abduraooft was correct! make sure that you use a different program that will the shockwave file or swf. For sure you are on windows operating system and to do that select the swf file first (just one left click) or just simply right click on the file and then go to "open with" then select a default program. then a popup will appear containing list of programs and you may notice that winamp is listed way above other programs or selected by default. To change the program I personally select internet explorer or other internet browsers and click the check box that says something like "always use this program..." then the icon of swf file will change once you have successfully configured it.