Unable to uninstall FP version 7

OS; Windows XP Home Edition Version 2002 Service Pack 3, 32-bits
Web Browser: Both Firefox and Internet Explorer
Current version of Flash Player: 7, it seems
I had installed Macromedia Flash Player version 7 a long time ago, and with a huge lack of foresight I "upgraded" to version 10.
Everything was well, until I realized that while my web browsers would use version 10, whenever I tried to open a .swf file in my computer, it would use version 7 instead.
I've successfully uninstalled version 10, both from the browsers and from the computer itself. However, version 7 stays there. It won't disappear no matter what I do. I've used the uninstaller; it's completely missing from Add Remove Programs; I've deleted the Macromedia folder in the Program Files folder of the hard drive. I'm going after Adobe Reader and Acrobat right now, just in case one of those is the problem.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, as this has gone beyond mere inconvenience --not knowing what's the problem is driving me mad!

Hi Uxis, I'm glad you have it all taken care of. I thot you really had Flash Player version 7, didn't think of the standalone!
About a year and a half ago, there was a person that actually had version 6 and it was not the standalone either Ha-Ha
Glad Pat stopped by your thread too!!
Thanks for the feedback.
Regards,
eidnolb

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