# Movie not playing in ie6 or ie 5.5

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-not-playing-in-ie6-or-ie-5-5/263312>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 14, 2008, 11:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-not-playing-in-ie6-or-ie-5-5/263312 "2008-06-14T11:07:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![ChristinaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@ChristinaG](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ChristinaG)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 11:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-not-playing-in-ie6-or-ie-5-5/263312/1 "2008-06-14T11:07:40Z")

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Hi,

For some reason a flash promo player , yet to go live, is not working on ie6 or ie.5.5

I tested it at work on ie6 and it plays but it doesnt load for some other testers and not at all on 5.5. It is fine in firefox and ie 7 and 8 beta

I thought perhaps there is something off with how its embedded. Any advice would be appreciated.

\<script language=“JavaScript” type=“text/javascript”\>  
\<!–  
if (AC\_FL\_RunContent == 0 || DetectFlashVer == 0) {  
alert(“This page requires AC\_RunActiveContent.js.”);  
} else {  
var hasRightVersion = DetectFlashVer(requiredMajorVersion, requiredMinorVersion, requiredRevision);  
if(hasRightVersion) { // if we’ve detected an acceptable version  
// embed the flash movie  
AC\_FL\_RunContent(  
‘codebase’, '[[COLOR=#0066cc]http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0’,[/COLOR]](http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0',)  
‘width’, ‘550’,  
‘height’, ‘250’,  
‘src’, ‘promoArea’,  
‘quality’, ‘high’,  
‘pluginspage’, '[[COLOR=#0066cc]http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer’,[/COLOR]](http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer',)  
‘align’, ‘middle’,  
‘play’, ‘true’,  
‘loop’, ‘true’,  
‘scale’, ‘showall’,  
‘wmode’, ‘transparent’,  
‘devicefont’, ‘false’,  
‘id’, ‘promoArea’,  
‘bgcolor’, ‘#ffffff’,  
‘name’, ‘promoArea’,  
‘menu’, ‘true’,  
‘allowScriptAccess’,‘sameDomain’,  
‘allowFullScreen’,‘false’,  
‘movie’, ‘promoArea’,  
‘salign’, ‘’  
); //end AC code  
} else { // flash is too old or we can’t detect the plugin  
var alternateContent = ‘Alternate HTML content should be placed here.’

- ‘This content requires the Adobe Flash Player.’
- ‘\<a href=http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflash/\>Get Flash\</a\>’;  
document.write(alternateContent); // insert non-flash content  
}  
}  
// --\>  
\</script\>  
\<noscript\>  
// Provide alternate content for browsers that do not support scripting  
// or for those that have scripting disabled.  
Alternate HTML content should be placed here. This content requires the Adobe Flash Player.  
\<a href="[[COLOR=#800080]http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflash/"\>Get[/COLOR]](http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflash/) Flash\</a\>  
\</noscript\>