Adding the SWF MIME type for Macintosh Internet Explorer users

The movies in Flash Help are Shockwave Flash movies. They are installed on your local hard drive. To use Internet Explorer 3.0 or 4.0 on a Macintosh to view these movies or any Shockwave Flash movies stored locally, you must change your Internet Explorer MIME type Preferences.

To add the SWF MIME type to your Internet Explorer browser preferences on a Macintosh:

1 Launch Internet Explorer.
2 Choose Edit > Preferences.
3 Under Receiving Files, choose File Helpers.
4 Click Add to add the following information:
Representation:
Description: Shockwave Flash

Extension: .swf

MIME type: application/x-shockwave-flash

File Type:
Application: Flash (browse to where your local copy of Flash is located)

File Type: SWFL

File Creator: MFL2

Handling:
How to handle: View with Plugin

Application: Shockwave Flash NP-PPC or Shockwave Flash NP-68K (Browse to the appropriate plugin for your machine.)

5 Click OK.
6 Click the browser's Back button to return to the help topic.
To view older FutureSplash files, repeat these steps with SPL.