Why do all of the original swf's play, but only 1 plays when copied?

Question

Hi all,
      I joined this forum after searching it, and Google, for this answer. I am running Windows XP SP3. The Adobe Flash Player home page ran a test and says that I'm running version 11.1.102.55, although whenever I open a swf file in Adobe, the Flash Player window that opens says that it's Flash Player 10. The problem is that I have 6 swf files on my slave drive. All 6 play fine from that original location. I've noticed that when I copy them and try to play them on either another computer, the same computer's master drive, or even the same computer's slave drive in a different folder, 5 of the 6 won't play. The 1 that does play is always the same one. I also noticed a difference in the 1 that plays everywhere. It doesn't start automatically like the rest of them do. It has an arrow to click to play it. When the 5 swf files that will only play from the original folder are played, they start to play automatically when clicking on them. The Flash Player window opens without showing an arrow to click on. I hope that this information is helpful, and that someone knows what is happening. Thanks.

Answer 1

Joe McDoakes wrote:
Thanks for the suggestion Xircal.
I tried many different players to play these .swf files, all with the same results. The one player that I kept, aside from Flash Player, is simply called "Free Opener". It opens 75+ file types. I installed "VLC Player" today from your suggestion. It looks familiar. I think that it's one of the many players that I tried and then uninstalled. When I tried to open a .swf file, "VLC Player" just closes. The window that opens that asks you to choose a file, does not show .swf files as an option, so I had to use the pull-down menu and choose "all files". Looking on the official site, the player does not claim to open .swf files.
                                                                              Joe McDoakes
Can you do the following please.
Go to: http://www.headbands.com/gspot/v26x/index.htm and download Gspot 2.70a at the top of the list.
Right click, then "Extract all" when the Wizard starts to extract the contents of the zip file.
Run Gspot.exe to start. It's a standalone app which means you don't have to install it.
In the first screenshot, you see the app as it looks when launched. Click the button shown by the arrow and then navigate to one of the files which won't play.
In the second screenshot, click the #1 button indicated by the arrow to get an analysis.
Another button will appear underneath that (#2) after the analysis appears which will open a preview screen. It should play about 5 seconds of audio/video. You should be able to see in the analysis window what the file format is and which program can play it by default. Hover the mouse over the results to get more info.