# General Questions
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/general-questions/5750
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [September 20, 2002, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/general-questions/5750 "2002-09-20T20:03:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Emperor](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Emperor)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2002, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/general-questions/5750/1 "2002-09-20T20:03:31Z")
ok, **TWO** quick questions here:
1. I use to have a stand alone .swf player. When ever I’d hit a .swf, the flash file would just ‘show up’. NOW, with this stupid windows XP here I get this dialog box instead (see attached)
How can I get the flash files to play alone like they did before? I have a player for browser windows/the internet, but I can’t play one of 'em on my desktop!
2. I see a lot of cool components that are available for Flash MX now. I have no problem installing the .fla files, but some of the components have the extention “.mxp” and when I install those, it blows up flash. How are .mxp’s installed as components?!
Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2002, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/general-questions/5750/2 "2002-09-20T20:28:22Z")
most component files are .mxp u need to get the macromedia extension manager to install them here is a link
[http://www.macromedia.com/exchange](http://www.macromedia.com/exchange)
its around there sumwhere
also if u go to my website using the footer below ive got loads of components because my site is for them even though it only says dw extensions give it a whirl
-Tom
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2002, 1:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/general-questions/5750/3 "2002-09-21T01:37:22Z")
ha!
actually, that’s how this whole question started–I _was_ at your site and noticed the .mxp names as I was downloading them…too funny
thanks bro