s.ytimg.com

I have tried all I know and cannot get rid of this when playing videos as in YouTube.
Any ideas appreciated.

 

I take it you're dealing with a pop-up asking to store data.
If that's the case, have you tried any of the following?

Right click on the video, from the context menu choose settings.
A small settings pop-up like the one below should appear,

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/3449/sytimgsetting120.jpg
adjust as needed.

You can also access the Flash Player Settings Manager from the Control Panel.
Under the Storage tab, click the Local Storage Settings by Site button.

You should see something similar to this:
http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/6792/storagesettings.jpg

If s.ytimg.com isn't listed you can Add it.

Might take a look at the documentation for
Storage settings for Adobe Flash Player.
and
Camera and Mic settings for Adobe Flash Player.

You may need to adjust your browser to allow cookies for s.ytimg.com.

And plodr is absolutely correct. If you follow the above, Adobe WILL store all kinds of garbage on your computer.
The garbage can be deleted though via CCleaner.

Be sure you have the "Adobe Flash Player" and "Adobe Flash Player More*" options in CCleaner.

http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/2166/fpnonsense.jpg

After you run CCleaner, pull up the Flash Player Settings Manager again. Most of that garbage should be gone.

 

I erroneously thought that it would collect my information and sell it to other companies which increases spam etc.
If it is benign as you say, I will allow it. Btw I have utilized the suggestions you put forth with the exception of Ccleaner. Thank you for all of the suggestions and thank you for your help.
Peter

 

I'm completely confused now. By 'click allow several times' do you mean allow s.ytimg.com to store stuff on your computer? plastidust says if you follow the above, presumably referring to the s.ytimg entry in the table allowing it, Adobe will store a load of garbage on your computer. I'm surely misunderstanding here - you can't both be right.

Could you clarify please, if only for me who has never fiddled with flash settings and never gets these popups?

 

How would you do that please? My Ccleaner only has the first of those.

 

Probably the CCEnhancer installed. http://singularlabs.com/software/ccenhancer/

 

I usually use MG to download programs. I did not notice that Win 8 supported Ccleaner Enhancer.

 

I do as well. As a courtesy I just answered Earthlings question with the link and quote from the author's website. Not sure if CCEnhancer can be used in Win 8 unless someone who uses Win 8 has it installed and knows it's working.

 

So far I haven't had that problem but don't think it is out of the realm of possibility. As plodr said, "Regard as a safeguard." There are numerous settings for Flash Player, some of which concern privacy/security.

The Flash Player Help/Settings Manager will guide you through configuring Flash Player properly step by step. Go through the TABLE OF CONTENTS topics listed in the column on the left. The items listed in the left column under "Settings Manager" will allow you to configure each item listed.

Not sure why you didn't use CCleaner but I believe it goes a long way in keeping the "nonsense" under control.

 

Earthling, sorry for the confusion.

Plodr is correct. Flash Player, at the time, was/is configured to not allow permanent storage, at least not for "s.ytimg". So no "Flash Player cookies" were stored. When the browser is closed the data that the "Flash Player cookies" would have stored is gone.

But, if Flash Player is configured to allow permanent storage for a given site, in this case "s.ytimg.com", then the storage of "nonsense"/"garbage" begins. The more sites allowed the more "nonsense"/"garbage".

It isn't really a "load of garbage", just bits and pieces, the maximum allowed amount of storage for each site that requires it can be configured too.

I think the Flash Player Help/Settings Manager will illiterate it better than I can explain it.

As for the "Adobe Flash Player More*" option, that comes from using the winapp2.ini file:
Winapp2.com/What is the winapp2.ini file also this thread at Piriform.

And then there is How to install and use Winapp2.ini. The Trim.bat file(steps 4 - 6 on that page) works very well.

A couple of notes about using winapp2.ini:

The "More*" option will be available for more programs/applications than just Flash Player. So care needs to be taken as to what "More*" options are checked.

And for CCleaner to use the winapp2.ini file, the "Save all settings to INI file" option must be checked. In CCleaner, Options > Advanced, at the bottom of the list of options.​

 

I did not care for CEnhancer as it was not supported by Piriform and also it could not be uninstalled as it was an application. I had to delete the ini file created when I installed it and that took care of it.

A registry cleaner is tricky enough without that many entries. This is only from a low level user's point of view.

 

Understood and a reasonable train of thought. I've never used CCEnhancer. I download the winapp2.ini file via Piriform or from winapp2.com.

In this case the winapp2.ini file allows CCleaner to remove extra "nonsense"/"garbage" files such as "Flash Player cookies" in the "Cleaner" portion of CCleaner that CCleaner wouldn't normally see.

To my limited knowledge the winapp2.ini file doesn't add items for the "Registry" issues scan. It only causes CCleaner to scan(read) the registry for "More*" location(s) of extra garbage files that can be removed via the file "Cleaner" portion of CCleaner.

If you're uncomfortable using the winapp2.ini file then it's best not to. That goes for the "Registry" issues scan too.

 

Thanks for explaining plastidust. This isn't something I've ever considered previously, just leaving Flash on its default settings which do allow sites to store info on your computer. However when I look at the actual results of having done this it's piddling, less than a kb on any one system. But at least I know now to take a look at it from time to time. Don't think I can be faffed with installing CCEnhancer or winapp2.ini as I rather doubt I'd perceive any difference from my present situation and requires yet more regular maintenance.

 

You're welcome Earthling.

Don't blame you for not wanting to dither with something seemingly insignificant, and maybe it is. And you're right, don't think you would notice any difference as the size of the flash cookies files is less than minuscule by today's standards. Although these "Flash Player cookies" do waste a little drive space. True enough about adding to the regular maintenance too.

I look at the "Flash Player cookies" as more of a privacy issue, maybe needlessly.

On the other hand, the winapp2.ini file adds the "More*" feature for many other programs/applications than just "Flash Player cookies." Opera for instance:

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/298/ccleaneropera.jpg

(laziness, pulled this pic from a post I made several days back)​

Just under 48MB. Still not much, but if there are several programs/apps with near to or larger amounts that can be removed, the saved drive space starts to add up.

Of course, checking the "More*" option for each program/app needs to be done judiciously. Otherwise, one or more of those programs/apps might go into an almost catatonic state until it recovers from re-creating/rebuilding some of those removed files. It's possible that some might refuse to function. Still, others will work better than before.

At any rate, winapp2.ini is an option. I use it `cause it works for me, but that doesn't mean it's right for everyone, or anyone else for that matter. Hopefully the explanations have shown to some degree, what it's advantages/disadvantages are and why someone might want or not want to use/try it.

I've no experience with CCEnhancer so can't comment on it. Aren't ya'll glad about that?LOL :-o

 

That's a great post plastidust. I won't be the only one to have learned a whole bucketload about flash from that. Thank you