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How to Delete Flash Cookies ... or How to find the Local Storage
Flash cookies are little pieces of information that Flash applications can store on a user's hard drive. They are not part of the browser's temporary internet files and so they won't be deleted when you delete all you internet settings.
If you google for "delete flash cookies" most of the answers you will boil down to
- go to Adobe site
- find the manager program
- delete the cookies
Some people simply feel awkward about that ... seemingly having no control about these cookies.
Actually, the problem isn't that big. You can actually find the cookies on your hard-drive. You could e.g. try to do a file search for *.sol-files. In Windows systems they are located in your user's "AppData" directory. There is a little trick, though. You won't find the cookies in the Adobe folder as one would expect. Instead, look for a Macromedia folder. Wikipedia has good article about how to find the sol-files, so I am not going to repeat the info given there.
One small advice for Windows users: You may have to enable "Show Hidden Files and Folders" (XP) / (Windows7).
With this knowledge, you can easily create a small script that you can put on your desktop to delete all flash cookies whenever you want.
Posted on 2010/6/25blog comments powered by Disqus
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