IE 7 in Vista won't load .swf files unless called from html?

I create Flash websites and own Flash 8 and have the newest version of Flash
Player installed on my Vista Dell laptop.

Vista IE 7 won't display Flash files UNLESS they are loaded from a html
document and it is driving me crazy.

For example my flash file is called index.swf. On my Windows XP laptop
running IE 7 I can type http://mysite.com/index.swf and it will load the
Flash file just fine.

If I type the same http://mysite.com/index.swf on my Vista IE 7 it won't
load the Flash file. However, it will load fine if I type
http://mysite.com/index.html which has the flash file embedded.

On Mozilla in Vista it works just fine so I know it is a problem with
Vista's Version of IE 7.

Does anyone know how to fix this? I have multiple Flash files called from
the main swf file and sometimes I just want to view the ONE swf file on the
net and not load the whole site.

What is says is "error on page" and if I have scripting on it says "A
Runtime Error has occurred. Do you wish to Debug? Line: 1 Error: Invalid
Character"

Thanks
Lara

"lforbes" wrote:

> For example my flash file is called index.swf. On my Windows XP laptop
> running IE 7 I can type http://mysite.com/index.swf and it will load the
> Flash file just fine.
>
> If I type the same http://mysite.com/index.swf on my Vista IE 7 it won't
> load the Flash file. However, it will load fine if I type
> http://mysite.com/index.html which has the flash file embedded.


Here it works fine.
Try this:
http://wwwimages.adobe.com/www.adobe..._shell/FMA.swf
it works fine!

Hi,
Some possible solutions...

Internet Options> Advanced
"Allow active content to run in files on My Computer"
Try this unchecked (default) and checked.

A possible solution from the Adobe support forums
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforu...243464#4480396

[From bellington]
Navigate to:
C:\windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil9b.exe
Run the .exe and this will run an updater. After running it my Flash
problems were gone. This seems to fix most Flash problems Vista users are
getting.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

"lforbes" <> wrote in message
news:3E3CB50F-6230-4A7C-BDEE-...
> I create Flash websites and own Flash 8 and have the newest version of
Flash
> Player installed on my Vista Dell laptop.
>
> Vista IE 7 won't display Flash files UNLESS they are loaded from a html
> document and it is driving me crazy.
>
> For example my flash file is called index.swf. On my Windows XP laptop
> running IE 7 I can type http://mysite.com/index.swf and it will load the
> Flash file just fine.
>
> If I type the same http://mysite.com/index.swf on my Vista IE 7 it won't
> load the Flash file. However, it will load fine if I type
> http://mysite.com/index.html which has the flash file embedded.
>
> On Mozilla in Vista it works just fine so I know it is a problem with
> Vista's Version of IE 7.
>
> Does anyone know how to fix this? I have multiple Flash files called from
> the main swf file and sometimes I just want to view the ONE swf file on
the
> net and not load the whole site.
>
> What is says is "error on page" and if I have scripting on it says "A
> Runtime Error has occurred. Do you wish to Debug? Line: 1 Error: Invalid
> Character"
>
> Thanks
> Lara

Thanks.

I unchecked the Allow Active Content to run and it worked??? That is so
weird and extremely annoying. I need to run active content on my computer
because there are apps I use that run Active X like the photo company I get
my prints from.

Weird that in IE 7 on XP I have it checked and it still loads the .swf

MS's Active X business is driving me nuts. Luckily I convinced my Exchange
Admin's to apply the Active X patch to their exchange server because I
couldn't even load MS Outlook Webmail on Vista IE7.

MS is getting more like Big Brother every day. It is one thing to secure a
program and it is another to secure it so much that it is no longer
functional LOL.

Thanks

Lara

"Don Varnau" wrote:

> Hi,
> Some possible solutions...
>
> Internet Options> Advanced
> "Allow active content to run in files on My Computer"
> Try this unchecked (default) and checked.
>
> A possible solution from the Adobe support forums
> http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforu...243464#4480396
>
> [From bellington]
> Navigate to:
> C:\windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil9b.exe
> Run the .exe and this will run an updater. After running it my Flash
> problems were gone. This seems to fix most Flash problems Vista users are
> getting.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Don
> [MS MVP- IE]
>
> "lforbes" <> wrote in message
> news:3E3CB50F-6230-4A7C-BDEE-...
> > I create Flash websites and own Flash 8 and have the newest version of
> Flash
> > Player installed on my Vista Dell laptop.
> >
> > Vista IE 7 won't display Flash files UNLESS they are loaded from a html
> > document and it is driving me crazy.
> >
> > For example my flash file is called index.swf. On my Windows XP laptop
> > running IE 7 I can type http://mysite.com/index.swf and it will load the
> > Flash file just fine.
> >
> > If I type the same http://mysite.com/index.swf on my Vista IE 7 it won't
> > load the Flash file. However, it will load fine if I type
> > http://mysite.com/index.html which has the flash file embedded.
> >
> > On Mozilla in Vista it works just fine so I know it is a problem with
> > Vista's Version of IE 7.
> >
> > Does anyone know how to fix this? I have multiple Flash files called from
> > the main swf file and sometimes I just want to view the ONE swf file on
> the
> > net and not load the whole site.
> >
> > What is says is "error on page" and if I have scripting on it says "A
> > Runtime Error has occurred. Do you wish to Debug? Line: 1 Error: Invalid
> > Character"
> >
> > Thanks
> > Lara
>
>

Hi,
I haven't heard of any problems caused by the procedure at
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforu...243464#4480396
You might give it a try. You may be able to recheck "Allow active content to
run..."

