{"id":2718,"date":"2017-10-17T22:43:42","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T14:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tzlee.com\/blog\/?p=2718"},"modified":"2017-10-23T13:23:32","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T05:23:32","slug":"flash-crashing-with-vsphere-client-fix-for-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tzlee.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/flash-crashing-with-vsphere-client-fix-for-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"Flash crashing with vSphere Client, fix for Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"

Looks like a new Adobe Flash (a.k.a. Shockwave Flash) update caused widespread panic with users of the web-based flash vSphere Client 6.x leaving them with a “Shockwave Flash has Crashed” message and no vSphere Client. The immediate fix is to downgrade Adobe Flash.<\/p>\n

VMware has released an official KB 2151945<\/a> but it only provides instructions for Windows users.<\/p>\n

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Here’s how to fix for Mac users<\/h2>\n
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  1. Go to Adobe’s Archived Adobe Flash Player versions<\/a> page.<\/li>\n
  2. Scroll down to Flash Player Archives and download Flash Player 27.0.0.159<\/strong>\u00a0(released 10\/10\/2017) or use this direct link<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  3. Once the package is downloaded it should extract automagically. If it does not, extract it.<\/li>\n
  4. Open the folder fp_27<\/strong> and sub-folder\u00a027_0_r0_159<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  5. Double click\u00a0uninstall_flashplayer27_0r0_159_mac.dmg<\/strong> to mount the image, and run the Adobe Flash Player Uninstaller<\/strong>. This should uninstall the existing Flash Player on your computer.<\/li>\n
  6. You will need to close your browser(s) at this point. Bookmark this page for reference later.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    For users of\u00a0Firefox<\/h3>\n
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    1. After uninstalling, double click\u00a0flashplayer27_0r0_159_mac.dmg<\/strong> and then (re)Install Adobe Flash Player<\/strong>. Your browser(s) should still remain closed at this point.<\/li>\n
    2. You will be prompted to select how you want Adobe to update Flash. Be sure to select Notify me to install updates<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    3. Unmount the two disk images you mounted earlier.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      For users of\u00a0Chrome<\/h3>\n
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      1. Delete the current flash version. Open Terminal<\/strong>, and run these commands:\n
        cd ~\/Library\/Application\\ Support\/Google\/Chrome\/PepperFlash\/\r\nrm -rf 27.0.0.170<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
      2. Double click\u00a0flashplayer27_0r0_159_macpep.dmg<\/strong> and then (re)Install Adobe Flash Player<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
      3. You will be prompted to select how you want Adobe to update Flash. Be sure to select Notify me to install updates<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
      4. Unmount the two disk images you mounted earlier.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        You should now be able to get back to work in VMware vSphere Client. Drop me a note if the instructions do not work for you, I’ll be glad to update the content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
        Looks like a new Adobe Flash (a.k.a. Shockwave Flash) update caused widespread panic with users of the web-based flash vSphere Client 6.x leaving them with a “Shockwave Flash has Crashed” message and no vSphere Client. The immediate fix is to… Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2723,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[552,554,111,553,541,551],"class_list":["post-2718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech","tag-adobe","tag-crash","tag-flash","tag-shockwave","tag-vmware","tag-vsphere"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/tzlee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-17-at-10.53.16-PM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tzlee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tzlee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tzlee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tzlee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tzlee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2718"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/tzlee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2737,"href":"https:\/\/tzlee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2718\/revisions\/2737"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tzlee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tzlee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tzlee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tzlee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}