Since I have one of these, I really need a correct reliable information about how exactly the Flash function of Irfan View technically works.īrowser plugins received the 'timebomb' a few versions ago. Which would mean that also Irfan View would no longer be useful for rendering interactive swf files. This element will be auto-destroyed by Windows via an update which can't be avoided or deleted, and the element not be reinstalled. I found this discussion here on an Adobe forum which is about Win XP, but I don't think there have been any changes in this regard: However what I have been unable to figure out is if all these players are indeed independent, or whether they need the Flash element which is incorporated in the Widows system (folder Windows-sytem32/or/sysWOW64-Macromed-Flash-FlashUtil_ActiveX.exe). There are several so called 'standalone' flash players around (eg: SWF Player, SWF File Player, even the debugger projector of Adobe itself) - Irfan View's Flash Plugin being one of them. Hello, I couldn't find any answer to the problem, yet.

Flv vs swf