# Flash movies

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-movies/88144>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 18, 2001, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-movies/88144 "2001-10-18T03:23:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![MagicalSilverKey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-movies/88144/1 "2001-10-18T03:23:39Z")

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Is there a way to save internet “flash” movies to my hard disk? When I try, there is no “save” option anywhere that I can find.

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**Author:** ![Genseric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Genseric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genseric)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-movies/88144/2 "2001-10-18T05:41:33Z")

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You can copy them out of your browser cache. In Windows, with IE, this is under C:\Windows\Temporary Internet Files. They are usually \*.swf files. You usually can view the html source of the page, and copy the location of the file and use a download manager like Get Right to download it.

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**Author:** ![Genseric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Genseric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genseric)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-movies/88144/3 "2001-10-18T05:42:45Z")

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Just to clarify, that was two separate methods I listed.