2009/12/11 eidnolb <forums@adobe.com>
*Hello, I don't think WFP has anything to do with uninstalling FP. I've
removed several different programs from XP.*
*The following link http://go.adobe.com/kb/ts_tn_14157_en-us is for
uninstalling. However, you must follow the*
*instructions completely. I see your running XP, if you're using IE, there
is a special paragraph that applies.*
*I would read carefully the instructions at that link and then go to
Add/Remove and see if FP is still there.*
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As I said before, REMOVING the file is NOT the problem!
That works like a charm!
The REAL problem is that after the next reboot, the file is back!
2009/12/11 ʇɐb ɹəuəllıʍ <forums@adobe.com>
The poster claims that he has followed article tn_14157 to the letter.
Yet something doesn't make sense. The OCX should remain in the Flash
folder until the reboot. If the file is still there, then the word
"reappears" is not true; only if the poster had manually deleted the file
beforehand. I have instructed not to do so, but the word "reappears" is
still used.
We cannot know what is going on until we get a full explanation.
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Something does not make sense INDEED!
And that's EXACTLY the problem!
When I run the tool
uninstall_flash_player.exe<http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/current/uninstall_flash_player.exe>from
http://go.adobe.com/kb/ts_tn_14157_en-us, the file
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash\Flash9f.ocx DISAPPEARS.
"Disappears" meaning: It is not visible anymore neither in Windows Explorer
nor in Command Prompt, DESPITE the fact that in Windows Explorer the Display
Option "Show hidden files and folders" is ON, as well as "Display the
contents of system folders", and "Hide protected operating system files
(Recommended)" is OFF. So I presume the file is really deleted. (Maybe I
should check the trash can? But I suspect that it is not even moved to the
trash can but deleted directly...)
Then I reboot (following exactly the instructions from
http://go.adobe.com/kb/ts_tn_14157_en-us), and after the machine has
finished booting (and loading everything, after log-on), when I look in
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash, the file Flash9f.ocx is back.
Interestingly with a file modification date which is the time of the reboot.
BTW, Flash Player has long been removed in the "Software" control panel and
has never reappered there ever since.
2009/12/11 ʇɐb ɹəuəllıʍ <forums@adobe.com>
3rd-party (non-Windows) files should never be under WFP. Can you check the
DLL cache (%systemroot%\system32\
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dllcache) if the file is in there? Can you temporarily disable WPF (
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/archive/wfp.mspx#E4H), then run the
uninstall again, to see if this is really the case?
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Indeed, non-Windows files should never be under WFP.
But it looks like this one is.
Maybe because the manufacturer of the EeePC has decided he wanted it to be
so?
I already checked the "dllcache" directory, and there is no copy of the file
to be found there, not even under another name (at least none starting with
"flash").
Somewhere in the forums it was said that disabling WFP in the registry
stopped working with SP3.
Besides, I don't have a kernel debugger attached to the system via null
modem cable to be able to use SFCDisable = 1 or SFCDisable = 2.
That's why I tried "XPlite_TRIAL.exe" (from
http://www.litepc.com/download/xplitetrial/xplite_trial.zip) instead, but
unfortunately, to no avail.
I also tried Hack Method 5 from http://www.bitsum.com/aboutwfp.asp, but
SFCFILES.DLL does not even contain the string "Flash", let alone
Flash9f.ocx.
The registry also does not contain the string "Flash9f", BTW.
Any ideas?
Thank you!!!
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