# HELP NEEDED..preloader not loading at all

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-needed-preloader-not-loading-at-all/142960>\
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**Created:** [April 1, 2005, 8:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-needed-preloader-not-loading-at-all/142960 "2005-04-01T20:26:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![2005](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/e480ec/32.png) [@2005](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/2005)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 8:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-needed-preloader-not-loading-at-all/142960/1 "2005-04-01T20:26:18Z")

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Hi there

I have a clip with a percent preloader and as a single base movie its preloader works just fine but if i use this same file as an external swf (+ preloader) to be loaded into a containerMC [without pressig a button] with this action script

```auto
_root.containerMC.loadMovie("content.swf");
stopAllSounds();

```

placed on the main timeline of the base swf the preloader does not work … The swf can be displayed anyway but the preloader dont work at all, I cant figure out why ? I tryed to change the preloader´s code on that file like “\_root. to this.” but noops it does not work as well. I´d like to get this preloader displaying the percent loaded from the external swf. Please note that i have a generic preloader and a containerMC on main timeline and this ones are working perfectly, loading all the external files just fine into my containerMC when a button is pressed … So what´s wrong with the other preloader !!! See, i´m new to flash MX and I´m spending hours and hours with this problem and i´m almost ready to give it up…

I will apreciate any help  
Thank you very much,