To remove Macromedia Flash Player 6 Public beta follow the necessary steps 
on each platform. 

Windows - Internet Explorer or AOL 
1. Quit your browser before removing the ActiveX control. 
2. Select Start > Find Files or Folders... and enter "flash.ocx" (if you 
are removing the Macromedia Flash Player 6 public beta) or "swflash.ocx" 
(if you are removing Macromedia Flash Player 5 or earlier). 
3. Note the path for the file that is found. If more than one copy of the 
file is found, note the paths to all copies of the file. Typically this 
path(s) is in the Windows system folder: 
· C:\Windows\System\Macromed\Flash on Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows Me 
· C:\WinNT\System32\Macromed\Flash on Windows NT or 2000  
· C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash on Windows XP 

 
4. Select Start > Run... 
5. In the "Open" field, type the command:
regsvr32 {path}\flash.ocx /u

where {path} is the path noted from step 3.
(NOTE: Do not include {} in the command.)

 
6. Select OK. You should get a RegSvr32 dialog box stating that the 
executable succeeded. If not, double check that the path to your Windows 
system folder was entered correctly. 
7. Select Start > Find Files or Folders... and enter "flash.ocx" (if you 
are removing the Macromedia Flash Player 6 public beta) or "swflash.ocx" 
(if you are removing Macromedia Flash Player 5) again. 
8. Select the file named "flash.ocx" (or "swflash.ocx"). Right mouse click 
on this file and select Delete. If more than one copy of the file exists, 
delete every copy found.  
9. In the Find field, enter "swflash.inf". 
10. Right mouse click on this file. Select Delete.  
12. Restart the machine.  

Windows - Netscape 
1. Quit your browser before removing the plug-in. 
2. Navigate to the plug-ins folder in your browser's directory. 
3. Remove the file "NPSWF32.dll."
 
Rgds
Pallav Nadhani
> I have tried several methods of uninstalling the flash 5 plugin for 
> these browsers but nothing seems to work so far.
> 
> For internet explorer, I tried uninstalling swflash.ocx and deleting the 

> file as suggested in the macromedia site. That didn't work. I also tried 

> deleting the plugin directly using internet tools. That works until you 
> encounter any flash on the internet and it then proceeds to reinstall 
> itself automatically.
> 
> For NS6.1 I attempted to delete the npswf32.dll file as suggested on the 

> macromedia site and that doesn't work.
> 
> Has anyone had this problem? I need to test the flash redirect script I 
> wrote.