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WMP works, although for some reason double-clicking on some filetypes doesn't open it and I have to open it first then drag and drop or something. For many filetypes the file opens but doesn't start playing - I have to switch to the player and click play.
I might say that VLC used to have a hissing/crackling sound, which is why I switched to WMP, particularly after I found codecs for WMP, but it's fine now. I suppose I'll use VLC. Thanks for the comments!
Just type "vlc alternative" or "windows media player alternative " in google, and then you will get many good players to play your flv files.
I have never been able to play Flash files in any version of Windows Media Player. At previous job for over ten years managing quarterly presentations, and would often be asked to play videos from the web. I would usually go in to IE's cache and take the .flv files, and could never get them to play in WMP. Until I discovered VLC, I was always having to play them in IE.
I hardly see this as a negative for Windows 10. Flash should have died years ago. If Windows Media Player was as full featured as you'd like, some other company would end up suing due to "anti-competitive practives".