I'm running the latest flashplayer on XP pro and have noticed that some video
files which previously loaded in flash player are now loading in Windows media
player. It seems to be completely random and I can't find a way of forcing the
downlaod to open in Adobe FP. Has any one else experienced this or can suggest
a workaround as media player takes ages to load and I need to find a fix as
this is slowing me down.

I am having a very similar problem. I installed the Adobe Creative Suite 3 two
weeks ago and Flash Player was working fine with it. Then all of a sudden
Quicktime Player was randomly overwriting .swf files online. I tried to change
the settings for Quicktime, didnt work. I tried to uninstall and then reinstall
flash player, didnt work. Now I can't even get flash player to install at all.
It says it's installed fine but then there is no application anywhere on my
computer. Have you found a solution to your problem?

Hi Linzae3 - I wish. I've spent most of the day looking at all the settings to
see what might have changed but found nothing. I've restored the registry to a
date when FP was working OK but I'm still in the situation that some video
files will open in FP but others default to a similar window, but with the
Windows media control bar at the bottom. Even though the properties of the
files seem to be the same. The problem is that the files take for ever to
download and run in Media player. Very frustrating.

Hi Linzae3. I think I may have found the answer for you. Let me know if this
works. Is there someone that I can resolve my problem with Media player ?

When you install QuickTime, or change your QuickTime settings, it may take
over handling of Flash files. However, this can be fixed quite easily. To stop
QuickTime from handling Flash files, do the following:

1. Close Mozilla (or Firefox)
2. Open the QuickTime Control Panel
3. Select "Browser Plug-in" from the dropdown menu
4. Open up the MIME Settings dialog
5. Make sure "Flash file" is not selected. This is listed under
Miscellaneous.
6. Click OK, and close the QuickTime Control Panel
7. Remove the file pluginreg.dat from your Profile Folder. This file
will be recreated next time you start Mozilla
8. Remove npqt*.dll from your Mozilla or Firefox plugins folder. These
files are not required, and can cause problems when QuickTime is upgraded

After doing this, you may need to reinstall Flash Player. These
instructions should be the same for both Windows and MacOS X, with the
exception of the last step.

Hi Linzae3. I think I may have found the answer for you. Let me know if this
works. Is there someone that I can resolve my problem with Media player ?

When you install QuickTime, or change your QuickTime settings, it may take
over handling of Flash files. However, this can be fixed quite easily. To stop
QuickTime from handling Flash files, do the following:

1. Close Mozilla (or Firefox)
2. Open the QuickTime Control Panel
3. Select "Browser Plug-in" from the dropdown menu
4. Open up the MIME Settings dialog
5. Make sure "Flash file" is not selected. This is listed under
Miscellaneous.
6. Click OK, and close the QuickTime Control Panel
7. Remove the file pluginreg.dat from your Profile Folder. This file
will be recreated next time you start Mozilla
8. Remove npqt*.dll from your Mozilla or Firefox plugins folder. These
files are not required, and can cause problems when QuickTime is upgraded

After doing this, you may need to reinstall Flash Player. These
instructions should be the same for both Windows and MacOS X, with the
exception of the last step.