Opening .fla

I have recently obtained a new laptop after my old one died.
I have my previous hard drive in a usb caddy, when I try to
open my .fla files in fash an error appears saying "Unexpected file
format"
I also have a very old imac when I open the files on this
they work fine.
Could this be because my new laptop is running Windows Vista?
This is unsuprisingly concerning as I still need to use and
edit these files, can you think of any reasons for this problem?
Thanks.

Often, when you copy any files to a memory stick (USB), the
stick is removed from the USB port
before the files are completely copied - always best to use
the "Safely Remove Hardware" feature in
your system tray to insure all files are copied 100% to the
memory stick. If they were "copied" then
originals still exist on your hard drive. But maybe you meant
"Moved" to the memory stick?
Either way - sounds like you corrupted them.
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mad1980 wrote:
> When I posted the 1st message I was away from home and
my mac, now I am back I
> have found the mac files are not working either. I
opened and edited the mac
> files about a month ago and have only copied them to a
memory stick since then
> hence the reason I assumed they would still work.
>
> I have copied the files to the new laptop and still no
joy.
>
> I am using the same version of Flash on my mac and
laptop.
>
> If the files are damaged is there anything that can be
done to retrieve them?
>

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Snaidu Design wrote:
> Hello All
>
> I have designed 1 web site in flash , now my clients
want some changes in that
> , but the problem is that file is not opening, i have
the source of that file
> but when i m trying to open that file then i m getting
error " error while
> opening file." i dont know why its coming ? what will be
the reason of that ?
> is it may bcoz of version conflict ? pls help me.
>
> Thanx in advance.
>
> Dinesh
> S Naidu Online.
>

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