Web Dev Ireland

In my current job I spend quite a bit of time moving between client sites where I don’t always have admin access on the PC’s I use. I refuse pointblank to use Internet Explorer if I am to use the machine for more then a day. Luckily Firefox doesn’t need admin rights to install as all it does is unpack itself to a folder and doesn’t need registery entries to operate. So I can use FF all the time, woohoo .

The only problem is that to install the Flash plugin you do need admin rights, sigh.
I don’t really mind not having flash installed, but what does get on my nerves is that little yellow dropdown that reminds you that it’s not installed everytime you access a page with flash on it (which is quite a few in this ad driven age).

additional plugins are required to display all the media on this page

Now this is great for a lot of newbies i’m sure but it’s not something I like to see, especially when I have no way to install the plugin.

So here is how to disable this message

1. Type about:config in the address bar
2. Search for plugin.default_plugin_disabled by typing it into the filter text box.
3. Set the value to false by double-clicking on the text (or you can right click on the line and click toggle)
4. Restart Firefox

I hope this helps someone else besides me.

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