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[Gene Heskett]

On Wednesday 04 July 2007, Aaron Konstam wrote:
>On Wed, 2007-07-04 at 11:15 -0500, Rod Haper wrote:
>> Gene Heskett wrote:
>> > On Wednesday 04 July 2007, Rod Haper wrote:
>> >>> I just tried this, set it for Netscape-4.8, and got told I needed the
>> >>> Turner Media player with the option to download it now.  All other
>> >>> spoofs don't get past opening the player window, but don't error
>> >>> either.
>> >>
>> >> What version of the flash plugin do you have installed?  What does
>> >> about:plugins report?  You need Flash Player version 8 or later.
>> >
>> > I have 9.
>>
>> That is very strange as it is working for me and numerous others.  Are
>> you sure that about:plugins reports the flash plugin version as 9.x?
>> What version of Firefox are you running?
>>
>> Are you perhaps using a different helper action for flash which is
>> pointing to an older version?  To check the flash action:
>>
>>    Edit -> Preferences -> Downloads -> View & Edit Actions...
>>    Use the search function for "flash"
>>    Select "Shockwave Flash file" and click the "Change Action..." button
>>    Make sure the "Use this Plugin:" option is selected.
>>
>> Note: the above directions are for FF 1.5.0.12.  The sequence may differ
>> for FF 2.x.
>>
>> --
>> Rod
>
>As I have said several times you can't do this unless you change that
>value of the config parameter:
>browser.download.hide_plugins_without _extensions from true to false.

And it appears that 2.0.0.4 doesn't have such a beast.

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