MCBastos wrote:
Ah, Flash... for some reason, Macromedia/Adobe decided to place the
entire Flash folder under restricted permissions.
<snip>
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.
You can't do it that way as it's not enough. You need to use the
Advanced button and remove the existing permissions. IIRC, no matter
what you add that way, a "deny" bit is set on the Everyone user and it
takes precedence over any "allow" you set.
1. Right-click the Macromedia folder and choose Properties. Then choose
the Security tab, then the Advanced button.
2. In Permission entries, remove any entries shown.
3. Now click Add and type in "Everyone" and choose OK.
4. Choose "Full control" for their permissions and click OK.
5. Now back to the Permissions dialog put a check in "Replace all
child....." and choose OK three times until you're back at the Explorer
window.
6. Now you can delete the Macromedia folder and flick a booger in the
direction of Adobe, who still does this crap with Flash after acquiring
Macromedia years ago.
This works in WinXP/Vista/7, though in Vista/7 you may need to press
some buttons twice depending on UAC settings.
Also, for Windows XP Home Edition, you can get the security tab without
having to boot into Safe Mode by installing the NT4 Security Manager.
There are no side effects.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/195227/EN-US
SCESP4A.EXE - Alpha
SCESP4I.EXE - Intel (the one you want)
--
Mike
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