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Whenever I try to open a swf file, it keeps asking me if I want to save it and never opens it. Help me please!

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Mikado
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Whenever I try to open a swf file it keeps asking me if I want to save it and never opens it. It was working just fine until I got both firefox 5 and the new flash from the adobe site...

Whenever I try to open a swf file it keeps asking me if I want to save it and never opens it. It was working just fine until I got both firefox 5 and the new flash from the adobe site...

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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Check the MIME type setting for PDF files.

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Managing+file+types

cor-el
cor-el
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Try to uninstall and reinstall Flash

Troubleshoot Flash Player installation for Windows: