How to open SWF file extension?

If you come across some file extension for the first time, select a proper program to work with this file format.

SWF file extension

The files used by us on electronic devices have various file extensions thanks to which we know what data is contained by a given file. One of the file formats used on computers is SWF file extension. The full name of this file format is Shockwave Flash Movie. The producer of this format is Adobe Systems.

If you have a file with such file extension on your computer and you do not know how to start it, you are at the right website.

If you do not know what to do with SWF file, it is worth to click on it twice. Windows System will automatically find the programs which can open a file of a given format or producer. If even the operating system is not able to help, then the proper software used to open files with SWF file extension is not installed on the computer.

Thanks to the installation of a proper program you can not only view the content of such file, but also edit it and save it on the hard disk of your computer. Therefore, it is worth to think about downloading a free or paid application characterized with proper functionality. Below you can find a list of applications that are adequate for SWF files on various operating systems:

File type : Shockwave Flash Movie

Developer/Producer - Adobe Systems

File description - Shockwave Flash Movie

Popularity - 5/5

Windows

- Adobe Flash Player
- Adobe Flash Professional CS6
- Adobe Dreamweaver CC
- Eltima SWF & FLV Player
- Eltima SWF & FLV Toolbox
- Eltima Flash Decompiler Trillix
- Xilisoft Video Converter Ultimate
- GRETECH GOM Player
- Media Player Classic
- GlobFX Swiff Player
- DCOMSOFT SWF Protector
- Web browser with the Flash plugin

Mac OS

- Adobe Flash Player
- Adobe Flash Professional CS6
- Adobe Dreamweaver CC
- Eltima Elmedia Player
- Eltima Flash Decompiler Trillix
- Eltima Flash Optimizer
- Echo One iSwiff
- DCOMSOFT SWF Protector
- Web browser with the Flash plugin

Linux

- Adobe Flash Player
- DCOMSOFT SWF Protector
- Web browser with the Flash plugin

Useful advice

Sometimes it can be so that you have a proper program installed on your computer, but the system still cannot deal with it. It is worth to try changing the association in registry. Thanks to this, Windows will associate the file with proper application. Scanning the registry and searching for errors of such type ma solve many problems concerning improper launch of application.