.swf pages won't open

Post by Panic
When someone sends me a link sending me to an html that goes to a .swf
file, it doesn't work. It opens the page in IE and say "error". Any
ideas? Sometimes at the bottom of the IE page instead of "error" it shows
":done" but nothing is there. I have several .swf files on my hard drive
that list as Shockwave Flash Objects. When I double click them it opens
Internet Explorer and plays them just fine.
I have WinXP Home SP2 updated and IE 7 that otherwise works OK. I use
Windows Firewall and Cox cable anti-spam, anti-spyware programs. I
recently had to do a repair/install of WinXP SP2 but it is fully up to
date.

Try uninstalling / reinstalling Flash Player. Use the uninstaller at
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14157
Flash player download:
http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/
If there are still problems see
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=fb1634cb

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Do not send mail.

Panic

2007-09-17 23:53:04 UTC

Try uninstalling / reinstalling Flash Player. Use the uninstaller at
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14157
http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/
If there are still problems see
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=fb1634cb
--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Do not send mail.

I just tried all that, Frank and it didn't help. It must be something with
IE7. That last link had me open Control Panel, select IE and choose Repair.
The only option I have on that is to Remove. Since I COULD open .swf files
that were on my computer I figure it must be something about IE, even though
the .swf files I open and run on my computer are using IE7. So I opened
Netscape and went to the online site of the .swf file and could see it OK.
Go figure.

Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM

2007-09-18 00:13:27 UTC

Post by Panic
When someone sends me a link sending me to an html that goes to a .swf
file, it doesn't work. It opens the page in IE and say "error". Any
ideas? Sometimes at the bottom of the IE page instead of "error" it
shows ":done" but nothing is there. I have several .swf files on my hard
drive that list as Shockwave Flash Objects. When I double click them it
opens Internet Explorer and plays them just fine.
I have WinXP Home SP2 updated and IE 7 that otherwise works OK. I use
Windows Firewall and Cox cable anti-spam, anti-spyware programs. I
recently had to do a repair/install of WinXP SP2 but it is fully up to
date.

I just tried all that, Frank and it didn't help. It must be something
with IE7. That last link had me open Control Panel, select IE and choose
Repair. The only option I have on that is to Remove. Since I COULD open
.swf files that were on my computer I figure it must be something about
IE, even though the .swf files I open and run on my computer are using
IE7. So I opened Netscape and went to the online site of the .swf file
and could see it OK.

Tools | Manage Add-ons
Disable everything but Flash and/or Shockwave, restart IE and try again.

What Norton products are you using?

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Do not send mail.

Panic

2007-09-18 17:06:26 UTC

Post by Panic
When someone sends me a link sending me to an html that goes to a .swf
file, it doesn't work. It opens the page in IE and say "error". Any
ideas? Sometimes at the bottom of the IE page instead of "error" it
shows ":done" but nothing is there. I have several .swf files on my
hard drive that list as Shockwave Flash Objects. When I double click
them it opens Internet Explorer and plays them just fine.
I have WinXP Home SP2 updated and IE 7 that otherwise works OK. I use
Windows Firewall and Cox cable anti-spam, anti-spyware programs. I
recently had to do a repair/install of WinXP SP2 but it is fully up to
date.

I just tried all that, Frank and it didn't help. It must be something
with IE7. That last link had me open Control Panel, select IE and choose
Repair. The only option I have on that is to Remove. Since I COULD open
.swf files that were on my computer I figure it must be something about
IE, even though the .swf files I open and run on my computer are using
IE7. So I opened Netscape and went to the online site of the .swf file
and could see it OK.

Tools | Manage Add-ons
Disable everything but Flash and/or Shockwave, restart IE and try again.
What Norton products are you using?
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Do not send mail.

When I click on Tools | Manage Add-ons neither Flash or Shockwave appears in
the list. I re-installed both. They still don't show. I got an answer
saying that because the .swf file was part of the URL rather than a link to
a page that had the .swf imbedded, the "Cross-Domain Protection" is what
prevents it from showing. I tried that gentleman's suggestions and still
can't get internet accessed IE .swf files to play.

I removed all my Norton NIS programs from my computer. I'm using Windows
Firewall and Cox Cable AV and spyware controls.

Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM

2007-09-18 19:41:17 UTC

Post by Panic
When someone sends me a link sending me to an html that goes to a .swf
file, it doesn't work. It opens the page in IE and say "error". Any
ideas? Sometimes at the bottom of the IE page instead of "error" it
shows ":done" but nothing is there. I have several .swf files on my
hard drive that list as Shockwave Flash Objects. When I double click
them it opens Internet Explorer and plays them just fine.
I have WinXP Home SP2 updated and IE 7 that otherwise works OK. I use
Windows Firewall and Cox cable anti-spam, anti-spyware programs. I
recently had to do a repair/install of WinXP SP2 but it is fully up to
date.

I just tried all that, Frank and it didn't help. It must be something
with IE7. That last link had me open Control Panel, select IE and
choose Repair. The only option I have on that is to Remove. Since I
COULD open .swf files that were on my computer I figure it must be
something about IE, even though the .swf files I open and run on my
computer are using IE7. So I opened Netscape and went to the online
site of the .swf file and could see it OK.

Tools | Manage Add-ons
Disable everything but Flash and/or Shockwave, restart IE and try again.
What Norton products are you using?
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Do not send mail.

When I click on Tools | Manage Add-ons neither Flash or Shockwave appears
in the list. I re-installed both. They still don't show. I got an
answer saying that because the .swf file was part of the URL rather than a
link to a page that had the .swf imbedded, the "Cross-Domain Protection"
is what prevents it from showing. I tried that gentleman's suggestions and
still can't get internet accessed IE .swf files to play.
I removed all my Norton NIS programs from my computer. I'm using Windows
Firewall and Cox Cable AV and spyware controls.

Sorry then, I don't know. I don't have Flash.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Do not send mail.

Donald Anadell

2007-09-18 15:51:18 UTC

Hi,

If your links to the Flash files are in the form of "someserver/some.swf"
then your inability to view them in the Browser when you click on the link
is due to a new Security Feature in IE7 called "Cross-Domain Protection".
And IE7 comes opted into this new feature by default. You can read about
the new feature here:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms649488.aspx

There is no User mechanism to opt IE out of this new feature in Internet
Options, but a Registry tweak workaround is posted here.
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=877645&SiteID=1

Good Luck,

Donald Anadell

Post by Panic
When someone sends me a link sending me to an html that goes to a .swf
file, it doesn't work. It opens the page in IE and say "error". Any
ideas? Sometimes at the bottom of the IE page instead of "error" it
shows ":done" but nothing is there. I have several .swf files on my hard
drive that list as Shockwave Flash Objects. When I double click them it
opens Internet Explorer and plays them just fine.
I have WinXP Home SP2 updated and IE 7 that otherwise works OK. I use
Windows Firewall and Cox cable anti-spam, anti-spyware programs. I
recently had to do a repair/install of WinXP SP2 but it is fully up to
date.

I just tried all that, Frank and it didn't help. It must be something
with IE7. That last link had me open Control Panel, select IE and choose
Repair. The only option I have on that is to Remove. Since I COULD open
.swf files that were on my computer I figure it must be something about
IE, even though the .swf files I open and run on my computer are using
IE7. So I opened Netscape and went to the online site of the .swf file
and could see it OK. Go figure.

Panic

2007-09-18 16:41:12 UTC

I tried the Registry edit, Donald. In that area are 3 entries close to IE.
ieexplore.exe; iexplore.exe; and explore.exe. All 3 have a value of 1 but I
still can't play the cross-domain .swf entry.

