Adobe Flash Player

Want play some .SWF files, so download "Adobe flash player for IE", then install successfully, but it is a plug, can't open the swf files independently, by the other word, I just can play them in IE, but I don't like so.
At first, I think there is a .exe player can be executing, so locate C:\windows\system32\adobe\flash, but fink none .exe files.
Then maybe can download an individual player, but can't find in www.adobe.com, later I find out that, there are too players: adobe flash player, and adobe shockwave player, there are different, Flash player are used to play flash files, expecially swf, but shockware player are used to play the files made by Director studio.
At last, I need to install flash 8 or Flash MX, or Flash CS4.