# Cant loadMovie unless im on \_root

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-loadmovie-unless-im-on--root/227110>\
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**Created:** [May 27, 2007, 4:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-loadmovie-unless-im-on--root/227110 "2007-05-27T04:57:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 27, 2007, 4:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-loadmovie-unless-im-on--root/227110/1 "2007-05-27T04:57:31Z")

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Alright im trying to attach a thumbnail to a nested movie clip through XML. The code I have right now is

```auto

var livexml = new XML();
livexml.ignoreWhite = true;
livexml.onLoad = function(success) {
    if (success) {
        livelength = livexml.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes.length;
        live = livexml.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes;
        for (i=0; i<livelength; i++) {
            _root.content.window.gallery.attachMovie("thumb", "thumb"+i, _root.getNextHighestDepth());
            _root.content.window.gallery["thumb"+i]._x = i*100;
            _root.content.window.gallery["thumb"+i]._y = 400;
            _root.content.window.gallery["thumb"+i].thumbnail.loadMovie("photos/livetn/"+livexml.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes*.attributes.src);
        }
    } else {
        trace("Error loading XML file");
    }
};
livexml.load("live.xml");

```

That isnt working for some reason…If I replace \_root.content.window.gallery with just \_root it works fine. The thing is I dont want it on the \_root I want it where my code is pointing to now. This xml exists on my gallery mc by the way. Any pointers please?