trying to recover corrupted fla through its swf file

[Guest]

new on forums, i had to create this post because i'm desperate and disappointed.

so i had a fla file containing something i was working on, and today, that file got corrupted and couldn't get it fixed... the recover file also got corrupted.  all i have left is a swf file containing all my progress so far and want to recover the fla through it, that's it.

[kglad · Accepted solution]

use a swf decompiler

[Guest]

well, i tried jpexs and one of the features i got caught with was the "export to fla" feature, which doesn't work.

after that, there's nothing close to fix my problem on the decompiler. i doubt other software can do such thing.

[kglad]

sothink's is the best, in my experience.

[Guest]

the official website where that's hosted from is insecure, but i'll try...

[kglad]

i've seen the warnings so i'd be wary about entering any sensitive data.

[Guest]

i entered on the website, downloaded it, and turns out that, sothink seems outdated, it needs to rely on a flash player build that contains adware and my swf file was made with the most recent version of animate.

[kglad]

if it's outdated, it would probably fail anyway.

[John Hepworth]

in 2025 I saved a corrupted .fla by doing this

https://community.adobe.com/t5/animate-discussions/repairing-corrupted-fla-file-and-or-converting-sw...