# Play .swf through IE

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**Created:** [April 18, 2009, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/play-swf-through-ie/286660 "2009-04-18T16:43:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![ryrocks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@ryrocks](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ryrocks)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/play-swf-through-ie/286660/1 "2009-04-18T16:43:00Z")

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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?