[sghitbyabazooka]

when archiving, it's preferable to leave the files in the state you originally found them

[kstrauser]

Is there a standard patch format for this use case, where you could keep the original files and have a second file that patches them at load time to make them runnable?

[Grom_PE]

As Flash files are often compressed, a patch wouldn't be any smaller than having an original and a fixed copy. You'd have to invent a new patch format that operates on an uncompressed SWF.