# Preloader frustration

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-frustration/41469>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 29, 2004, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-frustration/41469 "2004-01-29T14:46:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![DiscoSuperfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@DiscoSuperfly](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DiscoSuperfly)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-frustration/41469/1 "2004-01-29T14:46:00Z")

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I have a slide show that’s about 800k and I’m trying to add a preloader. I tried 6 different preloaders today including a smart clip I downloaded from Macromedia. It seems that when I add a stop action after the preloader this hangs the entire movie. I’ve uploaded a working example of the slideshow without a preloader and a link to the fla of my NON-working attempt to apply the smart clip preloader [here](http://www.boundless.net/test.html)

I think I’m just putting the stop action in the wrong place but I can’t figure it out…

thanks again for any help…

Troy