Since Netscape plays the .swf files OK, I may open Netscape and choose it
for my primary browser. I figure I normally go to the internet by clicking
on the Internet Explorer icon so I should still be able to do that (it may
ask me if I want IE to be my default browser but I could ignore that. Then,
whenever I click on a link in OE it should go there in Netscape, avoiding
that .swf problem. Or... since it seems to be only .swf cross-domain
links, I could keep IE as my default browser, but Copy the link in OE, open
Netscape and Paste it there. What do you think?

Post by Donald Anadell
Hi,
If your links to the Flash files are in the form of "someserver/some.swf"
then your inability to view them in the Browser when you click on the link
is due to a new Security Feature in IE7 called "Cross-Domain Protection".
And IE7 comes opted into this new feature by default. You can read about
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms649488.aspx
There is no User mechanism to opt IE out of this new feature in Internet
Options, but a Registry tweak workaround is posted here.
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=877645&SiteID=1
Good Luck,
Donald Anadell

Post by Panic
When someone sends me a link sending me to an html that goes to a .swf
file, it doesn't work. It opens the page in IE and say "error". Any
ideas? Sometimes at the bottom of the IE page instead of "error" it
shows ":done" but nothing is there. I have several .swf files on my
hard drive that list as Shockwave Flash Objects. When I double click
them it opens Internet Explorer and plays them just fine.
I have WinXP Home SP2 updated and IE 7 that otherwise works OK. I use
Windows Firewall and Cox cable anti-spam, anti-spyware programs. I
recently had to do a repair/install of WinXP SP2 but it is fully up to
date.

I just tried all that, Frank and it didn't help. It must be something
with IE7. That last link had me open Control Panel, select IE and choose
Repair. The only option I have on that is to Remove. Since I COULD open
.swf files that were on my computer I figure it must be something about
IE, even though the .swf files I open and run on my computer are using
IE7. So I opened Netscape and went to the online site of the .swf file
and could see it OK. Go figure.

Donald Anadell

2007-09-18 17:00:31 UTC

Hi,

It is the following procedure you have to perform in the Registry in order
to Opt IE7 out the Cross-Domain protection feature:

To opt-out of the cross-domain protection feature:
1. Click Start, Run.
2. Enter regedit
3. Find and select the following registry entry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl
4. Click Edit, New, and Key
5. Enter FEATURE_BLOCK_LMZ_SCRIPT
6. Next, click Edit, New, and DWORD
7. The name should be set to the process name of the application
experiencing the problem. For example, if the application is IE7, then enter
iexplore.exe (without the quotes)
8. The Value (double-click on the newly created entry) should be set
to 0(Zero) (this opts IE7out of this feature, enabling the workaround)
9. Close the Registry Editor
10. Close all open instances of IE7 and restart the program.

Once you've completed this process you should once again be able to open an
object such as a .swf or .pdf file in the Browser, who's link is in the form
of "someserver/some.swf" or someserver/some.pdf.

Good luck,

Donald Anadell

Post by Panic
I tried the Registry edit, Donald. In that area are 3 entries close to IE.
ieexplore.exe; iexplore.exe; and explore.exe. All 3 have a value of 1 but
I still can't play the cross-domain .swf entry.
Since Netscape plays the .swf files OK, I may open Netscape and choose it
for my primary browser. I figure I normally go to the internet by
clicking on the Internet Explorer icon so I should still be able to do
that (it may ask me if I want IE to be my default browser but I could
ignore that. Then, whenever I click on a link in OE it should go there in
Netscape, avoiding that .swf problem. Or... since it seems to be only
.swf cross-domain links, I could keep IE as my default browser, but Copy
the link in OE, open Netscape and Paste it there. What do you think?

Post by Donald Anadell
Hi,
If your links to the Flash files are in the form of "someserver/some.swf"
then your inability to view them in the Browser when you click on the
link is due to a new Security Feature in IE7 called "Cross-Domain
Protection". And IE7 comes opted into this new feature by default. You
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms649488.aspx
There is no User mechanism to opt IE out of this new feature in Internet
Options, but a Registry tweak workaround is posted here.
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=877645&SiteID=1
Good Luck,
Donald Anadell

Post by Panic
When someone sends me a link sending me to an html that goes to a .swf
file, it doesn't work. It opens the page in IE and say "error". Any
ideas? Sometimes at the bottom of the IE page instead of "error" it
shows ":done" but nothing is there. I have several .swf files on my
hard drive that list as Shockwave Flash Objects. When I double click
them it opens Internet Explorer and plays them just fine.
I have WinXP Home SP2 updated and IE 7 that otherwise works OK. I use
Windows Firewall and Cox cable anti-spam, anti-spyware programs. I
recently had to do a repair/install of WinXP SP2 but it is fully up to
date.

I just tried all that, Frank and it didn't help. It must be something
with IE7. That last link had me open Control Panel, select IE and
choose Repair. The only option I have on that is to Remove. Since I
COULD open .swf files that were on my computer I figure it must be
something about IE, even though the .swf files I open and run on my
computer are using IE7. So I opened Netscape and went to the online
site of the .swf file and could see it OK. Go figure.

Panic

2007-09-18 20:49:20 UTC

Donald, the link you originally gave me said to set the value to (1) and
that didn't work. So I tried resetting it to (0) as in this post and that
didn't work. The number was marked as hexadecimal so I tried changing it to
decimal and it still doesn't work. I went into msconfig again and noted
that even if you check decimal it defaults automatically to hexadecimal so I
guess that's not an issue. I also rebooted between changes to insure the
setup was correct.

Post by Donald Anadell
Hi,
It is the following procedure you have to perform in the Registry in order
1. Click "Start", "Run".
2. Enter "regedit"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl
4. Click "Edit", "New", and "Key"
5. Enter FEATURE_BLOCK_LMZ_SCRIPT
6. Next, click "Edit", "New", and "DWORD"
7. The name should be set to the process name of the application
experiencing the problem. For example, if the application is IE7, then
enter "iexplore.exe" (without the quotes)
8. The Value (double-click on the newly created entry) should be set
to "0(Zero)" (this opts IE7out of this feature, enabling the workaround)
9. Close the Registry Editor
10. Close all open instances of IE7 and restart the program.
Once you've completed this process you should once again be able to open
an object such as a .swf or .pdf file in the Browser, who's link is in the
form of "someserver/some.swf" or someserver/some.pdf.
Good luck,
Donald Anadell

Post by Panic
I tried the Registry edit, Donald. In that area are 3 entries close to
IE. ieexplore.exe; iexplore.exe; and explore.exe. All 3 have a value of 1
but I still can't play the cross-domain .swf entry.
Since Netscape plays the .swf files OK, I may open Netscape and choose it
for my primary browser. I figure I normally go to the internet by
clicking on the Internet Explorer icon so I should still be able to do
that (it may ask me if I want IE to be my default browser but I could
ignore that. Then, whenever I click on a link in OE it should go there
in Netscape, avoiding that .swf problem. Or... since it seems to be
only .swf cross-domain links, I could keep IE as my default browser, but
Copy the link in OE, open Netscape and Paste it there. What do you
think?

Post by Donald Anadell
Hi,
If your links to the Flash files are in the form of
"someserver/some.swf" then your inability to view them in the Browser
when you click on the link is due to a new Security Feature in IE7
called "Cross-Domain Protection". And IE7 comes opted into this new
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms649488.aspx
There is no User mechanism to opt IE out of this new feature in Internet
Options, but a Registry tweak workaround is posted here.
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=877645&SiteID=1
Good Luck,
Donald Anadell

Post by Panic
When someone sends me a link sending me to an html that goes to a
.swf file, it doesn't work. It opens the page in IE and say "error".
Any ideas? Sometimes at the bottom of the IE page instead of "error"
it shows ":done" but nothing is there. I have several .swf files on
my hard drive that list as Shockwave Flash Objects. When I double
click them it opens Internet Explorer and plays them just fine.
I have WinXP Home SP2 updated and IE 7 that otherwise works OK. I
use Windows Firewall and Cox cable anti-spam, anti-spyware programs.
I recently had to do a repair/install of WinXP SP2 but it is fully up
to date.

