adobe-flash

Where does flash player save permanent files to, like game saves, or configurations?

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I’d like to grab a copy of a save file I have for a flash game (to be fair, there’s at least 20 hours of gaming in that save). I assume that different browsers and different operating systems do their own thing, but to know how different browser/OS combos do things would be useful extra … Read more

How to prevent Flash components from blocking Firefox’s keyboard shortcuts?

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Whenever a flash code takes control in Firefox, Firefox’s keyboard shortcuts stop functioning. Is there a way to fix this? Answer From the Flash Player FAQ Keyboard shortcuts can not be used when Flash Player is loaded This is a known problem with all plugins, not just Flash Player. There are several bugs filed on … Read more

Linux flash player settings dialog unclickable

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I’m using Slackware 13. When a flash app pops up the allow/deny dialog, I’m stuck because the buttons are unclickable. My adobe flash player version is 10,0,42,34. How can I fix this problem? Edit: I’m using fluxbox. I’m using an acer notebook with a synaptics touchpad… both the touchpad and the mouse can’t interact with … Read more

Why 45MB Unallocated space at the beginning of a Silicon Power Marvel M70 64GB Flash Drive AND Why Drastically different sector counts?

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I have a brand new Silicon Power Marvel M70 64GB USB flash drive has 45MB of unallocated space preceding the 58.89GB of available space. I don’t care about having less than 64GB since I know it’s due to 1024 based math. What concerns me is within the size of 45MB. Why so much? 1MB is … Read more

Why is Adobe Flash Player downloaded as a “.dmg.mdlp” file?

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When I download the current Adobe flash player installer from the Adobe website using Safari 6.0.1 under OSX 10.8.2, I end up with a file named ‘install_flash_player_osx.dmg.mdlp’ in my downloads folder. I am curious as to why the .mdlp extension is being added to the disk image containing the flash player installer, which has always … Read more

A way to enable flash for specific sites only?

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Using Firefox or Chrome… Is there a way to control which sites are allowed to run flash and disable it for all others? Answer The procedure for the current version of Chrome is detailed below. Open a tab with chrome://flags and verify the the following are set to Default : Prefer HTML over Flash and … Read more

Is there a way to escape keyboard focus from adobe flash?

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I’ve been trying to use the mouse less when web browsing. However, if a flash program gets the focus, it will capture the all the keyboard strokes, making it impossible to do anything without moving the mouse first. Is there any way around this? Answer It seems this is a bug in Firefox that is … Read more

How can I stop Flash from leaving full-screen mode when it loses focus due to a mouse-click in the other monitor?

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On a multi-monitor system, if I’m viewing a full-screen video in Flash on one monitor, clicking the mouse on the other monitor causes Flash to leave full-screen mode and revert to normal size. What’s the easiest way of preventing this that works on my version of Flash? My system is Flash 10 (10.0.12.36), in Firefox … Read more

Flash files (.swf) prompts for download instead of opening

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I used to be able to drag .swf files into Chromium, and they would play just fine. Recently, that stopped working. Doesn’t work in Chromium or Iceweasel. Both browsers instead prompt to download the .swf file. Both have Flash Player enabled, and the .swf MIME-type listed on their plugins pages. I tried drag-and-drop and Ctrl+O, … Read more