IE7 doesn’t open direct links to .swf files
Internet Explorer shows links like this: http://www.paultastic.com/multimedia/AllYourBase.swf (with “.swf” on the end) no more.
Forget about HTML-less method (http://flashpanoramas.com/player/simple) if you want to create a panorama for maximal audiance in web. Use HTML.
This problem is not for .swf files only, any files which need an ActiveX object to play, failed to open with a direct link url in the last version of the Microsoft Internet Explorer: .mov and .3gp for QuickTime, .rm and .ram for RealPlayer and so on…
So, what is the solution if you want to open a link like this: http://www.flashpanoramas.com/player/test/nature.swf? The most popular answer is: “Use Firefox”, I know. But there is another way to make IE 7 to open this url: go to Tools->Internet Options, find the tab “Security”, select icon “Trusted sites”, press button “Sites”, uncheck “Require server verification”, put “http://flashpanorama.com/” to the textfield and press “Add”. This makes the trick. But for single domain only. If you need to open .swf files for a host of domains, ok, use Firefox. 
This entry was posted on Friday, November 17th, 2006 at 9:35 am and is filed under Flash. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
on December 15, 2006 at 12:35 pm Andy wrote:
have you tried using this method:
http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/
on December 15, 2006 at 12:55 pm Denis V. Chumakov wrote:
Yes, but I told you about html-less method… It does’t work…
on December 17, 2006 at 2:02 pm Andrei Zdetovetchi wrote:
That’s strange Denis… Because I clicked on the AllYourBase.swf link, using IE7, I waited a little while the swf was downloading and then suddenly it started to run the animation. I’ve checked in Security settings, your site isn’t there…
All make some more tests to see if this really happens…
on December 17, 2006 at 2:03 pm Andrei Zdetovetchi wrote:
http://www.flashpanoramas.com/player/test/nature.swf
this also works fine in my IE7!
Want some screenshots?
on December 18, 2006 at 5:37 am Denis V. Chumakov wrote:
Lucky.
Anyway this theme was on microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general newsgroop, a lot of people have the same problem….
Let’s wait a little more tests.
on November 27, 2007 at 2:51 am Dan wrote:
THANKS!!! I’ve been looking for this solution for months! Ever since I downloaded IE7. Finally! I’ve been switching to Firefox every time someone sent a .swf flash file and copying and pasting the path. This is great, thanks again!!!