Interviewed by CNN on 16/08/2011 18:56, Larry told the world: > Following advice in another thread, I checked my PIs with the Mozilla > Plug-In Checker (thank you, Chris). Found three to update, did all three > (I thought), but one keeps coming back. Digging further, it's an older > version of Shockwave Flash Player. The latest version is installed, but > the checker keeps finding the older one, which apparently wasn't > replaced. (The Secunia Software Inspector also finds the same one.) > > Located the older version, tried to delete it, and get told "No, it's in > use by some other program". Everything else is closed except the System > 32 list. (C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash\Flash10i.ocx, might be 10l > or 1) > > Suggestions as to how to get rid of it? Or should I just ignore it?
Ah, Flash... for some reason, Macromedia/Adobe decided to place the entire Flash folder under restricted permissions. Basically, not even administrators are allowed to delete stuff there -- only the System "pseudo-user." The regular way to reset those permissions is a bit cumbersome; it involves seizing ownership of the folder at the same time as giving yourself full permissions. Be thankful you are on XP; there's a shortcut to reset permissions in XP that was removed on Vista (probably for security reasons). Well, it work on XP Pro; I never tested it on XP Home, it might not work there. Well, procedure... let's go: 1. Close ALL your browser windows. Yes, including Internet Explorer. 2. Uninstall all your Flash plugins and ActiveX. 3. Create a blank folder inside C:\Windows\System32. 4. Here's the trick: select BOTH the "Macromed" and "New Folder" created above at the same time (you have to do it in the file pane, not on the Tree pane) 5. Right-click on one of them, choose "Properties" and open the Security tab. XP will notice that the two folders have different permissions and offer to reset BOTH folders to default permissions. Now you should have "normal" admin access to the Macromed folder. Try to delete it. If you can't, you may have to repeat the process inside "Macromed" to reset permissions on the "Flash" folder. If you still cannot delete it... try manually giving yourself full rights to the folder and forcing it to apply it to all subfolders and files. There are plenty tutorials around the Internet on how to do that. If you are on XP Home, though, you might need to reboot on Safe Mode. I believe the "Security" tab is hidden in normal mode. Well, anyway... after you finally get rid of the offending file, you may reinstall Flash plugin (and, if you want to, Flash ActiveX too.) -- MCBastos This message has been protected with the 2ROT13 algorithm. Unauthorized use will be prosecuted under the DMCA. -=-=- ... Sent from my HAL 9000. *Added by TagZilla 0.066.2 running on Seamonkey 2.3 * Get it at http://xsidebar.mozdev.org/modifiedmailnews.html#tagzilla _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
