[SWFObject] Script not working in IE 6.0.2800.1106 on Windows 2000

[John Luther]

On a related note, I went through two days of scratching my head with 
faulty detection on Internet Explorer 6.029 on XP. I completely 
uninstalled the Flash Player plugin, reinstalled it, rebooted, and so 
on, but swfobject and the Macromedia installer page itself still behaved 
erratically, sometimes detecting the player and sometimes not, even 
after I had uninstalled.

It turns out that my system was in some strange state where the player 
was "uninstalled" but the Flash plugin director stayed behind. Manually 
deleting the c:\windows\system32\macromed\flash directory fixed it.

--JL




On 4/24/2006 8:00 PM Geoff Stearns wrote:
> cool...
> 
> We get mails like this about twice a month or so to the list, and it's 
> always because of 'bad' installs on the system. one big culprit is 
> usually the various plugin switches that are out there. if they don't do 
> the switch the right way, your computer might think it has a version of 
> Flash Player that it doesn't really have, or it might think it doesn't 
> have it at all, when it really is there.
> 
> I think that 'normal' users will very rarely encounter issues like this, 
> but for the times that they do, you can always include a 'bypass 
> detection' link in your alternate content. that way if the user *knows* 
> they have flash installed, they can click that link and still see your 
> stuff.
> 
> but ultimately, if that happens, they just have some issues with their 
> plugins.
> 
> 
> On Apr 24, 2006, at 7:53 PM, subs at digitalheights.com 
> <mailto:subs at digitalheights.com> wrote:
> 
>> Thank you Geoff - That did the trick. Looks like I had a bad install.
>> Best,
>> Scott
>>
>> Geoff Stearns wrote:
>>> How did you install the flash player? Is it possible you have a bad 
>>> install somehow?
>>>
>>> Try running the uninstaller and reinstall the latest version.
>>> get the uninstaller here:
>>> http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14157
>>>
>>> You can also go to this page to see what version SWFObject detects on 
>>> your system:
>>>
>>> http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/flashversion.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 24, 2006, at 7:26 PM, scott at digitalheights.com 
>>> <mailto:scott at digitalheights.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> First of all, I'd like to say thanks to Geoff & Toby for developing 
>>>> this 
>>>> great tool. Unfortunately, I encountered a potentially serious issue 
>>>> when viewing pages that use the script in IE 6.0.2800.1106 on Windows 
>>>> 2000. I visited several pages that are using FlashObject or SWFObject 
>>>> (including http://www.cartoonsmart.com and http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/ 
>>>> and http://www.youtube.com). These sites all display their Flash 
>>>> content 
>>>> properly in Firefox, but when in IE, the alternate text is displayed. I 
>>>> have javascript enabled and I also have the most recent version of the 
>>>> Flash player installed in IE so unless I'm mistaken, the script appears 
>>>> to be the source of the problem.
>>>> Any thoughts?
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Scott
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