Preload main swf with another swf

Hey everyone,
I have two swf files, one is a preloader and the second is
the main file. I want to preload the main file using my preload
swf. It works, however the main swf starts to play after about 11%
of it is preloaded, how can i stop this? I want to preload the
entire main swf and then have it play. Here is the code i'm using
in my preloader swf. Or if anyone can tell me another way, anything
that will work at this point! I'm fairly new to this so any help is
much appreciated. I need this asap so anyone that could help,
please do! Thanks in advance!!

insert a blank frame before your current 1st frame in your
main swf and attach a stop() to that frame.
in your preloader use:

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