How to play SWF files without browser

Posted by Mehper C. Palavuzlar on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Mehper C. Palavuzlar
Published on 2010-02-08T14:33:32Z Indexed on 2010/04/30 20:08 UTC
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I like to play some downloaded Shockwave Flash (.SWF) files without opening my internet browser. Sometime ago, I remember I could do it just double clicking on the SWF item. Then it was opening in a plain Shockwave window. Now XP won't play ball. I tried Folder Options > File types but couldn't find the associated player exe. How can I surpass this?

Edit: There has to be some way to do this without a 3rd party software since I can already play SWFs on my browsers.

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