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In my recent project, I need to look at the Trace output from the Flex application outside Flash Builder. I have Windows 7 as my operating System. Following are the steps to setup trace log file: Download and install Flash player debug version. Check at www.flashplayerversion.com for the version details. Create a new file named mm.cfg in your home directory. To figure out home directory open a command wondow and type echo %HOMEDRIVE%     TraceOutputFileEnable=1     ErrorReportingEnable=1     MaxWarnings=500     TraceOutPutFileName=C:\Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\Macromedia\Flash Player\Logs\flashlog.txt Last line is optional if you are fine with the output file location. Open web browser and your Flash application.4. Use a tool like baretail to check the log file.

By default you need to SHIFT + right-click a folder, in order to access "Open command window here" context menu option. You can enable it permanently by following steps: Click Start, Run and type Regedit.exe Navigate to the following locations and delete "Extended" key with REG_SZ value: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\cmd HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\cmd Tip: You might want to take a backup of these keys, in case you want to revert to old setting.