I just tried all that, Frank and it didn't help. It must be something
with IE7. That last link had me open Control Panel, select IE and
choose Repair. The only option I have on that is to Remove. Since I
COULD open .swf files that were on my computer I figure it must be
something about IE, even though the .swf files I open and run on my
computer are using IE7. So I opened Netscape and went to the online
site of the .swf file and could see it OK. Go figure.

Donald Anadell

2007-09-18 21:10:06 UTC

Some times a picture is worth a thousand words, so here's a screenshot of
how it should look in the Registry after you create the Key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BLOCK_LMZ_SCRIPT
http://users.mikrotec.com/danadell/wwwpages/test/LMZ.html

Good luck,

Donald Anadell

Post by Panic
Donald, the link you originally gave me said to set the value to (1) and
that didn't work. So I tried resetting it to (0) as in this post and that
didn't work. The number was marked as hexadecimal so I tried changing it
to decimal and it still doesn't work. I went into msconfig again and
noted that even if you check decimal it defaults automatically to
hexadecimal so I guess that's not an issue. I also rebooted between
changes to insure the setup was correct.

Post by Donald Anadell
Hi,
It is the following procedure you have to perform in the Registry in
1. Click "Start", "Run".
2. Enter "regedit"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl
4. Click "Edit", "New", and "Key"
5. Enter FEATURE_BLOCK_LMZ_SCRIPT
6. Next, click "Edit", "New", and "DWORD"
7. The name should be set to the process name of the application
experiencing the problem. For example, if the application is IE7, then
enter "iexplore.exe" (without the quotes)
8. The Value (double-click on the newly created entry) should be
set to "0(Zero)" (this opts IE7out of this feature, enabling the
workaround)
9. Close the Registry Editor
10. Close all open instances of IE7 and restart the program.
Once you've completed this process you should once again be able to open
an object such as a .swf or .pdf file in the Browser, who's link is in
the form of "someserver/some.swf" or someserver/some.pdf.
Good luck,
Donald Anadell

Post by Panic
I tried the Registry edit, Donald. In that area are 3 entries close to
IE. ieexplore.exe; iexplore.exe; and explore.exe. All 3 have a value of
1 but I still can't play the cross-domain .swf entry.
Since Netscape plays the .swf files OK, I may open Netscape and choose
it for my primary browser. I figure I normally go to the internet by
clicking on the Internet Explorer icon so I should still be able to do
that (it may ask me if I want IE to be my default browser but I could
ignore that. Then, whenever I click on a link in OE it should go there
in Netscape, avoiding that .swf problem. Or... since it seems to be
only .swf cross-domain links, I could keep IE as my default browser, but
Copy the link in OE, open Netscape and Paste it there. What do you
think?

Post by Donald Anadell
Hi,
If your links to the Flash files are in the form of
"someserver/some.swf" then your inability to view them in the Browser
when you click on the link is due to a new Security Feature in IE7
called "Cross-Domain Protection". And IE7 comes opted into this new
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms649488.aspx
There is no User mechanism to opt IE out of this new feature in
Internet Options, but a Registry tweak workaround is posted here.
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=877645&SiteID=1
Good Luck,
Donald Anadell

Post by Panic
When someone sends me a link sending me to an html that goes to a
.swf file, it doesn't work. It opens the page in IE and say
"error". Any ideas? Sometimes at the bottom of the IE page instead
of "error" it shows ":done" but nothing is there. I have several
.swf files on my hard drive that list as Shockwave Flash Objects.
When I double click them it opens Internet Explorer and plays them
just fine.
I have WinXP Home SP2 updated and IE 7 that otherwise works OK. I
use Windows Firewall and Cox cable anti-spam, anti-spyware programs.
I recently had to do a repair/install of WinXP SP2 but it is fully
up to date.

I just tried all that, Frank and it didn't help. It must be something
with IE7. That last link had me open Control Panel, select IE and
choose Repair. The only option I have on that is to Remove. Since I
COULD open .swf files that were on my computer I figure it must be
something about IE, even though the .swf files I open and run on my
computer are using IE7. So I opened Netscape and went to the online
site of the .swf file and could see it OK. Go figure.

Panic

2007-09-19 16:48:40 UTC

Bingo! Thanks, Don. Somehow I didn't "get" that I had to first create the
FEATURE_BLOCK_LMZ_SCRIPT entry and THEN insure that was (0). That info was
there the second time but I must have been having a "senior moment". I was
editing the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\InternetExplorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_LOCALMACHINE_LOCKDOWN
entry. That was the recommended "opt-in" solution. That didn't work. Your
most recent one was the "opt-out" option and that did work. Newsgroups are
a great source of help. And you are a fine person.

Post by Donald Anadell
Some times a picture is worth a thousand words, so here's a screenshot of
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BLOCK_LMZ_SCRIPT
http://users.mikrotec.com/danadell/wwwpages/test/LMZ.html
Good luck,
Donald Anadell

Post by Panic
I tried the Registry edit, Donald. In that area are 3 entries close to
IE. ieexplore.exe; iexplore.exe; and explore.exe. All 3 have a value of
1 but I still can't play the cross-domain .swf entry.
Since Netscape plays the .swf files OK, I may open Netscape and choose
it for my primary browser. I figure I normally go to the internet by
clicking on the Internet Explorer icon so I should still be able to do
that (it may ask me if I want IE to be my default browser but I could
ignore that. Then, whenever I click on a link in OE it should go there
in Netscape, avoiding that .swf problem. Or... since it seems to be
only .swf cross-domain links, I could keep IE as my default browser, but
Copy the link in OE, open Netscape and Paste it there. What do you
think?

Post by Donald Anadell
Hi,
If your links to the Flash files are in the form of
"someserver/some.swf" then your inability to view them in the Browser
when you click on the link is due to a new Security Feature in IE7
called "Cross-Domain Protection". And IE7 comes opted into this new
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms649488.aspx
There is no User mechanism to opt IE out of this new feature in
Internet Options, but a Registry tweak workaround is posted here.
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=877645&SiteID=1
Good Luck,
Donald Anadell

Post by Panic
When someone sends me a link sending me to an html that goes to a
.swf file, it doesn't work. It opens the page in IE and say
"error". Any ideas? Sometimes at the bottom of the IE page instead
of "error" it shows ":done" but nothing is there. I have several
.swf files on my hard drive that list as Shockwave Flash Objects.
When I double click them it opens Internet Explorer and plays them
just fine.
I have WinXP Home SP2 updated and IE 7 that otherwise works OK. I
use Windows Firewall and Cox cable anti-spam, anti-spyware programs.
I recently had to do a repair/install of WinXP SP2 but it is fully
up to date.

I just tried all that, Frank and it didn't help. It must be something
with IE7. That last link had me open Control Panel, select IE and
choose Repair. The only option I have on that is to Remove. Since I
COULD open .swf files that were on my computer I figure it must be
something about IE, even though the .swf files I open and run on my
computer are using IE7. So I opened Netscape and went to the online
site of the .swf file and could see it OK. Go figure.

Donald Anadell

2007-09-20 12:09:33 UTC

You're welcome, just keep in mind that you are running IE7 in a less Secure
environment by making this tweak.

Good luck,

Donald Anadell

Post by Panic
Bingo! Thanks, Don. Somehow I didn't "get" that I had to first create
the FEATURE_BLOCK_LMZ_SCRIPT entry and THEN insure that was (0). That
info was there the second time but I must have been having a "senior
moment". I was editing the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\InternetExplorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_LOCALMACHINE_LOCKDOWN
entry. That was the recommended "opt-in" solution. That didn't work.
Your most recent one was the "opt-out" option and that did work.
Newsgroups are a great source of help. And you are a fine person.

