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.....When I click on a link to play audio, I get the following message
from QuickTime: " Some of the MIME types previously associated with
the QT plugin are currently assoc with ...... shall I restore ... to
QT? " Yes NO. I click no, and Quicktime opens a second internet
explorer browser and plays it.

Where do I go to set Windows Media Player to play mp3 audio links as
it has for the past 3 years up until I installed iTunes and my iPod
Touch?

I really don't appreciate Apple's software hijacking my system this
way!

-ChrisCoaster

ChrisCoaster wrote:
> ....When I click on a link to play audio, I get the following message
> from QuickTime: " Some of the MIME types previously associated with
> the QT plugin are currently assoc with ...... shall I restore ... to
> QT? " Yes NO. I click no, and Quicktime opens a second internet
> explorer browser and plays it.
>
> Where do I go to set Windows Media Player to play mp3 audio links as
> it has for the past 3 years up until I installed iTunes and my iPod
> Touch?
>
> I really don't appreciate Apple's software hijacking my system this
> way!
>
> -ChrisCoaster

Did you look in your Control Panels ?

There could be a QuickTime control panel in there, and it has some
file associations. I'm pretty sure, when installing QuickTime in
the past, I denied it permission to grab any associations (as I'd prefer
to just load the QuickTime player, if I really needed it). But checking
now, in a Win2K install, the QuickTime control panel shows it has grabbed
a fair number of associations anyway.

iTunes is an "ecosystem" rather than a program, so expect
collateral damage when you install it.

Paul

On Sep 3, 2:48*pm, Paul <nos...@needed.com> wrote:
> ChrisCoaster wrote:
> > ....When I click on a link to play audio, I get the following message
> > from QuickTime: *" *Some of the MIME types previously associated with
> > the QT plugin are currently assoc with ...... shall I restore ... to
> > QT? " *Yes NO. *I click no, and Quicktime opens a second internet
> > explorer browser and plays it.
>
> > Where do I go to set Windows Media Player to play mp3 audio links as
> > it has for the past 3 years up until I installed iTunes and my iPod
> > Touch?
>
> > I really don't appreciate Apple's software hijacking my system this
> > way!
>
> > -ChrisCoaster
>
> Did you look in your Control Panels ?
>
> There could be a QuickTime control panel in there, and it has some
> file associations. I'm pretty sure, when installing QuickTime in
> the past, I denied it permission to grab any associations (as I'd prefer
> to just load the QuickTime player, if I really needed it). But checking
> now, in a Win2K install, the QuickTime control panel shows it has grabbed
> a fair number of associations anyway.
>
> iTunes is an "ecosystem" rather than a program, so expect
> collateral damage when you install it.
>
> * * Paul
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Dude, you should start your own podcast! LOL. Seriously. actually
Paul I went to Internet Explorer Tools>Manage Addons> and disabled the
Apple Quicktime one. I went to a known mp3 site, clicked on a MP3
Link. It asked me if I wanted to open or download, I clicked open, and
WMP11 opened and played it just fine. It has not asked me again
since.


Thanks for the explanation Paul.

-CC