Flash 11.4 in SRWare IronPortable v22

To get Flash support in the portable version of Iron v22:
  • Start IronPortable and type "about:plugins" in the URL bar
  • Scroll to the section titled "Flash"
    • If there is one enabled item within that section, then Flash should already work. Test it here: http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/
    • If the section does not exist or there are no items in it, then 
      • Create a folder called "iron\plugins" in the IronPortable folder
      • Download the file NPSWF32_11_4_402_278.dll from the internet or copy it from the system Flash installation folder and put it in the previously created folder.
        Example system Flash installation folder: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\NPSWF32_11_4_402_287.dll
    • If there are more items, then 
      • Disable all items but one for Flash v11.4
  • Restart iron and type "about:plugins"
  • If all Flash items are disabled, then enable one Flash item
Note: putting file gcswf32.dll in the root of the IronPortable folder does no longer work!

Stop Outlook from reformatting telephone numbers

A telephone number gets reformatted when adding it to a contact in Outlook, e.g. "+31.." becomes "31".

This behaviour can be stopped as follows:
  • Start, Search: "phone" and hit enter. If this doesn't work, then start the Telephony service:
    • Start, Search: "services" and hit enter - Double click Telephony (TapiSvr)
    • Startup type: automatic
    • Click Start
  • In the Phone and Modem screen, select a location or, if required, make a new location and use anything for the area code
  • Click Edit..
  • Country/region: Internation Freephone Service
  • (Stop and) start Outlook
Note: it doesn't stop reformatting completely.

E.g. "+31-12345678" still gets reformatted to "+31 12345678", but at least the starting "+" sign remains untouched. And "+31612345678" gets reformatted to "+31612345678 "