Post by Panic
I tried the Registry edit, Donald. In that area are 3 entries close to
IE. ieexplore.exe; iexplore.exe; and explore.exe. All 3 have a value of
1 but I still can't play the cross-domain .swf entry.
Since Netscape plays the .swf files OK, I may open Netscape and choose
it for my primary browser. I figure I normally go to the internet by
clicking on the Internet Explorer icon so I should still be able to do
that (it may ask me if I want IE to be my default browser but I could
ignore that. Then, whenever I click on a link in OE it should go there
in Netscape, avoiding that .swf problem. Or... since it seems to be
only .swf cross-domain links, I could keep IE as my default browser, but
Copy the link in OE, open Netscape and Paste it there. What do you
think?

Post by Donald Anadell
Hi,
If your links to the Flash files are in the form of
"someserver/some.swf" then your inability to view them in the Browser
when you click on the link is due to a new Security Feature in IE7
called "Cross-Domain Protection". And IE7 comes opted into this new
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms649488.aspx
There is no User mechanism to opt IE out of this new feature in
Internet Options, but a Registry tweak workaround is posted here.
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=877645&SiteID=1
Good Luck,
Donald Anadell

Post by Panic
When someone sends me a link sending me to an html that goes to a
.swf file, it doesn't work. It opens the page in IE and say
"error". Any ideas? Sometimes at the bottom of the IE page instead
of "error" it shows ":done" but nothing is there. I have several
.swf files on my hard drive that list as Shockwave Flash Objects.
When I double click them it opens Internet Explorer and plays them
just fine.
I have WinXP Home SP2 updated and IE 7 that otherwise works OK. I
use Windows Firewall and Cox cable anti-spam, anti-spyware programs.
I recently had to do a repair/install of WinXP SP2 but it is fully
up to date.

I just tried all that, Frank and it didn't help. It must be something
with IE7. That last link had me open Control Panel, select IE and
choose Repair. The only option I have on that is to Remove. Since I
COULD open .swf files that were on my computer I figure it must be
something about IE, even though the .swf files I open and run on my
computer are using IE7. So I opened Netscape and went to the online
site of the .swf file and could see it OK. Go figure.

PCLIVE

2007-09-20 15:39:35 UTC

Donald,

Do you know how to fix this for IE6? My symptons are the same. If try to
open a .swf file with IE, I get a blank screen and it says 'Done' at the
bottom. I'm using IE6, 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_070227-2254. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Paul
--

Post by Donald Anadell
You're welcome, just keep in mind that you are running IE7 in a less
Secure environment by making this tweak.
Good luck,
Donald Anadell

Post by Donald Anadell
Some times a picture is worth a thousand words, so here's a screenshot
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BLOCK_LMZ_SCRIPT
http://users.mikrotec.com/danadell/wwwpages/test/LMZ.html
Good luck,
Donald Anadell

Post by Panic
I tried the Registry edit, Donald. In that area are 3 entries close to
IE. ieexplore.exe; iexplore.exe; and explore.exe. All 3 have a value of
1 but I still can't play the cross-domain .swf entry.
Since Netscape plays the .swf files OK, I may open Netscape and choose
it for my primary browser. I figure I normally go to the internet by
clicking on the Internet Explorer icon so I should still be able to do
that (it may ask me if I want IE to be my default browser but I could
ignore that. Then, whenever I click on a link in OE it should go there
in Netscape, avoiding that .swf problem. Or... since it seems to be
only .swf cross-domain links, I could keep IE as my default browser, but
Copy the link in OE, open Netscape and Paste it there. What do you
think?

Post by Donald Anadell
Hi,
If your links to the Flash files are in the form of
"someserver/some.swf" then your inability to view them in the Browser
when you click on the link is due to a new Security Feature in IE7
called "Cross-Domain Protection". And IE7 comes opted into this new
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms649488.aspx
There is no User mechanism to opt IE out of this new feature in
Internet Options, but a Registry tweak workaround is posted here.
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=877645&SiteID=1
Good Luck,
Donald Anadell

Post by Panic
When someone sends me a link sending me to an html that goes to a
.swf file, it doesn't work. It opens the page in IE and say
"error". Any ideas? Sometimes at the bottom of the IE page instead
of "error" it shows ":done" but nothing is there. I have several
.swf files on my hard drive that list as Shockwave Flash Objects.
When I double click them it opens Internet Explorer and plays them
just fine.
I have WinXP Home SP2 updated and IE 7 that otherwise works OK.
I
use Windows Firewall and Cox cable anti-spam, anti-spyware programs.
I recently had to do a repair/install of WinXP SP2 but it is fully
up to date.

I just tried all that, Frank and it didn't help. It must be something
with IE7. That last link had me open Control Panel, select IE and
choose Repair. The only option I have on that is to Remove. Since I
COULD open .swf files that were on my computer I figure it must be
something about IE, even though the .swf files I open and run on my
computer are using IE7. So I opened Netscape and went to the online
site of the .swf file and could see it OK. Go figure.

Donald Anadell

2007-09-20 17:18:33 UTC

Hi Paul,

The Registry tweak I supplied to the OP is strictly for IE7, to bypass a
glitch with a new secrity feature in IE7 called "Cross-Domain Protection".
Whereby when one clicks on a direct link to a .swf file on the internet(in
the form of "someserver.com/some.swf") the Flash file is not rendered in the
Browser.

There is no such native Security impediment to opening .swf file from a
direct link(URL in the form of "Someserver.com/some.swf") in IE6 that I'm
aware of.

For instance, if you click on the following link in IE6 it should download
and display the small Flash file called "idiot.swf" in the Browser:
http://users.mikrotec.com/danadell/wwwpages/SWF/idiot.swf

If you clicked on the above link in IE7 the Flash file would not render
usless you performed the Registry Tweak to Opt IE7 out of the Cross-Domain
Protection feature, but IE6 has no such native Security impediment.

You might make sure you don't have a third pary security application or
firewall set to block such content in the Browser.

If that is not the case then you might try uninstalling and re-installing
the Flash Player.

Download and run the manual Flash uninstaller here:
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/current/uninstall_flash_player.exe

Then download the manual Flash Installer file from the following link and
re-install the Flash Player:
http://www.macromedia.com/go/full_flashplayer_win_ie

Good luck,

Donald Anadell

Post by Panic
Donald,
Do you know how to fix this for IE6? My symptons are the same. If try to
open a .swf file with IE, I get a blank screen and it says 'Done' at the
bottom. I'm using IE6, 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_070227-2254. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Paul
--

Post by Donald Anadell
You're welcome, just keep in mind that you are running IE7 in a less
Secure environment by making this tweak.
Good luck,
Donald Anadell

Post by Panic
I tried the Registry edit, Donald. In that area are 3 entries close to
IE. ieexplore.exe; iexplore.exe; and explore.exe. All 3 have a value of
1 but I still can't play the cross-domain .swf entry.
Since Netscape plays the .swf files OK, I may open Netscape and choose
it for my primary browser. I figure I normally go to the internet by
clicking on the Internet Explorer icon so I should still be able to do
that (it may ask me if I want IE to be my default browser but I could
ignore that. Then, whenever I click on a link in OE it should go there
in Netscape, avoiding that .swf problem. Or... since it seems to be
only .swf cross-domain links, I could keep IE as my default browser, but
Copy the link in OE, open Netscape and Paste it there. What do you
think?

