I installed Prefbar 4.1.1 and now get this alert when I try to uncheck
Flash.

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The flash plugin exists in the following locations:

c:\firefox\plugins\npswf32dll.prefbar
c:\windows\system32\macromed\flash\mpswf32.dll

Please delete all but one, as the Flash checkbox only works, if there is
only one plugin!

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What the crap? By the name of the first one, it looks like Prefbar
installed that one on its own.

How do I know which one to uninstall?

On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:37:28 -0400, Jim
<jcs-jcs@verizon.net> wrote:

>I installed Prefbar 4.1.1 and now get this alert when I try to uncheck
>Flash.
>
>==========
>
>The flash plugin exists in the following locations:
>
>c:\firefox\plugins\npswf32dll.prefbar
>c:\windows\system32\macromed\flash\mpswf32.dll
>
>Please delete all but one, as the Flash checkbox only works, if there is
>only one plugin!
>
>========
>
>What the crap? By the name of the first one, it looks like Prefbar
>installed that one on its own.
>
>How do I know which one to uninstall?


Just from what I've read today in this group, and what I've
read in the PrefBar help file, it seems that PB doesn't want
to see more than one copy of this file on your system. The
reason being, the way PB turns Flash off, is by re-naming
the file from spswf32.dll to npswf32dll.prefbar. It turns
it back on by reversing that operation. On a multi-user
Windows box, that file should be in the user profile
directory so that when another user is logged on, PB won't
see thier copy (a user's profile is only accessible/viewable
to its rightful owner). On a single-user box, the Flash
plugin file can go in the Fx plugins directory, which is a
little simpler. There might be something in the flavor of
Windows affecting this as well--I'm using Win2k. This is
all for Fx2. Apparently, Fx3 & Prefbar have a cleaner way
of behaving, and this problem should not happen.

I have no practical experience with this, I've just been
reading here, trying to get *my* machine and Fx to play swf
video. There's just one site that has any that I want to
see, but I really would like to see it. But I wish now that
I had just blown it off. It's all looking like a
substantial lessening of security, and I'll probably be
disappointed with the video, if I'm ever able to see it. If
that turns out to be the case, this crap is coming off this
box in a nanosecond!

--
croy