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How to reinstall Shockwave Flash

Posted August 2002 by Steve Sinchak

To reinstall the shockwave flash:

NOTE: You must be logged on as Administrator or as a member of the Administrators group in order to perform this procedure. xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /

  1. Click Start , click Run , and then type the following command:

%systemroot%\inf

NOTE : There are no spaces at all in the preceding command line.

  1. Click OK to open the INF folder. - Locate the file swflash.inf

Right-click the file, and then click Install . This will reinstall the files that Search needs to proceed normally.

You will be asked to place your windows XP cd rom in the drive.

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