[X4U] Flash cookies

Bill Bauldry BauldryWC at appstate.edu
Fri Sep 18 12:57:34 PDT 2009


On Sep 18, 2009, at 3:00 PM, zapcat wrote:

> On Sep 18, 2009, at 8:05 AM, Vince Lewis wrote:
>
>> go into ~/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash Player. Delete the
>> contents and then lock the Flash Player folder (Cmd-i; under
>> "General" check the Locked box). Than should prevent any further
>> additions until Adobe decides to change the path with the next
>> revision.
>> ciao,
>> Vince
>
> ah...excellent! thanks for that info, Vince.
>
> Now for the more radical step: how to un-install flash?  Can I simply
> use spotlight to search anything named "flash" and delete that stuff?
>
> or is the procedure more elaborate?
>
> thanks!
>
> zc

There's a little free program called "Flush" (see MacUpdate) that  
lists and lets you delete "flash cookies." It works well.

Regards,
Bill
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William C Bauldry, PhD
Professor of Interesting Stuff
Dept of Mathematical Sciences
Appalachian State University
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