IE8 ActiveX prompt workaround for Flash Player 10.

Hey Folks. Im currently trying to embed an SWF file into an XHTML page using Dreamweaver CS4. On completion it runs perfect in the latest Firefox and Google Chrome browsers but I get prompted to 'allow activeX control' in IE8. I have tried UFO and the latest version of SWFObject to embed the file but nothing doing. I have also tried to rewrite the code into a .js file and used the document.write method to write the code on loading but still get prompted in IE8. IE8 also fails to acknowledge any anchored link references to the page located in other pages too :-s . I know there HAS to be a solution to this problem because if I load up other sites in IE8 that have vast amounts of flash content (Youtube) im not prompted at all for anything. I know im doing the UFO, SWFObject Dynamic Embed and document.write methods correctly because they work in Firefox and Chrome. Does anyone have a valid workaround to this dilemma before I go string myself from the rafters with piano wire?

Hi
You need to insert the mark of the web, in dw select, Commands - Insert mark of the web.
See - http://helpstuff.com/motw.html
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I recently ran into this problem on my computer:
http://at32.s3.amazonaws.com/flash_install_problems2.jpg
I am a Flash developer (as in I write SWFs, I don't work for Adobe). and when I updated IE to 10.2, "the activex control for flash player could not be registered". Since I am a developer, I also have Firefox and Chrome installed, with Flash running without problems. For a long time now, Internet Explorer has used a different version (ActiveX) to the other browsers, which use plugins. I am a strong supporter of Flash, it's great to develop with and has a very wide feature set which is growing all the time, unlike fixed technologies/standards. However, the weakest part is the install process - I don't understand why their is a Download Manager. Google Chrome does it's best (so far) by managing the install/update process entirely in the background. Anyway, it was in my best interest to try and get to the bottom of this.
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First I tried the standard support here:
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A quick note about people who had tried running the following at a command prompt: "secedit /configure /cfg %windir%\repair\secsetup.inf /db secsetup.sdb /verbose"
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I then heard about problems with permissions in the registry with the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\shockwaveflash.shockwave
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I then done further diagnosis, by using Process Monitor to try and install Flash Player, and I got the following:
http://at32.s3.amazonaws.com/flash_install_problems.gif
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1) Open regedit (start - run - type "regedit.exe"). You may need to right click on it and select "Run As Administrator", but I didn't as my account was already administrator.
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They will stay on the screen. However, Process Monitor is only intended for advanced users. It is recommended that users try to navigate to the troublesome registry key using regedit, and see if they can access it or not without an error. This is far easier than trying to use Process Monitor, which is very complicated.
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