens to be running on Messenger). Maybe something in the video’s coding? I’ll try reinstalling as ya’ll have.
i haved same problem.(flash.ocx)
try it:
install macromedia flash player from www.macromedia.com
reboot & injoy YM.
for me,it works
Hi there,
I got the same problem today.
I uninstalled yahoo messenger.
I cleaned the registry.
I uninstalled Flash Player 8.
I downloaded and reinstalled yahoo messenger for voice once more.
Now my Yahoo Messenger is working fine.
It worked for me.
Hi!
Uninstall your YM, delete the said file and re-install from a new version of YM.
That should work.
I have the problem I searched my desktop for flash.ocx and found only 1 version of the file. what can I dooooooooo?
o i see. well, all us here got the same problem that whenever YM was left overnight, you cant use it the other day until you restart the application.
My YM just wouldn’t launch at all.
is this about YM crashing for several hours online? that makes the application turn black???