Can't open .fla - help

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Hey guys,
I finally decided to create my own style for the forums, and when I tried to download the fla from the styles thread, it didn’t work.

I open the zip, and double clicked on one of the files. Flash opens up, but it says an error :

                                   Unexpected File Type

WTH?

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means that the file you are opening is not from the same flash version as the one you are using.

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Yeah,
but kirupa has opened it in Flash MX2004, and thats what I use. I PM’ed him yesterday.

Any other suggestions?

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Oh wait - have you tried extracting the contents of your ZIP file to your hard drive before attempting to open it? I found that opening FLA files from WinZip directly causes me problems such as incomplete panels, toolbars, etc.

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Oh crud!
I just tried that, but yet it didn’t work. I don’t understand why this would be happening!