Play .swf through IE

Hey,

Apologies if this is not the correct place for this post.

I have to hand in a .swf file on CD to my tutor who does not have Flash installed on his PC. So I figured I could direct him to open the file in IE and then download the flash player plugin if necessary. However, when I try to do this myself IE asks me if I want to save or open the file if I select open it says that windows cannot open the file. Converting the file to a mpeg or similar is not suitable as its a flash game using eventlistener etc

Any ideas?