How do you fix flash for xp-sp2?

Question

know there has to be a way to remove the annoying need to click on a flash movie to activate it with service pack 2...how do i do it? i have a couple sites that have flash menus and it really has made them look bad by needing to click on the menu twice everytime you want to open a link...

Answer 1

Here's the fix you are looking for:

The most simple solution is to keep your embed and param code (to embed your swf file) in an eternal .js (JavaScript) file instead of placing it in the html page. This requires writing the embed and param code à la JavaScript (i.e with "document.write").

If you use Dreamweaver, a patch was released for it that addresses this issue:

http://www.adobe.com/support/dreamweaver/downloads_updaters.html?pss=dw_8.0.1_win_en_full__WP_20040226

Answer 2

Flash and Windows XP Service Pack 2

With the release of Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (XP SP2), there are some changes to the operating system and to Microsoft Internet Explorer that may affect Macromedia Flash developers and visitors to their websites. This TechNote identifies those issues, describes the functionality addressed by the Flash MX 2004 Windows XP Service Pack 2 Hotfix, and references other more in-depth documents on the Macromedia support site.

What the Flash MX 2004 Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 Hotfix will address
Security message when previewing files locally with JavaScript or Flash content
List of HTML files the Flash MX 2004 XP SP2 Hotfix will update
List of HTML files affected by XP SP2, but not fixed
Other MX 2004 issues
Pop-up windows are blocked
Flash Player disabled
Additional information

What the Flash MX 2004 Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 Hotfix will address
The Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Hotfix addresses a problem introduced by XP SP2.

Machines with Service Pack 2 will block any html file with active content, such as activeX control and/or Javascript, when the file is accessed locally. Publish preview, print registration, Flash Player detection feature, and viewing samples features of Flash are affected. Without the Hotfix, users of XP SP2 will get a security warning. The Flash Player detection feature will not function at all.

The workaround, provided by Microsoft, is to insert a one line fix to the .html file. This line overrides the local machine lockdown by setting the file to the internet zone instead of the local machine zone. The line Microsoft calls Mark of the Web is simply: