Adobe Flash Player Cache: Does data persist across different users of a system?

Question

Does anyone know if adobe flash player cache data is available to other users on a system?

For example: A user logs onto Windows XP, then uses my adobe flex application... and in the process of doing so downloads the signed flex lib... He then decides to mow the lawn and log off.

At about 3pm the same day, his Mum can't hear the TV over the sound of the mower, so she decides to log in using a different XP user account. She proceeds to use the very same flex application. Does she also need to download the flex lib again, or would the data already be cached in the flash player?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Flex's app cache is in a user-specific place on all OSs. From the docs, section "About the Player cache":

Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP
C:\Documents and Settings\user_name\Application Data\Adobe\Flash Player\AssetCache\

Windows Vista
C:\Users\user_name\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Flash Player\AssetCache\

Linux
/home/user_name/.adobe/Flash_Player/AssetCache/

Mac OSX
/Users/user_name/Library/Cache/Adobe/Flash Player/AssetCache/

Answer 2

Typically, your flash cookies (shared objects) and cache are here:

C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash Player

Which means that different users have to download the library separately.