I know one can right click on an swf and associate it to flash player.
Doesn’t work on my Windows Vista. There’s no flash player to associate with when I right-click and choose properties, and when I right-click, and click on ‘open with’, I don’t see the Flash Player anywhere in Program Files either. I know I have a flash player because my swf’s were associated with it and played well, until the unfortunate moment of downloading SWF Optimizer(trial), it messed my swf associations.
Right click my computer - click on “explore” - tools - folder options - file types - find the “.swf” extension - click change - select internet explorer, firefox, opera or what ever browser you use.
While you have your browser open, select file - open file - and browse to the swf file you want to open.
Flash player files can be played in just about any browser that supports flash.