Post by Donald Anadell
Hi,
If your links to the Flash files are in the form of
"someserver/some.swf" then your inability to view them in the Browser
when you click on the link is due to a new Security Feature in IE7
called "Cross-Domain Protection". And IE7 comes opted into this new
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms649488.aspx
There is no User mechanism to opt IE out of this new feature in
Internet Options, but a Registry tweak workaround is posted here.
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=877645&SiteID=1
Good Luck,
Donald Anadell

Post by Panic
When someone sends me a link sending me to an html that goes to a
.swf file, it doesn't work. It opens the page in IE and say
"error". Any ideas? Sometimes at the bottom of the IE page instead
of "error" it shows ":done" but nothing is there. I have several
.swf files on my hard drive that list as Shockwave Flash Objects.
When I double click them it opens Internet Explorer and plays them
just fine.
I have WinXP Home SP2 updated and IE 7 that otherwise works OK.
I
use Windows Firewall and Cox cable anti-spam, anti-spyware programs.
I recently had to do a repair/install of WinXP SP2 but it is fully
up to date.

I just tried all that, Frank and it didn't help. It must be something
with IE7. That last link had me open Control Panel, select IE and
choose Repair. The only option I have on that is to Remove. Since I
COULD open .swf files that were on my computer I figure it must be
something about IE, even though the .swf files I open and run on my
computer are using IE7. So I opened Netscape and went to the online
site of the .swf file and could see it OK. Go figure.

PCLIVE

2007-09-20 20:19:27 UTC

That didn't do it. But here is something interesting. I installed some MS
updates and all of a sudden, the .swf files work now. However, now I get
that STUPID Active X thing where you have to click the ActiveX area before
you can click it to do what it was designed for. You know that thing that
displays this message when you hover over the affected area?..."Click to
activate and use this control". So I uninstalled the update. Now the .swf
thing doesn't work again. This is frustrating. The KB update was
"KB937143".

Any ideas why this affects the .swf files. Keep in mind that if the .swf
file is embedded on an .htm page, it works fine.

Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Paul
--

Post by Donald Anadell
Hi Paul,
The Registry tweak I supplied to the OP is strictly for IE7, to bypass a
glitch with a new secrity feature in IE7 called "Cross-Domain Protection".
Whereby when one clicks on a direct link to a .swf file on the internet(in
the form of "someserver.com/some.swf") the Flash file is not rendered in
the Browser.
There is no such native Security impediment to opening .swf file from a
direct link(URL in the form of "Someserver.com/some.swf") in IE6 that I'm
aware of.
For instance, if you click on the following link in IE6 it should download
http://users.mikrotec.com/danadell/wwwpages/SWF/idiot.swf
If you clicked on the above link in IE7 the Flash file would not render
usless you performed the Registry Tweak to Opt IE7 out of the Cross-Domain
Protection feature, but IE6 has no such native Security impediment.
You might make sure you don't have a third pary security application or
firewall set to block such content in the Browser.
If that is not the case then you might try uninstalling and re-installing
the Flash Player.
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/current/uninstall_flash_player.exe
Then download the manual Flash Installer file from the following link and
http://www.macromedia.com/go/full_flashplayer_win_ie
Good luck,
Donald Anadell

Post by Panic
Donald,
Do you know how to fix this for IE6? My symptons are the same. If try
to open a .swf file with IE, I get a blank screen and it says 'Done' at
the bottom. I'm using IE6, 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_070227-2254. Any
ideas?
Thanks,
Paul
--

Post by Donald Anadell
You're welcome, just keep in mind that you are running IE7 in a less
Secure environment by making this tweak.
Good luck,
Donald Anadell

Post by Panic
I tried the Registry edit, Donald. In that area are 3 entries close to
IE. ieexplore.exe; iexplore.exe; and explore.exe. All 3 have a value of
1 but I still can't play the cross-domain .swf entry.
Since Netscape plays the .swf files OK, I may open Netscape and choose
it for my primary browser. I figure I normally go to the internet by
clicking on the Internet Explorer icon so I should still be able to do
that (it may ask me if I want IE to be my default browser but I could
ignore that. Then, whenever I click on a link in OE it should go there
in Netscape, avoiding that .swf problem. Or... since it seems to be
only .swf cross-domain links, I could keep IE as my default browser, but
Copy the link in OE, open Netscape and Paste it there. What do you
think?

Post by Donald Anadell
Hi,
If your links to the Flash files are in the form of
"someserver/some.swf" then your inability to view them in the Browser
when you click on the link is due to a new Security Feature in IE7
called "Cross-Domain Protection". And IE7 comes opted into this new
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms649488.aspx
There is no User mechanism to opt IE out of this new feature in
Internet Options, but a Registry tweak workaround is posted here.
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=877645&SiteID=1
Good Luck,
Donald Anadell

Post by Panic
When someone sends me a link sending me to an html that goes to a
.swf file, it doesn't work. It opens the page in IE and say
"error". Any ideas? Sometimes at the bottom of the IE page instead
of "error" it shows ":done" but nothing is there. I have several
.swf files on my hard drive that list as Shockwave Flash Objects.
When I double click them it opens Internet Explorer and plays them
just fine.
I have WinXP Home SP2 updated and IE 7 that otherwise works OK.
I
use Windows Firewall and Cox cable anti-spam, anti-spyware programs.
I recently had to do a repair/install of WinXP SP2 but it is fully
up to date.

I just tried all that, Frank and it didn't help. It must be something
with IE7. That last link had me open Control Panel, select IE and
choose Repair. The only option I have on that is to Remove.
Since I
COULD open .swf files that were on my computer I figure it must be
something about IE, even though the .swf files I open and run on my
computer are using IE7. So I opened Netscape and went to the online
site of the .swf file and could see it OK. Go figure.

Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM

2007-09-20 20:31:23 UTC

Post by PCLIVE
That didn't do it. But here is something interesting. I installed some
MS updates and all of a sudden, the .swf files work now. However, now I
get that STUPID Active X thing where you have to click the ActiveX area
before you can click it to do what it was designed for. You know that
thing that displays this message when you hover over the affected
area?..."Click to activate and use this control". So I uninstalled the
update. Now the .swf thing doesn't work again. This is frustrating. The
KB update was "KB937143".
Any ideas why this affects the .swf files. Keep in mind that if the .swf
file is embedded on an .htm page, it works fine.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Do not send mail.

Donald Anadell

2007-09-21 14:10:33 UTC

Hi,

I would suggest you install all Updates including the one you've mentioned.

There's no way to get around that "Click to Active" on an embedded
object(such as Flash), that's a result of the "EOLAS" patent lawsuit
settlement. It's now up to the web site owner to use the new embedding
techniques for loading Objects(typically an external .js file) to prevent
that "Click to Activate" annoyance.

Good luck,

Donad Anadell

Post by Donald Anadell
Hi Paul,
The Registry tweak I supplied to the OP is strictly for IE7, to bypass a
glitch with a new secrity feature in IE7 called "Cross-Domain
Protection". Whereby when one clicks on a direct link to a .swf file on
the internet(in the form of "someserver.com/some.swf") the Flash file is
not rendered in the Browser.
There is no such native Security impediment to opening .swf file from a
direct link(URL in the form of "Someserver.com/some.swf") in IE6 that I'm
aware of.
For instance, if you click on the following link in IE6 it should
download and display the small Flash file called "idiot.swf" in the
http://users.mikrotec.com/danadell/wwwpages/SWF/idiot.swf
If you clicked on the above link in IE7 the Flash file would not render
usless you performed the Registry Tweak to Opt IE7 out of the
Cross-Domain Protection feature, but IE6 has no such native Security
impediment.
You might make sure you don't have a third pary security application or
firewall set to block such content in the Browser.
If that is not the case then you might try uninstalling and re-installing
the Flash Player.
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/current/uninstall_flash_player.exe
Then download the manual Flash Installer file from the following link and
http://www.macromedia.com/go/full_flashplayer_win_ie
Good luck,
Donald Anadell

Post by Panic
Donald,
Do you know how to fix this for IE6? My symptons are the same. If try
to open a .swf file with IE, I get a blank screen and it says 'Done' at
the bottom. I'm using IE6, 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_070227-2254. Any
ideas?
Thanks,
Paul
--

Post by Donald Anadell
You're welcome, just keep in mind that you are running IE7 in a less
Secure environment by making this tweak.
Good luck,
Donald Anadell

Post by Panic
Bingo! Thanks, Don. Somehow I didn't "get" that I had to first
create the FEATURE_BLOCK_LMZ_SCRIPT entry and THEN insure that was
(0). That info was there the second time but I must have been having
a "senior moment". I was editing the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\InternetExplorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_LOCALMACHINE_LOCKDOWN
entry. That was the recommended "opt-in" solution. That didn't work.
Your most recent one was the "opt-out" option and that did work.
Newsgroups are a great source of help. And you are a fine person.

