Windows Media Player won't recognize Adobe Flash

Every time I try to play certain files (SWF files, that used to play in Windows Media Player) this little window pops up informing me that; "To play the selected item, you must install the Adobe Flash Player. To download the Adobe Flash Player, go to the Adobe Web site."
Problem is, I've downloaded Adobe Flash Player..... I even decided to cover all my bases, and got Shockwave as well but every time I try to play, it pops up the same message, and clicking the "Web Help" button takes me to the exact same page where I downloaded Adobe Flash Player from!
Gonna restart my system, see if that helps it (really feeling like it won't >,>), but if that doesn't work then I'm officially stumped!

Are you loading a particular website? Where is this file that uses Windows Media Player?
Since your issue relates to Flash, which is separate from Shockwave, post teh question, with full details of what you have been doing, to the Flash forum at:
http://forums.adobe.com/community/flashplayer

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