disable the information bar in IE8

[chazzy2501]

I'm trying to run my new laptop without flash. I WANT to use IE8 just without flash, great... I installed flash as it kept nagging me on every site I visit. I've disabled flash and now it naggs on EVERY website that add-ons are disabled.

I've followed it's own help to turn off the info bar but the instructions given actually just minimise the chance of it appearing!

I found a reg hack that sets iexplorer x0 in local security (for those who google this problem) but that doesn't get rid of it either!

I don't want to use chrome,firefox,safari,etc.

[SneakyBeaky]

Try Toggle Flash
Toggle Flash

[chazzy2501]

Damn I've got this error:



I've never seen this before?

[SneakyBeaky]

Tried downloading again and reinstalling here: No problems. You antivirus doesn't like it?

[Arthur]

To kill Flash Player in Internet Explorer you just need to set the following two registry keys...

DisableFlash.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ActiveX Compatibility\{D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000}]
"Compatibility Flags"=dword:00000400

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ActiveX Compatibility\{8FFBE65D-2C9C-4669-84BD-5829DC0B603C}]
"Compatibility Flags"=dword:00000400

To re-enable it, simply delete the keys...

EnableFlash.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ActiveX Compatibility\{D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ActiveX Compatibility\{8FFBE65D-2C9C-4669-84BD-5829DC0B603C}]

[Arthur]

Since you're using Windows 7 you could also install IE9 and turn on the new ActiveX Filtering option.

http://www.withinwindows.com/2011/02...ng-exceptions/

One of the new features in Internet Explorer 9 is ActiveX Filtering, which allows you to surf around without executing ActiveX controls (similar to using NoScript and Mozilla Firefox).