Unload swf problem with unloadMovie()

hi,
i have an application in which there are users and their avatars. they can change their avatars. i load avatars in a movieClip using loadMovie and unload with unloadMovie. If the current avatar is an image file, it can be unloaded and loaded new image. However, if the current avatar is swf file, it cannot be unloaded. i tried this process in a empty fla, loaded and unloaded a swf after another one and it works, but it doesnt in my application.
How can it be solved? any suggestions...?
thanks...

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I can't quite say what the issue with your swf not loading in the html is. It almost sounds more like an issue of the swf not loading.
If the user has Flash Player installed on their machine (which they should if they are getting your original button) then you probably don't have to worry about the browser trying to download the swf - its probably not going to.
What you might want to be more concerned about is window resizing. If the user can resize the window from the specified size in your js (if you have any) than Flash Player will resize. If the user extends the window beyond the height OR the width, then anything on stage but out side of the fla stage bounds will be visible. You can constrain the size in your js, and set resize = no.
But mainly, youre perfectly fine linking directly to the swf if that is all you need.

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Hi All,
I have embedded .swf file with HTML. It is working fine with
win xp and win 2003. But not working on win 2000 server.
I have set the MIME in IIS for .swf.
Please let me know what setting I should configure.
Thanks,
Aung

does container exit on the timeline that contains your code?
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