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Date:	Wed, 27 Oct 2004 13:07:26 PDT7
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Inconsistent results with Flash install

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In <416CB704.6EE88BED@pacbell.net>, on 10/12/04
at 09:04 PM, "J. R. Fox" said:

>I'm hoping that someone can tell me precisely *what* (and where) it is
>that tells your system &/or Mozilla that Flash *is* installed, and where
>its files reside. Let me backtrack a bit for you on this.

The program files are installed to the plugin directory. As you know,
there's a default which can be overridden by the MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH
environment variable.

Mozilla keeps track of the installed plugins in components\compreg.dat.
There's probably also some profile specific plugin data in xul.mfl.

I recommend you delete both of these an let Mozilla rebuild them.

>1.4.2, when in one particular attempt I installed it from a \TEMP
>directory. Redoing that install from the proper \PLUGINS directory
>instead now looks like a mistake.

For those reading along, it is generally a mistake to install a complex
application from what will be the application directory. Most installers
assume they will have to copy the files from a work directory to the
application directory.

It's also safer to use a work directory other than that pointed to by TEMP
and/or TMP. One never knows exactly what an installer will use these
directories for.

Finally, only the Flash plugin dll installs to the plugin directory. The
rest of the Flash install should be to some other application directory.

>2) The other difference I noticed was
>that in the "successful" partition, the Flash related lines appear near
>the end of OS2.INI, and in a somewhat different structure, rather than
>near the beginning of the system .INI file.

Something is broken if you have an Innotek_Flash entry in OS2SYS.INI.
Delete it and reinstall Flash. Verify that the Path key points to your
Flash installation. That's how the plugin DLL finds the Flash runtime.

HTH,

Steven

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