Control the property of an object in main stage from a loaded swf timeline

please someone help me here, im loosing my mind
i have a UILoader that loads an image from an xml list when you click its thumbnail ( in its thumbnails mc on mainstage aswell)
thing is, i have another UILoader on the layer above that loads in a swf ( a slideshow that fades in and out the pictures when they change to the next,
with all the coding on frame 1, frame 2 only has a stop and some code for when the mouse is idle for 5 secs it goes back to frame 1)
so when you go to "portraits" it takes you to frame "x" where the slideshow ( loaded external swf ) starts playing automaticly right,
if i click any thumbnail the slideshow goes to frame 2 ( wich is perfect and the mouse idle thing i wanted works great ) the ONLY THING IS
after the slideshow runs by default for the first time ( i enter the category portraits )
and i click any thumbnail ( moving slideshow swf to frame 2 enabling mouse idle event )
and the mouse is idle ( so it does the event and starts playing the slideshow again ( goes back to frame 1 ) )
I CANT MAKE THE UILOADER OF THE THUMBS IMAGE TO DISSAPPEAR!!!
i have tried everything i can think of and everything i have read trying to adapt it with what i know,
im no guru at this i reeeeally need some help
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH !

and where would i put the remove.simpleScreen ( simpleScreen is the loader i would want to remove )
would it be on the external swf on frame 1 where the slideshow plays?
or in the main timeline's category's frame?
the problem ( that i see ) is that both loaders are on the same frame ( different layers tho )
so if i put a the remove simplescreen there it wont show me the pictures when i click the thumbs
or could i make it so that it removes it BECAUSE its playing on frame 1 ?

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