.swf files downloading and opening in RealPlayer, not Safari

Every time I click on a link to an .swf file, instead of the file opening in Safari and playing, Safari downloads the file and attempts to open it in RealPlayer, which doesn't work. I'd prefer to simply be able to open the .swf directly in Safari (I can do this by dragging the downloaded file into a Safari window showing about:blank, but I'm lazy and would like to skip this seemingly unnecessary step). Any hints?

Check that in your Quicktime preferences, under MIME settings that SWF files are associated with that, or realplayer, then Safari should open them using the plugin - or make sure you have got the shockwave/flash plugin installed.

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