Post by Donald Anadell
Some times a picture is worth a thousand words, so here's a
screenshot of how it should look in the Registry after you create the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BLOCK_LMZ_SCRIPT
http://users.mikrotec.com/danadell/wwwpages/test/LMZ.html
Good luck,
Donald Anadell

Post by Panic
I tried the Registry edit, Donald. In that area are 3 entries close to
IE. ieexplore.exe; iexplore.exe; and explore.exe. All 3 have a value of
1 but I still can't play the cross-domain .swf entry.
Since Netscape plays the .swf files OK, I may open Netscape and choose
it for my primary browser. I figure I normally go to the internet by
clicking on the Internet Explorer icon so I should still be able to do
that (it may ask me if I want IE to be my default browser but I could
ignore that. Then, whenever I click on a link in OE it should go there
in Netscape, avoiding that .swf problem. Or... since it seems to be
only .swf cross-domain links, I could keep IE as my default browser, but
Copy the link in OE, open Netscape and Paste it there. What do you
think?

Post by Donald Anadell
Hi,
If your links to the Flash files are in the form of
"someserver/some.swf" then your inability to view them in the Browser
when you click on the link is due to a new Security Feature in IE7
called "Cross-Domain Protection". And IE7 comes opted into this new
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms649488.aspx
There is no User mechanism to opt IE out of this new feature in
Internet Options, but a Registry tweak workaround is posted here.
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=877645&SiteID=1
Good Luck,
Donald Anadell

Post by Panic
When someone sends me a link sending me to an html that goes to a
.swf file, it doesn't work. It opens the page in IE and say
"error". Any ideas? Sometimes at the bottom of the IE page instead
of "error" it shows ":done" but nothing is there. I have several
.swf files on my hard drive that list as Shockwave Flash Objects.
When I double click them it opens Internet Explorer and plays them
just fine.
I have WinXP Home SP2 updated and IE 7 that otherwise works
OK. I
use Windows Firewall and Cox cable anti-spam, anti-spyware
programs.
I recently had to do a repair/install of WinXP SP2 but it is fully
up to date.

I just tried all that, Frank and it didn't help. It must be something
with IE7. That last link had me open Control Panel, select IE and
choose Repair. The only option I have on that is to Remove.
Since I
COULD open .swf files that were on my computer I figure it must be
something about IE, even though the .swf files I open and run on my
computer are using IE7. So I opened Netscape and went to the online
site of the .swf file and could see it OK. Go figure.

PCLIVE

2007-09-21 15:19:25 UTC

Thanks for the suggestion. But as long as an update causes the "Click to
activate and use this contol" issue, that update will be black listed from
my computer. I know all about the lawsuit and EOLAS. I also know that it
is up to the website owners to apply different embedding techniques.
However, in my place of business, we used a few web-based applications that
this causes a nusance. Though I understand that it is recommended to
install all updates. However, there has got to be some other reason that I
can't run an .swf file in IE without this particular update. Certainly
there must be some alternative.

Regards,
Paul
--

Post by Donald Anadell
Hi,
I would suggest you install all Updates including the one you've mentioned.
There's no way to get around that "Click to Active" on an embedded
object(such as Flash), that's a result of the "EOLAS" patent lawsuit
settlement. It's now up to the web site owner to use the new embedding
techniques for loading Objects(typically an external .js file) to prevent
that "Click to Activate" annoyance.
Good luck,
Donad Anadell

Post by PCLIVE
That didn't do it. But here is something interesting. I installed some
MS updates and all of a sudden, the .swf files work now. However, now I
get that STUPID Active X thing where you have to click the ActiveX area
before you can click it to do what it was designed for. You know that
thing that displays this message when you hover over the affected
area?..."Click to activate and use this control". So I uninstalled the
update. Now the .swf thing doesn't work again. This is frustrating.
The KB update was "KB937143".
Any ideas why this affects the .swf files. Keep in mind that if the .swf
file is embedded on an .htm page, it works fine.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Paul
--

Post by Donald Anadell
Hi Paul,
The Registry tweak I supplied to the OP is strictly for IE7, to bypass a
glitch with a new secrity feature in IE7 called "Cross-Domain
Protection". Whereby when one clicks on a direct link to a .swf file on
the internet(in the form of "someserver.com/some.swf") the Flash file is
not rendered in the Browser.
There is no such native Security impediment to opening .swf file from a
direct link(URL in the form of "Someserver.com/some.swf") in IE6 that
I'm aware of.
For instance, if you click on the following link in IE6 it should
download and display the small Flash file called "idiot.swf" in the
http://users.mikrotec.com/danadell/wwwpages/SWF/idiot.swf
If you clicked on the above link in IE7 the Flash file would not render
usless you performed the Registry Tweak to Opt IE7 out of the
Cross-Domain Protection feature, but IE6 has no such native Security
impediment.
You might make sure you don't have a third pary security application or
firewall set to block such content in the Browser.
If that is not the case then you might try uninstalling and
re-installing the Flash Player.
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/current/uninstall_flash_player.exe
Then download the manual Flash Installer file from the following link
http://www.macromedia.com/go/full_flashplayer_win_ie
Good luck,
Donald Anadell

Post by Panic
Donald,
Do you know how to fix this for IE6? My symptons are the same. If try
to open a .swf file with IE, I get a blank screen and it says 'Done' at
the bottom. I'm using IE6, 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_070227-2254. Any
ideas?
Thanks,
Paul
--

Post by Donald Anadell
You're welcome, just keep in mind that you are running IE7 in a less
Secure environment by making this tweak.
Good luck,
Donald Anadell

Post by Panic
Bingo! Thanks, Don. Somehow I didn't "get" that I had to first
create the FEATURE_BLOCK_LMZ_SCRIPT entry and THEN insure that was
(0). That info was there the second time but I must have been having
a "senior moment". I was editing the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\InternetExplorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_LOCALMACHINE_LOCKDOWN
entry. That was the recommended "opt-in" solution. That didn't
work. Your most recent one was the "opt-out" option and that did
work. Newsgroups are a great source of help. And you are a fine
person.

Post by Donald Anadell
Some times a picture is worth a thousand words, so here's a
screenshot of how it should look in the Registry after you create
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BLOCK_LMZ_SCRIPT
http://users.mikrotec.com/danadell/wwwpages/test/LMZ.html
Good luck,
Donald Anadell

Post by Panic
I tried the Registry edit, Donald. In that area are 3 entries close to
IE. ieexplore.exe; iexplore.exe; and explore.exe. All 3 have a value of
1 but I still can't play the cross-domain .swf entry.
Since Netscape plays the .swf files OK, I may open Netscape and choose
it for my primary browser. I figure I normally go to the internet by
clicking on the Internet Explorer icon so I should still be able to do
that (it may ask me if I want IE to be my default browser but I could
ignore that. Then, whenever I click on a link in OE it should go there
in Netscape, avoiding that .swf problem. Or... since it seems to be
only .swf cross-domain links, I could keep IE as my default browser, but
Copy the link in OE, open Netscape and Paste it there. What do you
think?

