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Posted by Neredbojias on 10/26/07 22:42
Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:40:30
GMT dorayme scribed:
>> > I use an λmbed src"to play mp3-files in a local html-page. Until
>> > last week it used Windows Media Player. When I visited the page
>> > today it used QuickTime. As far as I know I didn't change a thing.
>> >
>> > How can I change it back to Windows Media Player?
>>
>> Quicktime is a heinous program that inveigles itself in your
>> software. The first thing I would do is get rid of it - "remove" it
>> from your computer. This may be necessary in some cases to remove it
>> from browser-recognition.
>>
>> You will also (probably) have to edit your browser's mime types as
>> well. If you're still having problems in a couple of days, I will
>> retrace my own steps in exorcising it from IE on my box and let you
>> know what I did.
>
> On a Mac one can set up what a browser should use for opening
> files. For example, in Firefox, under the Content preferences,
> there is a field where you can manage how the browser handles
> certain file types. You can open with a plugin (these can be
> inspected in their folder), open with some application, save them
> to your computer and not open them. You can set these things up
> easily. Perhaps it is more complex on Windows machines? It seems
> very drastic to remove QT completely. Perhaps someone could go
> through the procedure of how to set options for this on a Windows
> machine... on a Windows forum if not here?
The problem I had was with ie6 on a Windows machine. It was exceedlingly
difficult to change Quicktime from being the default for certain mime
types no matter what I did. Dunno about ie7, and for ff and opera, I
experienced no real problem. Perhaps Sherm Pendley's method (re-
defaulting WMP) is a quick-fix I just didn't think of, but I really can't
remember. In any event, Jonathan N. Little has posted alterantives I
wished I knew about before, and I'd recommend those procedures
particularly in the case of Quicktime, which I'll never use again.
(Quicktime/mov files are also just made for embedding ads and other non-
user-friendly parasites of the digital persuasion.) However, keep in
mind that a portion of the dilemma is with ie/win, too.
--
Neredbojias
Just a boogar in the proboscis of life.
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