Mozilla & Flash

Is there any easy way to disable/enable Flash Player in Mozilla 1.7 please? Thanks!

 

Hello perkin,

There are in fact two options that I'm familiar with, which disable Flash.

1. The Preferences Toolbar includes a "Kill Flash" option.
http://texturizer.net/firefox/extensions/#prefbar

2. Here is a batch file which will toggle flash on and off:

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@echo off
if exist "C:\Program Files\mozilla.org\mozilla\plugins\npswf32.dll" goto disable
if exist "C:\Program Files\mozilla.org\mozilla\plugins\npswf32.dll.off" goto enable
echo Couldn't find a flash plugin.
echo.
goto usage

:disable
ren "C:\Program Files\mozilla.org\mozilla\plugins\npswf32.dll" "npswf32.dll.off "

echo Flash Disabled.
goto done

:enable
ren "C:\Program Files\mozilla.org\mozilla\plugins\npswf32.dll.off" "npswf32.dll "

echo Flash Enabled.
goto done

:usage
echo You must specify the path to your browser's plugins directory.
echo Put the path in double quotes if it includes spaces.
echo For example, toggleflash.bat "c:\Program Files\mozilla.org\mozilla\plugins "

:done

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Note: you may have to edit the Mozilla file path to point to your Mozilla plugins file location.

Ramona

 

Hi Ramona!
Thanks very much-that extension looks the business! Getting back to deleting the XUL.mfl file BTW,would it be too much to delete it after each session via "Eraser" that I find very handy for daily browser(Moz. & Opera) house keeping as well as security/privacy? Is it linked to Quick Launch,which I don`t use?
regards,
P.

 

perkin,

I delete the Cache folder, history.dat, and XUL.mfl on a daily basis, and have suffered no ill effects from doing so. I have a small batch file which does the trick.

As I understand it, the XUL.mfl file, being a cache file for the UI, JS, chrome, etc., does include turbo, but it is only one of many entries in the file. My knowledge of the internal workings of the browser is somewhat limited, as I have no programming background.

HTH,

Ramona