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Cannot Play Flash Files Under Windows XP Home
I have collected a number of Flash media files over the last few years
that I have often viewed, but ever since I installed Windows XP Home, I have been unable to launch the Flash files. Nothing happens when I double-click on any file ending in .swf. I have installed Macromedia Flash and Macromedia Shockwave players from the Macromedia site several times over the last several months, and Macromedia's Website says that installations complete, but I am still unable to play .swf files saved on my computer. I am able to view .swf files loaded over the Web. I am using a FIC AU13 motherboard, an Athlon 2200+ XP Thunderbird uP, 1 Gig of RAM and several hard drives, parallel and serial, by various manufacturers. I would appreciate suggestions of resolving this problem. |
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Cannot Play Flash Files Under Windows XP Home
Right click and select Open; a dialog should come up asking you what program
you wish to open the file with. You can choose your web browser or the standalone flash player if you have that. Check the box marked always open with this program. That should work; if nothing at all happens when you click open, I'm afraid I don't know what would be causing that. "Richard Alexander" wrote in message ... I have collected a number of Flash media files over the last few years that I have often viewed, but ever since I installed Windows XP Home, I have been unable to launch the Flash files. Nothing happens when I double-click on any file ending in .swf. I have installed Macromedia Flash and Macromedia Shockwave players from the Macromedia site several times over the last several months, and Macromedia's Website says that installations complete, but I am still unable to play .swf files saved on my computer. I am able to view .swf files loaded over the Web. I am using a FIC AU13 motherboard, an Athlon 2200+ XP Thunderbird uP, 1 Gig of RAM and several hard drives, parallel and serial, by various manufacturers. I would appreciate suggestions of resolving this problem. |
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Cannot Play Flash Files Under Windows XP Home
Adam Albright wrote in message . ..
[snip] Go to Windows Explorer, click on Tools, folder options, file types. You should see a list of REGISTERED file types in a alphabetical list. If your find SWF double click on the icon which should be a gray circle with a dark 'f' in the middle of it. I forgot to mention that even though SWF is on the list of registered file types, it is not correctly displayed. For example, the icon on the list is the default Windows icon for an unrecognized file (a rectangular Windows window with three small objects in it). Extension is SWF, File Type is listed as "Shockwave Flash Object." Nothing happens when I double-click on that highlighted item. When I attempt to associate the SWF extension, I am unable to find Macromedia or Flash on the list of programs for association. It should say opens with Macromedia Player 7 (or some other version if you have a older install). Try clicking the restore button. I cannot get to this point. Now locate any Flash file in Explorer with the extension .swf. Does it have the same icon you saw in the previous step? It should. Pick a swf file in Windows Explorer. Right click. Pick open with. Does the Flash player show as a option? It should. Still don't work? Go to Windows Explorer. Under your C drive locate the folder called Program Files. Find a folder named Macromedia then a sub folder called players. There should be three files. A Flash application file, a data file and a RSRC file. There should also be a detailed HTML page. There is no Macromedia folder on my boot directory. I once (months ago) did a search on all my drives and directories for Macromedia folder, and I found an old one that I used for an older version of Windows. When I attempted to associate SWF files with the Macromedia files, Windows indicated the operation was succesful, but none of my SWF files ever associated with anything. |
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Cannot Play Flash Files Under Windows XP Home
Associate them with Internet Explorer
"Richard Alexander" wrote in message m... Adam Albright wrote in message . .. [snip] Go to Windows Explorer, click on Tools, folder options, file types. You should see a list of REGISTERED file types in a alphabetical list. If your find SWF double click on the icon which should be a gray circle with a dark 'f' in the middle of it. I forgot to mention that even though SWF is on the list of registered file types, it is not correctly displayed. For example, the icon on the list is the default Windows icon for an unrecognized file (a rectangular Windows window with three small objects in it). Extension is SWF, File Type is listed as "Shockwave Flash Object." Nothing happens when I double-click on that highlighted item. When I attempt to associate the SWF extension, I am unable to find Macromedia or Flash on the list of programs for association. It should say opens with Macromedia Player 7 (or some other version if you have a older install). Try clicking the restore button. I cannot get to this point. Now locate any Flash file in Explorer with the extension .swf. Does it have the same icon you saw in the previous step? It should. Pick a swf file in Windows Explorer. Right click. Pick open with. Does the Flash player show as a option? It should. Still don't work? Go to Windows Explorer. Under your C drive locate the folder called Program Files. Find a folder named Macromedia then a sub folder called players. There should be three files. A Flash application file, a data file and a RSRC file. There should also be a detailed HTML page. There is no Macromedia folder on my boot directory. I once (months ago) did a search on all my drives and directories for Macromedia folder, and I found an old one that I used for an older version of Windows. When I attempted to associate SWF files with the Macromedia files, Windows indicated the operation was succesful, but none of my SWF files ever associated with anything. |
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Cannot Play Flash Files Under Windows XP Home
"Thane of Lochaber" NONE wrote in message ...
Associate them with Internet Explorer Well, that works, anyway. But, inasmuch as IE has persistent security issues, I would like to be able to do without it. |
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Cannot Play Flash Files Under Windows XP Home
If you are using an alternate browser such as Firefox and you have the flash
plugin installed for it, you could use it instead of IE. I have the standalone version of Flash Player (they call it Projector) so I use it for viewing flash files. It's kind of hard to track down though and I don't have a link at the moment. All I could find on their site was the version for Macintosh and Linux. "Richard Alexander" wrote in message om... "Thane of Lochaber" NONE wrote in message ... Associate them with Internet Explorer Well, that works, anyway. But, inasmuch as IE has persistent security issues, I would like to be able to do without it. |
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