# Deactivating Flash

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/deactivating-flash/207277>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [November 16, 2006, 4:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/deactivating-flash/207277 "2006-11-16T04:38:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![alpharaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@alpharaven](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/alpharaven)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 4:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/deactivating-flash/207277/1 "2006-11-16T04:38:28Z")

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How can I deactivate a flash applet? I have a JavaScript menu bar above my flash applet. This menu bar has drop down menus that go over the flash. Now when I go to select any of the buttons that are in the menu over flash the flash applet activates. Is there any way to stop that from happening??

Here is what it looks like  
[http://beta.alpharaven.com/inquira/](http://beta.alpharaven.com/inquira/)