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slayer
There are two versions of Flash, one for IE and another one for the other browsers around. Inside the K-Meleon directory there is a folder called plugins, you can put the NPSWF32.dll in there. As stated above, is easier to download a patched version from here:
http://kmext.sourceforge.net/mplugs/
This patched version will use the
%TEMP% folder as the cache.
Path and filename:
K-MELEON\plugins\NPSWF32.dll
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disrupted
internet explorer and other non-ie based browsers like kmeleon or firefox or safari etc use different flash plugin versions due to the architecture of plugins which are required for ie or ole based applications.
you have previously installed the netscape-type flash 9 plugin which is what kmeleon has detected and is using..while ie uses a different ocx plugin which will not be detected by kmeleon etc.
so..if you do install the flash plugin supported by kmeleon from adobe's website, it will not overwrite or affect the ocx plugin used by ie in anyway..think of them as 2 different applications.
since kmeleon can read plugins directly that are saved in its plugins folder, you do not really need to install the universal flash plugin and just extract the plugin in the link by ndeboard to kmeleon\plugins folder and simply restart the browser.
if you prefer you can download the whole flash setup for non-ie browsers..both methods will achieve the same result, the standalone plugin version saved directly to kmeleon\plugins folder has its advantages as ndeboard has noted..the disadvantage is that np-swf32.dll will only be used by kmeleon and any other non-ie based browsers(like safari etc) will not be able to detect that plugin
slayer & disrupted, thank you both for the detailed explanations and the time you spent to post them. It is much appreciated, I can assure you. I'm very close to completely migrating to K-Meleon.
All the best. Cheers.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/25/2010 01:39AM by Mister M.