Flash 8 Windows Not Recognizing Flash 5 Mac .fla file!!

I have been forced to change computers from Mac to Windows.
My Mac has .fla files created in Flash 5, and I am attempting to
transfer them to my Windows machine (XP Media), where I am using
Flash 8 Professional. My problem: some of the files I created in
Flash 5 on the Mac are transferring to the Windows environment just
fine...and others aren't recognized at all by Flash 8 (and I get an
error from Windows saying it cannot transfer the files because it
"cannot read from the source file or disk", despite their having
been created on exactly the same machine using the same program. I
have to sell this Mac, but now I am afraid to until I can figure
out how to successfully transfer these files. Any suggestions,
anyone?

how are you transferring them? it doesnt sound like a flash
issue as many have been sharing FLA
files cross-platform for years witout issue. There's a chance
the FLAs are corrupt as well.
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Pilot Bill wrote:
> I have been forced to change computers from Mac to
Windows. My Mac has .fla
> files created in Flash 5, and I am attempting to
transfer them to my Windows
> machine (XP Media), where I am using Flash 8
Professional. My problem: some of
> the files I created in Flash 5 on the Mac are
transferring to the Windows
> environment just fine...and others aren't recognized at
all by Flash 8 (and I
> get an error from Windows saying it cannot transfer the
files because it
> "cannot read from the source file or disk", despite
their having been created
> on exactly the same machine using the same program. I
have to sell this Mac,
> but now I am afraid to until I can figure out how to
successfully transfer
> these files. Any suggestions, anyone?
>

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