How can I prevent Macromedia Shockwave Player content from displaying in Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE)?
John Savill
September 17, 2002
1 Min Read
A. To disable Shockwave Player content in IE, perform the following steps:
Start a registry editor (e.g., regedit.exe).
Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftInternet ExplorerActiveX Compatibility registry subkey.
From the Edit menu, select New, Key.
Enter a name of "{166B1BCA-3F9C-11CF-8075-444553540000}" without the quotes, then press Enter.
Select the new key, then, from the Edit menu, select New, DWORD Value.
Enter a name of "Compatibility Flags" without the quotes, then press Enter.
Double-click the new value, set it to 400 (hexadecimal mode), then click OK.
To reenable Shockwave Player content, set the registry value to 0.
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