Flash doesn’t work, works intermittently or works only for some websites ?
Flash doesn’t work under a limited or restricted account ?
JAVAScript not enabled errors shown by select websites ?
Opera 9.5 crashes with certain websites ?
Uninstalling and reinstalling flash doesn’t help or only results in error message such as tn_19166 ?
NOTHING seems to work !?!??
Switching browsers away from IE7, Opera, Firefox or Safari shouldn’t be necessary.
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CAUSE: (one or more may apply)
Adobe incorrectly configured the MSI installer and set incorrect permissions on select registry keys.
The Adobe uninstaller does not reset permissions prior to it’s attempt at removal.
Flash software refuses to run properly without write permissions to specific registry keys.
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RESOLUTION:
Locate & reconfigure permissions on the affected keys.
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STEPS: (from a windows administrative rights privileged account)
0) Close all applications under all accounts that may use macromedia flash.
1) Download SubInACL.Exe from Microsoft and place the file under C:\Windows\System32.
http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=subinacl&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
2) Launch “Cmd.Exe” and run the following two commands:
SubInACL.Exe /SubKeyReg hkey_classes_root\ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash /setowner=administrators /revoke=everyone /grant="+username+"=f /grant=users=f /grant=system=f /grant=administrators=f
For /L +a in (1,1,10) do SubInACL.Exe /subkeyreg hkey_classes_root\ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.+a /setowner=administrators /revoke=everyone /grant="+username+"=f /grant=users=f /grant=system=f /grant=administrators=f
NOTE: “+” symbols in the text above must be changed to “%” symbols.
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Be aware that this solution effectively removes all security on the Macromedia Flash registry keys.
(but this is preferrable to running an entire account or browser under admin rights)
If you had received an error message from the Adobe Installer, you’ll need to rerun the un/installer(s) then redo the steps listed above to get Flash to work under a Limited/Restricted account. Otherwise relaunch your web brower(s) and verify that flash now works with the affected websites. Re IE7 you’ll also want to ensure that relevant add-ons or extensions (plugins) haven’t been disabled.
Other possible registry keys and files/folders/directories that can be affected by this issue:
C:\Windows\System32\MacroMed\Flash\*
“HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.spl”
“HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.swf”
“HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mfp”
“HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.sol”
“HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.sor”
“HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FlashFactory.FlashFactory”
“HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FlashFactory.FlashFactory.1”
“HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FlashProp.FlashProp”
“HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FlashProp.FlashProp.1”
“HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D4304BCF-B8E9-4B35-BEA0-DC5B522670C2}”
“HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000}”
“HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000}”
“HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}”
“HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{2E4BB6BE-A75F-4DC0-9500-68203655A2C4}”
“HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{FAB3E735-69C7-453B-A446-B6823C6DF1C9}”
“HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{57A0E746-3863-4D20-A811-950C84F1DB9B}”
“HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIME\Database\Content Type\application/futuresplash”
“HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIME\Database\Content Type\application/x-shockwave-flash”
