QuickTime Hijacked My Browser!

[KlumpDud]

Ok, maybe "hijacked" isn't the right word. More like "commandeered".

Despite unchecking mpg, avi, and mp3 under QT's file types preferences, whenever I'm browsing with Firefox and I click on a link to a video or audio file (such as mpg, avi, mp3), it will begin to play it in the browser with QuickTime. I can still save the file to disk and open it with whatever program I want, but in-browser will automatically play it with QT! How do I stop it?

In Firefox' download options (under download actions) those file types are set to open with the QT plugin. When I try to change them, they change right back.

Any help is appreciated.

[Kareeser]

Find the Quicktime Icon in your taskbar (The little blue Q at the bottom right corner), and open the preferences.

If it's not there, you'll have to open the Quicktime Player manually (from the Start Menu), and open the preferences (Edit -> Preferences -> Quicktime Preferences).

Click the "Browser" tab, and uncheck "Play Movies Automatically".

Hope that helps!

[glc]

If you aren't using iTunes or something else that *requires* Quicktime, uninstall it and install Quicktime Alternative.

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/...lternative.htm

[KlumpDud]

Unfortunately I do have itunes installed for my ipod. Is there anything else I can do?

[Kareeser]

Did my suggestion do anything?

[KlumpDud]

Originally Posted by Kareeser Did my suggestion do anything?

Sorry, I forgot to mention that it was already unchecked.

However, I think I may have solved it. Through trial and error, I located the QT plugin in the firefox folder and removed it. Then in firefox options I set the file types to what I want.

So far it has stayed the way I want it. So I guess problem solved!