How do I change "flash9d.ocx" to "flash10e.ocx" in registry?

[Robbie Hatley]

Ok, so recently my Macromedia -- er, actually, Adobe now -- Flash

updated itself from version 9 to version 10. No big deal, all

automatically done in background.



BUT, when I ran Norton WinDoctor today, looking for any registry

anomalies, as part of routine maintainance, it found that one

registry entry had a wrong value which could NOT be fixed.



So I fired up regedit.exe and tried to edit the entry manually, but

when I pressed "Ok", I got "Edit failed. Error writing new data."



The registry key in question is:



HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}\InprocServer32



The bogus value and data are:



(Default) = C:\WINNT\system32\Macromed\Flash\Flash9d.ocx



(The correct data would be "Flash10e.ocx" in place of "Flash9d.ocx".)



I tried restarting Windows in safe mode, but I got the same problem:

"edit failed, error writing new data".



So, how do I correct this? Much obliged if anyone could shed some light.



--

Cheers,

Robbie Hatley

perl -le 'print "\154o\156e\167o\154f\100w\145ll\56c\157m"'

perl -le 'print "\150ttp\72//\167ww.\167ell.\143om/~\154onewolf/"'

 

[Andy]

Use the command

cacls flash9d.ocx /e /r everyone

to allow deletion.

http://grandstreamdreams.blogspot.com/2007/07/flash9cocx-strangeness.html



On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 23:49:13 -0700, Robbie Hatley

wrote:



>

>Ok, so recently my Macromedia -- er, actually, Adobe now -- Flash

>updated itself from version 9 to version 10. No big deal, all

>automatically done in background.

>

>BUT, when I ran Norton WinDoctor today, looking for any registry

>anomalies, as part of routine maintainance, it found that one

>registry entry had a wrong value which could NOT be fixed.

>

>So I fired up regedit.exe and tried to edit the entry manually, but

>when I pressed "Ok", I got "Edit failed. Error writing new data."

>

>The registry key in question is:

>

>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}\InprocServer32

>

>The bogus value and data are:

>

>(Default) = C:\WINNT\system32\Macromed\Flash\Flash9d.ocx

>

>(The correct data would be "Flash10e.ocx" in place of "Flash9d.ocx".)

>

>I tried restarting Windows in safe mode, but I got the same problem:

>"edit failed, error writing new data".

>

>So, how do I correct this? Much obliged if anyone could shed some light.

 

[Olof Lagerkvist]

Robbie Hatley wrote:

>

> Ok, so recently my Macromedia -- er, actually, Adobe now -- Flash

> updated itself from version 9 to version 10. No big deal, all

> automatically done in background.

>

> BUT, when I ran Norton WinDoctor today, looking for any registry

> anomalies, as part of routine maintainance, it found that one

> registry entry had a wrong value which could NOT be fixed.

>

> So I fired up regedit.exe and tried to edit the entry manually, but

> when I pressed "Ok", I got "Edit failed. Error writing new data."

>

> The registry key in question is:

>

> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}\InprocServer32

>

>

> The bogus value and data are:

>

> (Default) = C:\WINNT\system32\Macromed\Flash\Flash9d.ocx

>

> (The correct data would be "Flash10e.ocx" in place of "Flash9d.ocx".)

>

> I tried restarting Windows in safe mode, but I got the same problem:

> "edit failed, error writing new data".

>

> So, how do I correct this? Much obliged if anyone could shed some light.





Right-click on the registry key and select "Permissions" and grant

yourself permissions to edit registry values.



--

Olof Lagerkvist

 

[Robbie Hatley]

Olof Lagerkvist wrote:



> Right-click on the registry key and select "Permissions"

> and grant yourself permissions to edit registry values.



Hmmm.



In Regedit.exe , i'm not seeing "Permissions" when I

right-click keys or values. I see Exand, New, Find,

Delete, Rename, Copy Key Name.



In RegEdt32.exe , I'm not even seeing menus when I

right-click keys or values; nothing happens at all.



What program are you using that gives "Permissions"

on right-click?



--

Cheers,

Robbie Hatley

perl -le 'print "\154o\156e\167o\154f\100w\145ll\56c\157m"'

perl -le 'print "\150ttp\72//\167ww.\167ell.\143om/~\154onewolf/"'

 

[Robbie Hatley]

Andy wrote:



> Use the command

> cacls flash9d.ocx /e /r everyone

> to allow deletion.



Deletion of what? The file you mention doesn't exist,

so I can't delete it.



And if it *did* exist, I wouldn't be having the problem

I described in my post. Think about it.



> http://grandstreamdreams.blogspot.com/2007/07/flash9cocx-strangeness.html



Different issue. That person was having problems deleting

a file.



I'm not having a problem deleting a file; I'm having a problem

editing a registry entry.



I need to update this registry value:



HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}\InprocServer32

(Default) = C:\WINNT\system32\Macromed\Flash\Flash9d.ocx



I need to change "Flash9d.ocx" to "Flash10e.ocx".



But every time I try, I get this error message box:



Title bar:

Error Editing Value

Message:

Cannot edit: Error writing the value's new contents.



So, what's up with that? How do I edit this?



--

Cheers,

Robbie Hatley

perl -le 'print "\154o\156e\167o\154f\100w\145ll\56c\157m"'

perl -le 'print "\150ttp\72//\167ww.\167ell.\143om/~\154onewolf/"'

 

[Robbie Hatley]

On 2010-03-28 4:45 AM, Olof Lagerkvist wrote:



> Right-click on the registry key and select "Permissions" and

> grant yourself permissions to edit registry values.



Ok, while exact action doesn't work in either of my registry

editors, I found that my regedit32.exe does have a whole menu

devoted to security. I used that to reset permissions and

fix the broken entry. So your advice got me going in the

right direction; thanks.



--

Cheers,

Robbie Hatley

perl -le 'print "\154o\156e\167o\154f\100w\145ll\56c\157m"'

perl -le 'print "\150ttp\72//\167ww.\167ell.\143om/~\154onewolf/"'