Flash player installed on my laptop but Swiff player still cannot recognize it?

I recently cleaned up my hard drive and updated software and what-not and downloaded some .swf files. I already had Swiff player for them and never had a problem loading them, but now whenever I try to open a .swf or Swiff player this error comes up:

Flash Player is not installed on your system. Swiff Player needs it to play Flash animations.

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Currently I have the following on my computer:

Adobe Flash Player Plug-in 11

Adobe reader 8

Adobe Shockwave Player 11.6

Adobe Flash Player 32 Bit.

I'm running with Vista Home premium 32-bit but I am in the process of upgrading to 7 Ultimate and I would like this problem solved.

I have googled this error and tried any solutions I can find and yes, I have unistalled and reinstalled basically everyone to no avail.