The need to clear the Adobe Flash Player cache usually arises from gamers, but it can be useful to every user of the Microsoft Windows operating system, since data is saved both in the browser cache and on the hard drive.
Instructions
Step 1
Call the context menu of a flash object (for example, a game window) by right-clicking and selecting the "Options" item to clear the cache of the Adobe Flash Player application.
Step 2
Go to the "Local storage" tab (the symbol of the opening folder with an arrow at the top) of the options dialog box that opens and move the slider to the line "How much information … can you store on your computer?" to the extreme right position - 0.
Step 3
Confirm the execution of the command to delete the saved data by clicking OK in the new dialog box and click the "Allow" button in the next window of the program request to apply the selected changes.
Step 4
Return to the Options shortcut menu to perform an alternate operation to clear the Adobe Flash Player cache and expand the Global Settings link.
Step 5
Specify the Web Site Storage Options item and specify the Internet resource to be deleted in the list at the bottom of the Adobe Flash Player Settings Manager window.
Step 6
Click the Delete Website button to complete the cleanup operation, or use the Delete All Websites option.
Step 7
Call the main menu of the Microsoft Windows operating system to perform one more operation of clearing the Adobe Flash Player cache and go to the All Programs item.
Step 8
Expand the Accessories link and launch the Windows Explorer application.
Step 9
Expand the Tools menu in the top toolbar of the application window and select Folder Options.
Step 10
Go to the "View" tab of the properties dialog box that opens and apply the check box to the "Show hidden files and folders" field.
Step 11
Confirm the execution of the command by clicking OK and expand the folder
drive_name: / Documents and Settings / user_name / Application Data / Macromedia / Flash Player / #SharedObjects.
Step 12
Clear the contents of the folder and follow the path
drive_name: / Documents and Settings / user_name / Application Data / Macromedia / Flash Player / macromedia.com / support / flashplayer / sys
and delete everything except settings.
