# Opening 2004 files in Flash MX

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/opening-2004-files-in-flash-mx/49453>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 22, 2004, 9:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/opening-2004-files-in-flash-mx/49453 "2004-04-22T21:07:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/aeb1de/32.png) [@Jels](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jels)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 9:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/opening-2004-files-in-flash-mx/49453/1 "2004-04-22T21:07:15Z")

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Should .fla files made in Flash MX 2004 open in Flash MX?

I’m trying to do so, and keep getting an “unexpected file format” error.