Don
[MS MVP- IE]

"lforbes" <> wrote in message
news:6C2EE1ED-F062-435C-9EAA-...
> Thanks.
>
> I unchecked the Allow Active Content to run and it worked??? That is so
> weird and extremely annoying. I need to run active content on my computer
> because there are apps I use that run Active X like the photo company I
get
> my prints from.
>
> Weird that in IE 7 on XP I have it checked and it still loads the .swf
>
> MS's Active X business is driving me nuts. Luckily I convinced my Exchange
> Admin's to apply the Active X patch to their exchange server because I
> couldn't even load MS Outlook Webmail on Vista IE7.
>
> MS is getting more like Big Brother every day. It is one thing to secure a
> program and it is another to secure it so much that it is no longer
> functional LOL.
>
> Thanks
>
> Lara

> "Don Varnau" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > Some possible solutions...
> >
> > Internet Options> Advanced
> > "Allow active content to run in files on My Computer"
> > Try this unchecked (default) and checked.
> >
> > A possible solution from the Adobe support forums
> >
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforu...243464#4480396
> >
> > [From bellington]
> > Navigate to:
> > C:\windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil9b.exe
> > Run the .exe and this will run an updater. After running it my Flash
> > problems were gone. This seems to fix most Flash problems Vista users
are
> > getting.
> >

> > "lforbes" <> wrote in message
> > news:3E3CB50F-6230-4A7C-BDEE-...
> > > I create Flash websites and own Flash 8 and have the newest version of
> > Flash
> > > Player installed on my Vista Dell laptop.
> > >
> > > Vista IE 7 won't display Flash files UNLESS they are loaded from a
html
> > > document and it is driving me crazy.
> > >
> > > For example my flash file is called index.swf. On my Windows XP laptop
> > > running IE 7 I can type http://mysite.com/index.swf and it will load
the
> > > Flash file just fine.
> > >
> > > If I type the same http://mysite.com/index.swf on my Vista IE 7 it
won't
> > > load the Flash file. However, it will load fine if I type
> > > http://mysite.com/index.html which has the flash file embedded.
> > >
> > > On Mozilla in Vista it works just fine so I know it is a problem with
> > > Vista's Version of IE 7.
> > >
> > > Does anyone know how to fix this? I have multiple Flash files called
from
> > > the main swf file and sometimes I just want to view the ONE swf file
on
> > the
> > > net and not load the whole site.
> > >
> > > What is says is "error on page" and if I have scripting on it says "A
> > > Runtime Error has occurred. Do you wish to Debug? Line: 1 Error:
Invalid
> > > Character"
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Lara

Thanks but it isn't a permissions issue. I am a Net Admin and I reset all the
permissions on the entire C:\ to give me Full Control as an administrator. I
don't need Windows to "protect" me from my self as I have been doing an good
job of it for the past 20 years.

Thanks though.

Cheers,
Lara

"Don Varnau" wrote:

> Hi,
> I haven't heard of any problems caused by the procedure at
> http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforu...243464#4480396
> You might give it a try. You may be able to recheck "Allow active content to
> run..."
>
> Don
> [MS MVP- IE]
>
> "lforbes" <> wrote in message
> news:6C2EE1ED-F062-435C-9EAA-...
> > Thanks.
> >
> > I unchecked the Allow Active Content to run and it worked??? That is so
> > weird and extremely annoying. I need to run active content on my computer
> > because there are apps I use that run Active X like the photo company I
> get
> > my prints from.
> >
> > Weird that in IE 7 on XP I have it checked and it still loads the .swf
> >
> > MS's Active X business is driving me nuts. Luckily I convinced my Exchange
> > Admin's to apply the Active X patch to their exchange server because I
> > couldn't even load MS Outlook Webmail on Vista IE7.
> >
> > MS is getting more like Big Brother every day. It is one thing to secure a
> > program and it is another to secure it so much that it is no longer
> > functional LOL.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Lara
>
> > "Don Varnau" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > > Some possible solutions...
> > >
> > > Internet Options> Advanced
> > > "Allow active content to run in files on My Computer"
> > > Try this unchecked (default) and checked.
> > >
> > > A possible solution from the Adobe support forums
> > >
> http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforu...243464#4480396
> > >
> > > [From bellington]
> > > Navigate to:
> > > C:\windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil9b.exe
> > > Run the .exe and this will run an updater. After running it my Flash
> > > problems were gone. This seems to fix most Flash problems Vista users
> are
> > > getting.
> > >
>
> > > "lforbes" <> wrote in message
> > > news:3E3CB50F-6230-4A7C-BDEE-...
> > > > I create Flash websites and own Flash 8 and have the newest version of
> > > Flash
> > > > Player installed on my Vista Dell laptop.
> > > >
> > > > Vista IE 7 won't display Flash files UNLESS they are loaded from a
> html
> > > > document and it is driving me crazy.
> > > >
> > > > For example my flash file is called index.swf. On my Windows XP laptop
> > > > running IE 7 I can type http://mysite.com/index.swf and it will load
> the
> > > > Flash file just fine.
> > > >
> > > > If I type the same http://mysite.com/index.swf on my Vista IE 7 it
> won't
> > > > load the Flash file. However, it will load fine if I type
> > > > http://mysite.com/index.html which has the flash file embedded.
> > > >
> > > > On Mozilla in Vista it works just fine so I know it is a problem with
> > > > Vista's Version of IE 7.
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone know how to fix this? I have multiple Flash files called
> from
> > > > the main swf file and sometimes I just want to view the ONE swf file
> on
> > > the
> > > > net and not load the whole site.
> > > >
> > > > What is says is "error on page" and if I have scripting on it says "A
> > > > Runtime Error has occurred. Do you wish to Debug? Line: 1 Error:
> Invalid
> > > > Character"
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > > Lara
>
>