# Using Flash Player 6 instead of 7 - why?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-flash-player-6-instead-of-7-why/183840>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 30, 2006, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-flash-player-6-instead-of-7-why/183840 "2006-03-30T16:20:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![jillymo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f9b8f/32.png) [@jillymo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jillymo)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-flash-player-6-instead-of-7-why/183840/1 "2006-03-30T16:20:14Z")

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I am using MX 2004 and when I play my swf files and right click the movie it says about Flash Player 6…rather than 7. It does not seem to be causing any problems but I am not sure why it would be using this older version. Maybe I just need to remove version 6, just wanted to hear thoughts on this.

Thanks-

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**Author:** ![serkios](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/serkios/32/608_2.png) [@serkios](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/serkios)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-flash-player-6-instead-of-7-why/183840/2 "2006-03-30T19:05:48Z")

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Uhh, sounds like you are running an old player version. I have trouble getting my mac to keep new file associations with new flash players, so I just end up deleting the old player and forcing the system to use the newest. You’ll notice problems once you try to view a flash 7 or 8 file and half the content doesn’t show up. I think the flash plugin for browsers is separate from the stand-alone player you would use to open flash files outside the browser, so keep those to on the same version can be a pain.

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**Author:** ![jillymo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f9b8f/32.png) [@jillymo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jillymo)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-flash-player-6-instead-of-7-why/183840/3 "2006-03-30T19:21:48Z")

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yes the stand alone players and the browser plugins are separate, I am pretty sure. thanks for the input serkios, I will just delete my older players