Why are my flash game saves getting erased?
After installing stand-alone flash games such as Machinarium, Dino Run SE, and Space Rubbish (all of which are great games by the way) I find that my game saves keep disappearing.
I have read how cleaning programs like CCleaner can have this effect. I have CCleaner installed, but do not have it set to run automatically. I have found that whenever I start and then quit IE, my saves disappear. I also run Firefox, but it seems to have no effect on my saves.
My question is: How can I stop IE from deleting these local Flash caches?
As a side note: Do any other browsers have this sort of behaviour by default?
Best Answer
Have you got IE set to "Delete browsing history on exit" and, in the Delete options, got the "Cookies" option selected?
This will delete the game saves if they are stored in cookies.
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Are flash games lost forever?
Adobe has officially killed Flash player on December 31, 2020. All major browsers will remove Flash by the end of 2020 or early 2021. With Flash support ending, websites that offer Flash-based content like games and animations will have no choice but to remove them too.Is there a way to play old Flash games after 2020?
With Flash shutting down in 2020, you won't have many options for playing old Flash files once big browsers like Chrome and Firefox stop supporting it. One option, especially for gamers, is to download and use the BlueMaxima's Flashpoint software. This project is a Flash player and web archive project rolled into one.How do you keep the flash games in 2021?
You can get Flashpoint for Windows, Mac, and Linux.Why are flash games going away?
Due to the rising popularity of HTML5 being used to make web games, Flash began to become obsolete. In 2017, Adobe announced that they would pull the plug on Flash, and the end of 2020 was the End-of-Life (EOL) for the Player.Why Adobe Flash Is Shutting Down - The Death of Flash Games
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Answer 2
Asked this a while ago here.
Basically if you have any sort of tool installed to clean up your browser temp files on exit, then you'll blow away your save games. @CheeseSucker's comments are valid. I have the issue while running BetterPrivacy in FF.
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