[Xerte-dev] Playing Flash in Windows 8 Metro

[Thomas Rochford]

Good Evening,

Yes, it can be done, as some of you may be aware. If you are aware or do not
plan to use Windows 8 then you can safely bin this email.

For those of you who didn't (and who care!) there is a list of whitelisted
sites in Windows 8 (including the SurfaceRT) called iecompatdata.xml at:

%HOMEPATH%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IECompatData\

You can open and edit this file directly with Notepad by pressing WIN + R
and type:
 
notepad "%HOMEPATH%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\IECompatData\iecompatdata.xml" All whitelisted flash enabled
websites are located in this file in between the following tags:

<Flash>
        [...]
        <domain>zumiez.com</domain>
        <domain>zynga.com</domain>
</Flash>

If this section isn't present you can add it. 

You can then add your domains in between these two tags, e.g.

<Flash>
        <domain>zumiez.com</domain>
        <domain>nottingham.ac.uk</domain>
        <domain>tcrochford.co.uk</domain>
        <domain>youtube.com</domain>
        <domain>zynga.com</domain>
</Flash>

You then need to clear your browsing history by going into Metro Mode,
firing up IE and keying WIN+I which opens up the Internet Options window in
which there is a command (at the top in the SurfaceRT) to delete browsing
history.

There is also an application which you can download which allegedly does it
all for you, but I'm a bit wary of running something which I don't know. 

This information can all be found on Google.

The application can be downloaded from
http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-rt-flash-player-tool-lets-you-easily-whit
e-list-websites

and the instructions for doing it manually can be found at the slightly more
respectable
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33443315

Kindest Regards,
Thomas
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