Projector file - exe does not play

newbie here.
Flash CS4 Professional
XP SPII
Published a projector file (exe) with a video that runs fine
as a swf. Exe is a 4 mb file; sounds about the right size.
Ran the exe on my computer; worked perfectly. Thought I was
all set.
Tried it on 2 other similar PCs (though not installed with
Flash); the application opened, title bar showed Flash player 10,
but the window was blank - white screen. Nothing happened.
There must be a simple answer here, but help and search of
forum revealed nothing.
Any ideas?
Thanks.

(I was wrong about the size of the exe. 4 mb included just
the Flash player code, not my video - of course.)
And yes, that is why the exe did not play on another
computer. When I ran it on my computer, I had the exe in the same
directory as the flv. So the exe could find the flv. But on another
computer (where there was no flv), it did not work -- the exe could
not find the flv file. I did not understand the dependency on the
flv. Now, I do.
I understand the path part of your answer; that makes sense.
But having to provide 2 files (the exe and the flv) for another
computer is awkward. I want a single, self-contained exe file.
I guess that embedding the flv file into the swf makes sense,
too. But I had to figure out how to do that.
Once again, y'all have lead me to the answer. For the benefit
of others who might read this...
a search of the knowledgebase revealed this link:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Flash/10.0_UsingFlash/WSBDABD69F-D146-4e5c-9340-BF717A10426C.h tml
That instructed me to create a new flash file, click frame 1
in the timeline; then click File/Import/Import video/ and then
select
"Embed FLV into SWF and play in timeline" option, and follow
the wizard to completion.
Then, when you publish it as an projector file (an exe), the
exe will include the video.
(As I expected, the size of the exe is not 9 mb; that is
because the exe now includes both the flash player and my video.)
Thanks,

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