Opening a .swf file

[Guest Ed Y]

How can I open a .swf file in Windows?? This is a XP Home SP2 system. If I'm

using IE7, it will open but if I use Explorer to try to open it, I get the

window that says Windows can't open it and wants me to either go to the WEB

to find something or search my PC. I do have Macromedia Flash installed (the

latest version) but that's not listed in any options.

 

Ed

[Guest VanguardLH]

Re: Opening a .swf file

 

"Ed Y" wrote in message

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> How can I open a .swf file in Windows?? This is a XP Home SP2

> system. If I'm using IE7, it will open but if I use Explorer to try

> to open it, I get the window that says Windows can't open it and

> wants me to either go to the WEB to find something or search my PC.

> I do have Macromedia Flash installed (the latest version) but that's

> not listed in any options.

 

 

The browser, with the Flash ActiveX control, knows how to run the

script within the .swf which points to whatever was the content back

on some host (i.e., it is a pointer file to the source for the

content). Explorer doesn't know how to run that script. You weren't

allowed to steal the site's content. They streamed the content to

you. They didn't give you a copy of it.

[Guest TaurArian]

RE: Opening a .swf file

 

IE7 won't play the files for some reasons unless you tweak it and in doing so

you probably leave yourself open for other nasties. To get around this

problem I use FF.

 

You can however ask on the IE7 Newsgroup -

http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

 

 

"Ed Y" wrote:

> How can I open a .swf file in Windows?? This is a XP Home SP2 system. If I'm

> using IE7, it will open but if I use Explorer to try to open it, I get the

> window that says Windows can't open it and wants me to either go to the WEB

> to find something or search my PC. I do have Macromedia Flash installed (the

> latest version) but that's not listed in any options.

>

> Ed

>

>

>

[Guest Phil]

Re: Opening a .swf file

 

The only way to open a .swf file is with Internet Explorer unless you can get a stand alone Flash player.

[Guest Doug W.]

Re: Opening a .swf file

 

The new version of Irvanview will also open .swf files.

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"Phil" <pramyork(nospam)@nowhere.com> wrote in message

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> The only way to open a .swf file is with Internet Explorer

> unless you can get a stand alone Flash player.