# Do external images have to be in the same directory in Flash 8?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/do-external-images-have-to-be-in-the-same-directory-in-flash-8/212901>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 15, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/do-external-images-have-to-be-in-the-same-directory-in-flash-8/212901 "2007-01-15T16:09:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![chemicaltheory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@chemicaltheory](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chemicaltheory)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/do-external-images-have-to-be-in-the-same-directory-in-flash-8/212901/1 "2007-01-15T16:09:59Z")

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I am amazed if this would be the case. We have a simple file that calls external images to display in the Flash movie, but you always get a message that pops up about “this movie is trying to communicate with … click Settings to change”. This is amazing if this is not fixable!

Help me Obi Won Kinobi…