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Old May 7th, 2010, 07:36 PM posted to microsoft.public.powerpoint
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OK..I'm stumped. for what its worth Shockwave would not be a single embedded
file, it relies on other assets (xtras etc) that would need to be co-located
with the ppt in question. My only other thought would be to run script to
extract the embedded swf (flash) files if that’s what they are.
Good luck


Lem wrote:
Good thought, but NOT the solution.

I downloaded and ran the Flash Player uninstaller from Adobe and then
rebooted. I checked the folder where the the Flash Player files had been
located (%windir%\system32\Macromed\Flash) and nothing was left.
Moreover, Secunia PSI, which had picked up the presence of old versions
of both Flash Player and Shockwave hanging around even though Firefox
and IE reported the latest versions, no longer showed the old versions.

I then downloaded and installed the latest Flash Player. I checked in
both Firefox and IE and confirmed that the latest version was installed.

I opened the ppt file and got the same error message. The symptoms I
described earlier are still present.

For good measure, I also uninstalled Shockwave Player. I made the same
checks, and it indeed was completely gone. I downloaded and installed
the latest Shockwave Player. The ppt error is still there.

Any other suggestions?

This relates to an old version of Adobe Flash player on you computer.
Although you may have upgraded your Adobe Flash player within your browser IE

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presentation needs to do? In the latter case, what do I need to tell
him to do?



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