Post by Donald Anadell
Hi,
If your links to the Flash files are in the form of
"someserver/some.swf" then your inability to view them in the Browser
when you click on the link is due to a new Security Feature in IE7
called "Cross-Domain Protection". And IE7 comes opted into this new
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms649488.aspx
There is no User mechanism to opt IE out of this new feature in
Internet Options, but a Registry tweak workaround is posted here.
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=877645&SiteID=1
Good Luck,
Donald Anadell

Post by Panic
When someone sends me a link sending me to an html that goes to a
.swf file, it doesn't work. It opens the page in IE and say
"error". Any ideas? Sometimes at the bottom of the IE page
instead
of "error" it shows ":done" but nothing is there. I have several
.swf files on my hard drive that list as Shockwave Flash Objects.
When I double click them it opens Internet Explorer and plays
them
just fine.
I have WinXP Home SP2 updated and IE 7 that otherwise works
OK. I
use Windows Firewall and Cox cable anti-spam, anti-spyware
programs.
I recently had to do a repair/install of WinXP SP2 but it is
fully
up to date.

Try uninstalling / reinstalling Flash Player. Use the
uninstaller at
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14157
http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/
If there are still problems see
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=fb1634cb
--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Do not send mail.

I just tried all that, Frank and it didn't help. It must be
something
with IE7. That last link had me open Control Panel, select IE and
choose Repair. The only option I have on that is to Remove.
Since I
COULD open .swf files that were on my computer I figure it must be
something about IE, even though the .swf files I open and run on my
computer are using IE7. So I opened Netscape and went to the online
site of the .swf file and could see it OK. Go figure.

Donald Anadell

2007-09-21 15:50:59 UTC

Hi Paul,

Sorry I can't help you any farther on this issue.

All I can state with any certainty is that on a fully patched Windows XP SP2
Machine here(with IE6) I don't experience any problems with opening directly
linked .swf files(in the form of http://someserver.com/some.swf) in the
Browser. That problem only arises after an install of IE7(do to a glitch
with a new security feature), and the remedy for the problem(Registry tweak
to Opt IE7 out of the new security feature) has been addressed in this
thread.

Good luck,

Donald Anadell

Post by PCLIVE
Thanks for the suggestion. But as long as an update causes the "Click to
activate and use this contol" issue, that update will be black listed from
my computer. I know all about the lawsuit and EOLAS. I also know that it
is up to the website owners to apply different embedding techniques.
However, in my place of business, we used a few web-based applications
that this causes a nusance. Though I understand that it is recommended to
install all updates. However, there has got to be some other reason that
I can't run an .swf file in IE without this particular update. Certainly
there must be some alternative.
Regards,
Paul
--

Post by PCLIVE
That didn't do it. But here is something interesting. I installed some
MS updates and all of a sudden, the .swf files work now. However, now I
get that STUPID Active X thing where you have to click the ActiveX area
before you can click it to do what it was designed for. You know that
thing that displays this message when you hover over the affected
area?..."Click to activate and use this control". So I uninstalled the
update. Now the .swf thing doesn't work again. This is frustrating.
The KB update was "KB937143".
Any ideas why this affects the .swf files. Keep in mind that if the
.swf file is embedded on an .htm page, it works fine.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Paul
--

Post by Donald Anadell
Hi Paul,
The Registry tweak I supplied to the OP is strictly for IE7, to bypass
a glitch with a new secrity feature in IE7 called "Cross-Domain
Protection". Whereby when one clicks on a direct link to a .swf file on
the internet(in the form of "someserver.com/some.swf") the Flash file
is not rendered in the Browser.
There is no such native Security impediment to opening .swf file from a
direct link(URL in the form of "Someserver.com/some.swf") in IE6 that
I'm aware of.
For instance, if you click on the following link in IE6 it should
download and display the small Flash file called "idiot.swf" in the
http://users.mikrotec.com/danadell/wwwpages/SWF/idiot.swf
If you clicked on the above link in IE7 the Flash file would not render
usless you performed the Registry Tweak to Opt IE7 out of the
Cross-Domain Protection feature, but IE6 has no such native Security
impediment.
You might make sure you don't have a third pary security application or
firewall set to block such content in the Browser.
If that is not the case then you might try uninstalling and
re-installing the Flash Player.
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/current/uninstall_flash_player.exe
Then download the manual Flash Installer file from the following link
http://www.macromedia.com/go/full_flashplayer_win_ie
Good luck,
Donald Anadell

Post by Panic
Donald,
Do you know how to fix this for IE6? My symptons are the same. If
try to open a .swf file with IE, I get a blank screen and it says
'Done' at the bottom. I'm using IE6,
6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_070227-2254. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Paul
--

Post by Donald Anadell
You're welcome, just keep in mind that you are running IE7 in a less
Secure environment by making this tweak.
Good luck,
Donald Anadell

Post by Panic
Bingo! Thanks, Don. Somehow I didn't "get" that I had to first
create the FEATURE_BLOCK_LMZ_SCRIPT entry and THEN insure that was
(0). That info was there the second time but I must have been
having a "senior moment". I was editing the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\InternetExplorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_LOCALMACHINE_LOCKDOWN
entry. That was the recommended "opt-in" solution. That didn't
work. Your most recent one was the "opt-out" option and that did
work. Newsgroups are a great source of help. And you are a fine
person.

Post by Panic
I tried the Registry edit, Donald. In that area are 3 entries close to
IE. ieexplore.exe; iexplore.exe; and explore.exe. All 3 have a value of
1 but I still can't play the cross-domain .swf entry.
Since Netscape plays the .swf files OK, I may open Netscape and choose
it for my primary browser. I figure I normally go to the internet by
clicking on the Internet Explorer icon so I should still be able to do
that (it may ask me if I want IE to be my default browser but I could
ignore that. Then, whenever I click on a link in OE it should go there
in Netscape, avoiding that .swf problem. Or... since it seems to be
only .swf cross-domain links, I could keep IE as my default
browser, but
Copy the link in OE, open Netscape and Paste it there. What do you
think?

Post by Donald Anadell
Hi,
If your links to the Flash files are in the form of
"someserver/some.swf" then your inability to view them in the Browser
when you click on the link is due to a new Security Feature in IE7
called "Cross-Domain Protection". And IE7 comes opted into this new
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms649488.aspx
There is no User mechanism to opt IE out of this new feature in
Internet Options, but a Registry tweak workaround is posted here.
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=877645&SiteID=1
Good Luck,
Donald Anadell

Post by Panic
When someone sends me a link sending me to an html that goes
to a
.swf file, it doesn't work. It opens the page in IE and say
"error". Any ideas? Sometimes at the bottom of the IE page
instead
of "error" it shows ":done" but nothing is there. I have
several
.swf files on my hard drive that list as Shockwave Flash
Objects.
When I double click them it opens Internet Explorer and
plays them
just fine.
I have WinXP Home SP2 updated and IE 7 that otherwise works
OK. I
use Windows Firewall and Cox cable anti-spam, anti-spyware
programs.
I recently had to do a repair/install of WinXP SP2 but it is
fully
up to date.

Try uninstalling / reinstalling Flash Player. Use the
uninstaller at
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14157
http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/
If there are still problems see
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=fb1634cb
--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Do not send mail.

I just tried all that, Frank and it didn't help. It must be
something
with IE7. That last link had me open Control Panel, select IE and
choose Repair. The only option I have on that is to Remove.
Since I
COULD open .swf files that were on my computer I figure it must be
something about IE, even though the .swf files I open and run on my
computer are using IE7. So I opened Netscape and went to the
online
site of the .swf file and could see it OK. Go figure.

