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exProphecy
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February 21, 2011
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How do I fix the "allow third party flash content" problem for Adobe Flash Player 10?

  • February 21, 2011
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So I'm having a bit of a problem with my flash player. I go to Pandora.com and it says "The Flash Player storage is currently disabled and must be enabled to use Pandora" So I go to http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager03.html and try to checkbox the "Allow third-party flash content to store data on your computer." When I try to check it, it just stays greyed out. Doesn't check it. How do I fix this? I saw somewhere that I had to allow permission? Or delete AppData (Not sure where it's at though I tried looking for it but I don't see any folder in AppData that has Adobe/Macromedia)? Not sure though. Can anyone help me out? I'm using Windows 7 x64 and Google Chrome. (Oh and Chrome isn't the problem because I've tried it on IE as well)

Alienware m11x
Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
Flash Player 10.2.154.12

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    Correct answer pwillener

    Okay so I searched around and maybe my user name on Windows 7 is causing this? It's .ex. I changed it to just "ex" but in C:\Users it's still named .ex. How do I change it? I tried changing it cmd line as admin but it said access is denied.


    Oh, I remember many problems in the past with user names starting with a period.

    I don't know about the user profile; if it is changed automatically, or if you have to create a new one manually.

    If you get an access denied error trying to rename it, you may need to change the permissions.

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    rintau2000
    rintau2000
    Participant
    February 25, 2011

    Same problem here on OS X. Tried the latest Flash Player as the Square one. Both Settings Managers don't change settings.

    Any solutions?

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    exProphecyAuthor
    Participant
    February 25, 2011

    Well my problem was due to a period beginning in my username. I removed it and it worked fine. But.. for Mac OS I think I saw somewhere that you have to delete your Libraries/Macromedia or Libraries/Adobe somewhere in your files. Delete the cache? Not sure though >_<

    pwillener
    pwillener
    Legend
    February 22, 2011

    Open Windows Explorer and type %appdata%\Adobe into the address bar.  Do you have a 'Flash Player' folder in there?  Delete it, then do the same in %appdata%\Macromedia

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    exProphecyAuthor
    Participant
    February 22, 2011

    There is no folder called Macromedia or Adobe anywhere in my %appdata% folder =/

    pwillener
    pwillener
    Legend
    February 22, 2011

    Do you have any other subfolders in %APPDATA%?  Perhaps the permissions are incorrect in yor %APPDATA%?

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