Disable Flash Player??

I am authoring a site in Flash v8. I want to test whether the
Flash detection, javascript generated in the HTML when publishing
from Flash, is working properly in the event that the visitor does
not have the necessary Flash Player installed. Is there a way to
temporarily disable the Flash Player on my machine for testing
purposes in this case? Might there be an alternate way to do this?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance -

finalcutexpress wrote:
> I am authoring a site in Flash v8. I want to test
whether the Flash detection,
> javascript generated in the HTML when publishing from
Flash, is working
> properly in the event that the visitor does not have the
necessary Flash Player
> installed. Is there a way to temporarily disable the
Flash Player on my machine
> for testing purposes in this case? Might there be an
alternate way to do this?
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
There is no actual "disale" option. You could rename the
folder where player is and
restart the browser. Or, if you run FireFox, you can download
the extension which
allow instant player switch (multiple versions) or temporary
removal.
Very nice for testing purpose, not just detection but file
compatibility etc...
http://www.sephiroth.it/weblog/archives/2006/10/flash_switcher_for_firefox.php
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