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jammyster
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June 5, 2012
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What file do I need to associate with a .swf file?

  • June 5, 2012
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I used to execute .swf on my computer in the past.  Now it does not work.  I tried to troubleshoot what file that was associated with and found Adobe Acrobat (that I have not changed since the last time I used it).  So I associated it with Flash Pro 6 and that did not work.  I associated it with the Adobe Media Player and that was not what I wanted.  I have installed the Flash Player (at least four times) from www.adobe.com.  I read the different forum questions and found to locate the C:/Windows/System32/Macromed/Flash, so I did that and found all it located was the installation .exe file.  Of course that did not work.  The .swf file and its associated files are located in C:/Flash/bubbles folder and was published with the ./bubbles setting.

I have:

MS Windows7

Flash Pro CS6

So how do I execute a .swf created from Flash Pro CS6 without having to open Flash Pro CS6, like a user would experience?

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    jammysterAuthor
    Participant
    July 3, 2012

    Found the answer from the internet.  Was not to use an association with the .swf file.

    pwillener
    pwillener
    Legend
    July 3, 2012

    As I have written earlier, the Flash Player Projector (flashplayer_11_sa.exe) needs to be associated with .swf files; works perfectly on my computers.

    pwillener
    pwillener
    Legend
    June 6, 2012

    You can use Flash Player Projector to play local .swf files; download it from http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html

    Note that the download is the projector itself, not an installer, so you will need to make the file association manually.

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    jammysterAuthor
    Participant
    June 23, 2012

    Could not find the "flash player" file to associate it to it.  Download the flash player at least three times (oh, by the way I already had it installed).  Searched on it on the computer, all I found was the executable for the installer.  Even tried to google the location and followed their instructions and it was not there, so where is it?  I have Window 7.

    pwillener
    pwillener
    Legend
    June 23, 2012

    Where did you download it to?  On Windows 7, by default it is usually a 'Downloads' folder under your user profile.  Move it to C:\Windows\syswow64\Macromed\Flash (or C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash if you are on a 32-bit system), so you know where it is.

    The filename, b.t.w. is flashplayer_11_sa.exe

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