Swf file triggers downloads instead of playing

Cookie Settings. Learn why people trust wikiHow. Download Article Explore this Article methods. Tips and Warnings. Related Articles. Method 1. Open Firefox. Click or double-click the Firefox app icon, which resembles an orange fox on a blue globe.

Due to Firefox's built-in tool that allows you to access Flash objects, Firefox is the preferred browser for downloading SWF files. Go to the Flash video or game you want to download. Open the website on which your Flash game or video is hosted.

Enable Flash content if necessary. If the game doesn't immediately load, click the prompt or notification to enable Flash, then click Allow or Enable if prompted to confirm your choice.

This will reload the page. Wait for the Flash item to load. This is necessary in order to ensure that all of the correct SWF files are loaded in the page. Start the game. If you're downloading a Flash game, click the Play or similar button to prompt the game to start. This will allow your browser to find the correct SWF files. Right-click a blank part of the page. A drop-down menu will appear. On a Mac, hold down Control while clicking a blank part of the page.

Make sure you aren't right-clicking the game window itself. Click View Page Info. It's in the drop-down menu. A pop-up window will appear. If you don't see this option, you probably right-clicked an ad or a piece of the game window. Right-click a different part of the page. Click the Media tab. This option is at the top of the pop-up window. Doing so displays all of the images, backgrounds, and Flash objects on the page. Look for a SWF file. Scroll down the pop-up window until you find a file with "Object" listed in the "Type" column, then check the file's name to see if it matches the name of the video or game you want to download.

Click Save As…. It's in the lower-right side of the pop-up window. The file will begin downloading onto your computer. You may need to select a save location or confirm this decision before proceeding. Wait for the SWF file to finish downloading. Once the file is on your computer, you can proceed. Try opening the SWF file. You can use a free program to open and play the SWF file. If the file plays correctly, you've successfully downloaded the right SWF file.

If your downloaded SWF file doesn't open or isn't the correct file, you'll need to go back and try a different "Object" file. If there are no more "Object" files, your SWF file can't be downloaded. Method 2. If the game doesn't immediately load, click the Click to enable Adobe Flash Player section, then click Allow when prompted.

Some sites will have a different button e. This is in the top-right corner of Chrome. Clicking it prompts a drop-down menu. Select More tools. A pop-out menu will appear. Click Developer tools. This is in the pop-out menu. Doing so opens the Developer pane on the right side of the page. Click the Elements tab. It's at the top of the pane. Bring up the "Find" search bar. Type in swf. Doing so will highlight each instance of "SWF" appearing in the source code. Find the address for the SWF file.

Scroll through the source code to review the highlighted "SWF" options. Copy the SWF file's address. Since Chrome doesn't let you select an individual line of text, you may have to copy an entire block of code.

Paste the address into Chrome's address bar. Since you copied an entire block of code, you'll need to remove the code before and after the address before proceeding. Doing so will prompt the SWF file to download onto your computer. Wait for the SWF file to download. Once it's on your computer, you can proceed. If prompted, click Keep on the prompt warning you that SWF files can harm your computer. You may also have to select a save location.

Method 3. Open Microsoft Edge. Click or double-click the Edge app icon, which resembles either a dark-blue "e" or a white "e" on a dark-blue background. If the game doesn't immediately load, click the puzzle piece-shaped Flash icon in the address bar, then click the Enable or Allow prompt to enable Flash and reload the page. It's in the upper-right side of the window. Click Developer Tools. This is in the drop-down menu. Doing so opens the Developer Tools pane on the right side of the page.

You might want to reduce the right side of the pane by clicking and dragging right the scroll bar in the middle of the pane. This will make searching the Elements tab easier. It's at the top of the Developer Tools pane. This would cause Opera to embed the swf file with the flash player so that the swf would play inside Opera. Ok, as far as I can see, Chrome users also have this problem. The problem is, that the site should load up and then ask, if it should download the.

There's an "ask where to save" checkbox in the settings that should allow you to cancel when it tries to download. It might help with that part. It still doesn't change anything ok, something , I can't access the pages, so I don't do this. I'll wait for any response from the Support wrote to them , so maybe there will be any feedback. Looking on the net, if this did work fine in Chrome and Opera before, it's most likely due to changes Chromium made with the handling of flash.

To check, download the Opera 48 setup file , launch it, click "options", set "install path" to a folder on your desktop, set "install for" to "Standalone Installation USB " and install. When that Opera opens up, immediately close it. Go into the Opera folder on your desktop and in the version folder, rename the opera autoupdate exe so that Opera doesn't update to 49 on you. Swfs not opening, downloading instead. Reply Reply as topic. This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.

A Former User last edited by leocg Twenty minutes ago I tried to play a music. Any idea, any help? Reply Quote 0 1 Reply Last reply. A Former User sgunhouse last edited by sgunhouse As I said, it worked perfectly just 5 days ago.

A Former User Guest last edited by kuna I'm having the same problem, started after the latest Windows 7 security update four days ago. A Former User last edited by By the way, the whole game works perfectly without any problems, it's the files alone, which don't want to play.

A Former User last edited by I have same issue, haven't managed to find anything helpful to fix it. But, you said it worked fine a few days ago, so I don't know. A Former User burnout last edited by burnout Thanks, that's good to know. Then launch that Opera and test.