Flash Player not playing .swf files offline

[DacorDave]

I downloaded a couple of videos (.swf) to play when offline.

When I went to play them, WIndows wanted to know what program to use - I, of course, selected Internet Explorer.

I checked to see if I had Flash Player installed and determined that Flash Player 11.8 was enabled.

I even reinstalled the Flash Player to ensure it was installed thoroughly.

When I attempted to run the .swf files in Internet Explorer (v10.09), I was presented with a blank IE page except for a very small black icon located in the top l/h corner.

This icon was either a small, black circle with a black diagonal line through it (when ActiveX Filtering activated) or a small, black square/t.v. icon (with ActiveX Filtering disabled).

No matter what I attempted I could not play any .swf file when offline.

I dont seem to have any problem playing videos (i.e., YouTube) when online.

Can anyone offer any suggestions, workarounds, etc ( in layman terms!)

Thanks in advance.

DacorDave

Windows 8 Pro, Internet Explorer 10, Flash Player 10.8 (with Flash Player 11 Plugin), Adobe Shockwave Player 12.0, AVS suite, Advanced System Care 6 pro, BitDefender Int Sec 2013, MS Office 365, CyberLink Media Suite, e-Sword, MYOB AcctRight Olus v19,

[C_F_McBlob]

You need the standalone Flash Player, and unfortunately, I don't have the link handy.

Pat Willener does have it and he'll likely be here in the forums in a few hours. I'll PM him and have him post the link when he logs on.

[pwillener]

You can download the standalone player (Projector) from http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html

Note that the download is the player, not an installer.  Move the downloaded file (flashplayer_11_sa.exe) to a convenient folder (e.g. C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash), then make the file association to .swf files manually.

If you need help with the file association see http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/choose-programs-windows-uses-default