Flash cookies problem

Hello everyone, Flash problems yet again
I have created a product configurator which i need to remember a users choices when they return to the page. I know that this is probably a job for shared objects but i'm not sure how to go about it. I need the shared object to save/load variables from dynamic text fields but also which external movies are loaded into which empty movie clips on the stage and then load these movieclips aswel as the variables.
Any help on this subject would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Matt

As a quick check try disabling your plug-in gomtvx NIE Module .
As a workaround you could try playing without Flash on YouTube -
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-all-html5/?src=api

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I have now had a chance to try this and it doesn't work for me. Seems my Flash installation is really messed up.
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I have rebooted the computer.
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Thanks for trying to fix this problem. Looks like it is time to try to unwind my junction point and move everything onto the C: drive. Perhaps I'll try uninstalling and reinstalling Flash one more time...
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As I understand things, starting with Firefox 4 and Flash Player 10.3, having Firefox configured this way should cause Flash cookies to be deleted upon exiting Firefox. I also understand that even though I have Flash configured as I do, a list of sites that attempt to plant a Flash cookie will still be recorded in the main settings.sol cookie.
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8) Exit the Flash Player Settings Manager
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10) Relaunch Control Panel -> Flash Player -> Storage tab -> Local Storage Settings by Site... button -> NOTE THAT THE LIST STILL SHOWS www.hulu.com, 0 bytes, Block
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13) Relaunch Control Panel -> Flash Player -> Storage tab -> Local Storage Settings by Site... button -> NOTE THAT THE LIST IS NOW EMPTY
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Ok, so I created a new profile and followed the steps I spelled out in my first post several times - each time the Hulu flash cookie was cleared the first time I closed Firefox.
So what would you recommend I do next to get to the bottom of the behavior in my current profile? Should I go about disabling my extensions and plugins one by one and repeating the test each time?
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Rod,
Since you're a confessed geek with some actual coding chops, I'm sure you'll understand the hair I'm about to split here. Hang on a moment while I grab my axe...
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Here's that Macromedia page in English
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new user to mac.
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when i right click on the white box,
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I came to this forum to see if I could find out how to delete adobe's flash cookies
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