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Arne51
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January 21, 2010
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Win 7, .flv file association to Flash player

  • January 21, 2010
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I lost the association for my .flv files, it should be a simple matter to indicate that they should open with adobe flash player, but I can't find the application!

I have the pathway "C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash" which contains the following files: "Flash10d.ocx" ,"FlashUtil10d", "FlashUtil10e_ActiveX.dll", "install.txt" and the uninstaller, none of which are suitable to open the .flv files. The .ocx file isn't an application and Win 7 can't open these files with that association and the "Util" files are adobe flash helpers.

I've uninstalled and reinstalled repeatedly that's all I get in that folder. I can open some Internet files which require Flash and the adobe page indicates that the Flash play7er is successfully installed. . . it's just the link to the .flv files.

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    fpMonster
    Adobe Employee
    fpMonster
    Adobe Employee
    January 21, 2010

    To be clear, the Flash Player does NOT open a .flv file directly. You can create or get a Flash Application that can load and playback .flv file.

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