Preview error: SWF compilation failed

I am getting an error when I try to preview the project.
But the project doesn't have any user variables.
Where should I start troubleshooting? This is not a project I built. It was built by another developer. I am also having trouble accessing the quiz screen properties in the master slides (posted as another question). It seems this project is just glitchy.
I opened and published a blank project and it was fine, so it's something about this particular project. I have too many slides to be able to create a new project one-by-one to find out if any of them are corrupt. What can I try before that?

Go to C:/program files(x86)/Adobe/Captivate/AdobeCaptivate.ini    (For Windows 7)
          C:/Program Files/Adobe/Adobe Captivate 6 x64                  (for Win 7 with Captivate 64 bit)
         C:/program files/Adobe/Captivate/AdobeCaptivate.ini            (For Windows XP)
Open the file with notepad.
you need to write this "Use32BitJVMForPublish = 1" (Without double codes) in AdobeCaptivate.ini file.
Note : Make sure Adobe Captivate is not running while editing .ini file.
Save it and Try to publish the project.
Thanks.

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Hello,
Welcome to Adobe Forums.
Did you tried copy and pasting all the slide of this project to a blank project ?
Note : If the above step do not work, then try this :
1) Copy 5 slides and publish
2) If publish is successfull, try another 5 and publish again
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Hi There,
Please try the below steps and check if it helps :
Go to C:/programfiles/Adobe/Adobe Captivate(version)/AdobeCaptivate.ini
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Hi There,
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Hi Lillbiri,
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Hi
Check this forum : http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1111120?tstart=0
SWF compilation can come for following reasons:
1) If you use action script keywords in Captibvate project variables.
Resolution: Make sure you don't use action script keywords.
2) If you have invisible characters present in text fields.
Resolution: Don't Copy/Paste text from some other application to Captivate text fields like Project information etc. Type with key board. Create a blank project and publish, if you still get SWF compilation issue then your 64 bit JVM might be corrupted.
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Hi There,
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1) If you use action script keywords in Captibvate project variables.
Resolution: Make sure you don't use action script keywords.
2) If you have invisible characters present in text fields.
Resolution: Don't Copy/Paste text from some other application to Captivate text fields like Project information etc. Type with key board. Create a blank project and publish, if you still get SWF compilation issue then your 64 bit JVM might be corrupted.
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Close and Re-launch Captivate.
Re-publish the project
Captivate ini file is present at “C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Captivate 6 x64” location
You can send me a mail at sankaram at adobe dot com if it still doesn't resolve the issue.
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Sankaram.

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