.sol files

[orphan1709]

for the past few months, i have been unable to continue any saved flash games i play on kongregate.com. i did some research and found out that its because flash players use what is called .sol files which are like cookies for flash games. i found where they are stored at and its a blank document. that i cant open. i changed the default over to adobe (for some reason it wasnt) but that didnt fix the problem. i already upgraded adobe flash and reader to the latest verson. my opperating system is windows 7 and i use internet explorer 9 and allow websites i visit to store unlimited data. is there something else i need to download or am i confusing adobe with another program all together? either way, any ideas of how to fix it?

thanks in advance

[pwillener]

orphan1709 wrote:

i changed the default over to adobe (for some reason it wasnt) but that didnt fix the problem.

Sorry, I do not understand this.

[orphan1709]

i was in my default programs section of my control panel to see if i could figure out the problem and it had no default program set to open .sol files so i made adobe the default. i managed to get .sol files to save when i close my browser but as soon as i delete my browser history either through internet options or my anti virus and tune up software. there gone. back in april when i first got the software i just mentioned, i would delete all temp files daily and had no issues until the end of may when i updated my pc (there were like 3 or 4 updates and adobe was one of them).

[pwillener]

orphan1709 wrote:

i was in my default programs section of my control panel to see if i could figure out the problem and it had no default program set to open .sol files so i made adobe the default.

Ok, I understand part of it now.  But apart from that this is not required, what program did you make the default?  (Adobe is a company, not an application.)

orphan1709 wrote:

as soon as i delete my browser history either through internet options or my anti virus and tune up software. there gone. back in april when i first got the software i just mentioned, i would delete all temp files daily and had no issues until the end of may when i updated my pc (there were like 3 or 4 updates and adobe was one of them).

Assuming that you use IE9, yes - this is how it behaves now.

Workaround: use CCleaner to clear your browser history, and do not clear Flash Player "cookies".

[orphan1709]

its adobe reader X. when opened, i get a message that says adobe reader X cant open the file type because it is either not supported or damaged.

IE9 deletes flash cookies now? that may explain a lot. i did update my browser around the time this issue started.

[pwillener]

Undo that file association; Adobe Reader is in no way related to Flash Player, and cannot handle .sol files.

[orphan1709]

when i try to change it, adobe reader is the only adobe product that shows up. i changed it to 7 - zip (whatever that is) the rest are nero, IE, microsoft word, works, spreadsheet, and picture manager, notepad, windows media, movie and photo, and wordpad. what and were is the program i need to change it to?

[pwillener]

There is no standard program that can modify .sol files, but if you want to view contents, or even modify it, search Google for .sol editor

[orphan1709]

thats what i did first. all the programs i found eithe didnt fix it or full of viruses.

[pwillener]

Then best leave it alone.