# Loaded swf - relative path problem

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loaded-swf-relative-path-problem/279482
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [January 15, 2009, 5:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loaded-swf-relative-path-problem/279482 "2009-01-15T05:33:05Z")
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### Author: ![flysi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@flysi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/flysi)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2009, 5:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loaded-swf-relative-path-problem/279482/1 "2009-01-15T05:33:05Z")

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I know this problem has been discussed/solved ad nauseum here and on other sites, but I’ve scoured the boards, and can’t find it, so forgive me.

I’m building a portfolio site for an art director. He has access to final swfs but not fla files, and I’m calling these final swfs into a main movie, using MovieClipLoader. The external swfs live in subfolders, relative to the location of the main movie. The problem, of course, is that when the external swfs are loaded they look for any additional swfs relative to the movie they’re loaded into, and not relative to the folder they’re located in. I’ve tried \_lockroot – no dice. Any ideas – or can you point me in the direction of a post where this has been solved?

Thanks,

Flysi