Scotty

2007-09-22 21:36:00 UTC

Try adding the domain where the SWF file is located to the Trusted Sites list
in IE.

PCLIVE

2007-09-24 14:51:45 UTC

This happens locally from the hard drive. No domain is involved that way.

Post by Scotty
Try adding the domain where the SWF file is located to the Trusted Sites list
in IE.

Panic

2007-09-20 16:46:13 UTC

OK! I hope Windows Firewall will protect me.

Post by Donald Anadell
You're welcome, just keep in mind that you are running IE7 in a less
Secure environment by making this tweak.
Good luck,
Donald Anadell

Post by Panic
I tried the Registry edit, Donald. In that area are 3 entries close to
IE. ieexplore.exe; iexplore.exe; and explore.exe. All 3 have a value of
1 but I still can't play the cross-domain .swf entry.
Since Netscape plays the .swf files OK, I may open Netscape and choose
it for my primary browser. I figure I normally go to the internet by
clicking on the Internet Explorer icon so I should still be able to do
that (it may ask me if I want IE to be my default browser but I could
ignore that. Then, whenever I click on a link in OE it should go there
in Netscape, avoiding that .swf problem. Or... since it seems to be
only .swf cross-domain links, I could keep IE as my default browser, but
Copy the link in OE, open Netscape and Paste it there. What do you
think?

Post by Donald Anadell
Hi,
If your links to the Flash files are in the form of
"someserver/some.swf" then your inability to view them in the Browser
when you click on the link is due to a new Security Feature in IE7
called "Cross-Domain Protection". And IE7 comes opted into this new
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms649488.aspx
There is no User mechanism to opt IE out of this new feature in
Internet Options, but a Registry tweak workaround is posted here.
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=877645&SiteID=1
Good Luck,
Donald Anadell

Post by Panic
When someone sends me a link sending me to an html that goes to a
.swf file, it doesn't work. It opens the page in IE and say
"error". Any ideas? Sometimes at the bottom of the IE page instead
of "error" it shows ":done" but nothing is there. I have several
.swf files on my hard drive that list as Shockwave Flash Objects.
When I double click them it opens Internet Explorer and plays them
just fine.
I have WinXP Home SP2 updated and IE 7 that otherwise works OK.
I
use Windows Firewall and Cox cable anti-spam, anti-spyware programs.
I recently had to do a repair/install of WinXP SP2 but it is fully
up to date.

I just tried all that, Frank and it didn't help. It must be something
with IE7. That last link had me open Control Panel, select IE and
choose Repair. The only option I have on that is to Remove. Since I
COULD open .swf files that were on my computer I figure it must be
something about IE, even though the .swf files I open and run on my
computer are using IE7. So I opened Netscape and went to the online
site of the .swf file and could see it OK. Go figure.

Colin

2008-01-03 22:27:01 UTC

I have had the same exasperating problem with IE7, but the Registry tweak you
supplied worked perfectly. Thanks Donald. Now, if I can just get PowerPoint
2007 working properly on all files, my laptop will be back to normal.

Post by Panic
I tried the Registry edit, Donald. In that area are 3 entries close to
IE. ieexplore.exe; iexplore.exe; and explore.exe. All 3 have a value of
1 but I still can't play the cross-domain .swf entry.
Since Netscape plays the .swf files OK, I may open Netscape and choose
it for my primary browser. I figure I normally go to the internet by
clicking on the Internet Explorer icon so I should still be able to do
that (it may ask me if I want IE to be my default browser but I could
ignore that. Then, whenever I click on a link in OE it should go there
in Netscape, avoiding that .swf problem. Or... since it seems to be
only .swf cross-domain links, I could keep IE as my default browser, but
Copy the link in OE, open Netscape and Paste it there. What do you
think?

Post by Donald Anadell
Hi,
If your links to the Flash files are in the form of
"someserver/some.swf" then your inability to view them in the Browser
when you click on the link is due to a new Security Feature in IE7
called "Cross-Domain Protection". And IE7 comes opted into this new
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms649488.aspx
There is no User mechanism to opt IE out of this new feature in
Internet Options, but a Registry tweak workaround is posted here.
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=877645&SiteID=1
Good Luck,
Donald Anadell

Post by Panic
When someone sends me a link sending me to an html that goes to a
.swf file, it doesn't work. It opens the page in IE and say
"error". Any ideas? Sometimes at the bottom of the IE page instead
of "error" it shows ":done" but nothing is there. I have several
.swf files on my hard drive that list as Shockwave Flash Objects.
When I double click them it opens Internet Explorer and plays them
just fine.
I have WinXP Home SP2 updated and IE 7 that otherwise works OK. I
use Windows Firewall and Cox cable anti-spam, anti-spyware programs.
I recently had to do a repair/install of WinXP SP2 but it is fully
up to date.

I just tried all that, Frank and it didn't help. It must be something
with IE7. That last link had me open Control Panel, select IE and
choose Repair. The only option I have on that is to Remove. Since I
COULD open .swf files that were on my computer I figure it must be
something about IE, even though the .swf files I open and run on my
computer are using IE7. So I opened Netscape and went to the online
site of the .swf file and could see it OK. Go figure.

Donald Anadell

2008-01-04 21:02:49 UTC

You're welcome Colin.

Sorry I'm still using the old Office for Windows XP on all my machines here,
you might direct your question regarding PowerPoint 2007 to the following
discussion group:

http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.powerpoint

Good luck,

Donald Anadell

Post by Colin
I have had the same exasperating problem with IE7, but the Registry tweak you
supplied worked perfectly. Thanks Donald. Now, if I can just get PowerPoint
2007 working properly on all files, my laptop will be back to normal.

Post by Panic
I tried the Registry edit, Donald. In that area are 3 entries close to
IE. ieexplore.exe; iexplore.exe; and explore.exe. All 3 have a value of
1 but I still can't play the cross-domain .swf entry.
Since Netscape plays the .swf files OK, I may open Netscape and choose
it for my primary browser. I figure I normally go to the internet by
clicking on the Internet Explorer icon so I should still be able to do
that (it may ask me if I want IE to be my default browser but I could
ignore that. Then, whenever I click on a link in OE it should go there
in Netscape, avoiding that .swf problem. Or... since it seems to be
only .swf cross-domain links, I could keep IE as my default browser, but
Copy the link in OE, open Netscape and Paste it there. What do you
think?

Post by Donald Anadell
Hi,
If your links to the Flash files are in the form of
"someserver/some.swf" then your inability to view them in the Browser
when you click on the link is due to a new Security Feature in IE7
called "Cross-Domain Protection". And IE7 comes opted into this new
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms649488.aspx
There is no User mechanism to opt IE out of this new feature in
Internet Options, but a Registry tweak workaround is posted here.
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=877645&SiteID=1
Good Luck,
Donald Anadell

Post by Panic
When someone sends me a link sending me to an html that goes to a
.swf file, it doesn't work. It opens the page in IE and say
"error". Any ideas? Sometimes at the bottom of the IE page instead
of "error" it shows ":done" but nothing is there. I have several
.swf files on my hard drive that list as Shockwave Flash Objects.
When I double click them it opens Internet Explorer and plays them
just fine.
I have WinXP Home SP2 updated and IE 7 that otherwise works OK.
I
use Windows Firewall and Cox cable anti-spam, anti-spyware programs.
I recently had to do a repair/install of WinXP SP2 but it is fully
up to date.

I just tried all that, Frank and it didn't help. It must be something
with IE7. That last link had me open Control Panel, select IE and
choose Repair. The only option I have on that is to Remove. Since I
COULD open .swf files that were on my computer I figure it must be
something about IE, even though the .swf files I open and run on my
computer are using IE7. So I opened Netscape and went to the online
site of the .swf file and could see it OK. Go figure.

1littlewitchlet

2007-12-03 18:38:42 UTC