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Is it possible to play flash without flash-player installed? I heard that SWF file and flash player itself may be included into one EXE file.

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Note for anyone finding this thread in 2025: Adobe Flash Player reached end of life on Dec 31, 2020 and most browsers began blocking SWF playback on Jan 12, 2021. Windows also removed the legacy player via update KB4577586. That means the old advice to rely on browsers or generic media players no longer applies, and SWF-to-EXE wrappers can carry security risk. If you only need playback (not editing), prefer safer, offline approaches.

For many ActionScript 1/2 projects, the Ruffle emulator runs SWFs without installing Flash. Download the desktop build, launch it, and open your SWF; for content embedded in HTML, you can drop the Ruffle script into the page so it plays locally in modern browsers. See Ruffle. For larger training packages (lots of assets, HTML wrappers, or navigation), BlueMaxima’s Flashpoint bundles a portable launcher and isolated runtime; import the SWF or a copy of the course and play it offline. See Flashpoint. For advanced AS3 content that emulators struggle with, use an offline virtual machine and a trusted standalone Flash projector only in a quarantined environment. Avoid downloading random SWF-to-EXE files; treat them like any other unsigned executable. Historical note for Post #5: those intranet pages worked because the browser’s Flash plugin rendered the SWF inside HTML; the HTML file itself was not a player. For EOL background, see Adobe’s notice: Flash Player end-of-life.

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Member Avatar for Qusto

I've found a decision -
P.S.: Thanx to Alex.

Member Avatar for candaceusa

Thanx Qusto. I was in a search for this software. but I think gom player also opens and plays swf files.

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yes, indeed.
you can convert swf to video formats avi, wmv, mov for playing with windows media player or quicktime player. iWisoft swf to video converter can convert flash swf to all these mentioned formats.

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Our trainer posts online training in our local intranet. They are all Flash based presentation. All the computers in the office don't have any application installed since it is a call center. We are able to play those materials though even without any type of player. My friend tells me because we are seeing those files in html format. How do you do that?

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yes, it is possible. compile your file as exe, not swf from .fla source file. You can play SWF files with Internet Explorer. Most of the browsers do support flash these days. But in some cases you might be needed to install it if you are using the older versions of the browsers. You always need flash plug in to view flash content. Flajector converts SWF to EXE files. u can use it.

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Our trainer posts online training in our local intranet. They are all Flash based presentation. All the computers in the office don't have any application installed since it is a call center. We are able to play those materials though even without any type of player. My friend tells me because we are seeing those files in html format. How do you do that?

Flajector can include a flash player in generated applications. You can run your .exe:)

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Looks interesting but why am i not surprised IT ISNT FREE??

EDIT:

This on the other hand IS FREE!!1

http://swf-to-exe.com

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