# Security issue - trying to load a local flash file

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/security-issue-trying-to-load-a-local-flash-file/223663
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [April 24, 2007, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/security-issue-trying-to-load-a-local-flash-file/223663 "2007-04-24T19:32:40Z")
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### Author: ![simb11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@simb11](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/simb11)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2007, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/security-issue-trying-to-load-a-local-flash-file/223663/1 "2007-04-24T19:32:40Z")

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We have a web application that is trying to load a local flash (.swf) file. The web site is on a central server, but accesses a file on the user’s c:\ drive.

The security model changed with flash 8 to disallow this (by default). It works file if you put a webserver on the local machine and refence it using http://, but if you just refer to c:\filename.swf, it fails. The Adobe website has an article on this, but we cannot get it to work. We must be leaving something out. Has anyone done something like this?