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Joe_McDoakes
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December 16, 2011
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Why do all of the original swf's play, but only 1 plays when copied?

  • December 16, 2011
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Hi all,

      I joined this forum after searching it, and Google, for this answer. I am running Windows XP SP3. The Adobe Flash Player home page ran a test and says that I'm running version 11.1.102.55, although whenever I open a swf file in Adobe, the Flash Player window that opens says that it's Flash Player 10. The problem is that I have 6 swf files on my slave drive. All 6 play fine from that original location. I've noticed that when I copy them and try to play them on either another computer, the same computer's master drive, or even the same computer's slave drive in a different folder, 5 of the 6 won't play. The 1 that does play is always the same one. I also noticed a difference in the 1 that plays everywhere. It doesn't start automatically like the rest of them do. It has an arrow to click to play it. When the 5 swf files that will only play from the original folder are played, they start to play automatically when clicking on them. The Flash Player window opens without showing an arrow to click on. I hope that this information is helpful, and that someone knows what is happening. Thanks.

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    Anonymous
    December 17, 2011

    Try using this portable player version which runs from a USB stick: http://www.pendriveapps.com/swiff-player-swf-flash-player/

    pwillener
    pwillener
    Legend
    December 17, 2011

    Joe McDoakes wrote:

    the Flash Player window that opens says that it's Flash Player 10.

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

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    Joe_McDoakesAuthor
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    December 19, 2011

    Thanks for the help. I appreciate you taking the time to respond

    I followed the link to Adobe and downloaded the Adobe Flash Player 11.1 projector. The window that opens that used to say Flash Player 10 now says Flash Player 11. The results, however, have not changed at all. The 6 .swf files all play from the original folder, but only 1 of the copies plays.

    Also, I installed Swiffplayer and tried playing the same 6 files, as originals and copies, with the same results.

    This is a very strange situation. I don't think that a different player will be better than what I'm using, but I've tried a few more just in case, all with the same results. I also tried copying the originals a few times, in case something went wrong while copying the first time, but it hasn't made a difference. 5 of these 6 files will just not play correctly when copied.

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    Joe_McDoakesAuthor
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    December 22, 2011

    Joe McDoakes wrote:

    Thanks again for the input Xircal. I looked up DRM on WikiPedia. You might be right about that. It's still confusing since these all came from the same place. You would think that they would all be made the same way. There's not much that I can do with these, other than play them from the original folder. Thanks for everything.

    You could maybe try this app to determine if there's a lock of some kind on the files that won't play after being copied: http://www.iobit.com/iobit-unlocker.html


    Great idea Xircal!

    I installed the IObit Unlocker. I loaded the copies and the originals, because I wasn't sure which ones, if any, would be locked. They all showed a "not locked" status. Even though that doesn't solve the problem about playing the copies on other computers, it's nice to be able to eliminate that as the cause of the problem. I tried a couple of programs to  unlock the files after you gave me the idea, but they didn't show a "locked" or "not locked" status like IObit Unlocker did. If you hadn't told me about that program, I would have wasted more time by trying more programs. I appreciate the advice. It looks like an app that might come in handy in the future.

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