SWF format is used to store multimedia content and video games. It is very popular because it can be opened directly with any web browser compatible with Flash ...

If another program is trying to open it up and you want IE to open it up, you have to manually tell IE to open *.swf files by opening Windows Explorer and going to Tools->Folder Options->File Types, ...

Did you try searching for a copy of it stored in your cache? Do a search for all *.swf files and there might be a copy stored in your local temp.internet files folder. If it's there, just copy and ...