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Quicktime

HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq.Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
edited December 2006 in Help / Advice Forum
Is not working. Specifically, it won't work in Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Opera, and I can't even uninstall the damn thing. I think its skiddish behavior may be related to a codecs pack I've got install, but I uninstalled the thing and QT is still fussin' about. Anyone know what I should do?

And reformatting is out of the question, so don't even suggest it.

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  • JinniganJinnigan Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    How is it not working? Is a blank screen coming up but not playing? Is it saying it's not installed?

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  • HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    edited December 2006
    Every time I try to do something with Quicktime (watch a trailer, for example) I get the following message:

    imonurinternetslookinforporn.jpg

    That's in Firefox. In IE it just locks up.

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  • The Green Eyed MonsterThe Green Eyed Monster i blame hip hop Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    My first suggestion would be to uninstall and re-install everything (iTunes, QT, IE, and Firefox, maybe more), but then that might wipe your codecs which you have, I don't know. I just know that solution generally gets things to work for me when I do it.

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  • Brodo FagginsBrodo Faggins Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    restart in safe mode, go to add/remove programs, and uninstall from there?

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  • HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    edited December 2006
    Brodo Faggins wrote:
    restart in safe mode, go to add/remove programs, and uninstall from there?
    Tried that. Didn't work. Said something to the effect of "Windows Install is either not working or is not properly installed." It also mentioned that Windows Install might not work if I was in safe mode, so :|

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  • HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    edited December 2006
    celery77 wrote:
    My first suggestion would be to uninstall and re-install everything (iTunes, QT, IE, and Firefox, maybe more), but then that might wipe your codecs which you have, I don't know. I just know that solution generally gets things to work for me when I do it.
    How would I go about wiping all my codecs?

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  • HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    edited December 2006
    Got this error while trying to configure file types with QT.

    FATALERROR.jpg

    Anyone know what it means?

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  • stiliststilist Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    Does anything else have problems, or only things related to QuickTime? Because there's a minor possibility your Windows install is boned.

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2006
    Honestly looks like your Windows install is done for. Corrupted DLLs and so on. If the Microsoft Installer isn't working, that sounds like corruption.

    You -are- updated to SP2, right?

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  • HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    edited December 2006
    FyreWulff wrote:
    Honestly looks like your Windows install is done for. Corrupted DLLs and so on. If the Microsoft Installer isn't working, that sounds like corruption.

    You -are- updated to SP2, right?
    Yes. How do I fix Windows Installer (please don't say reformat :( )?

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  • denihilistdenihilist Ancient and Mighty Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited December 2006
    Hacksaw wrote:
    Got this error while trying to configure file types with QT.

    FATALERROR.jpg

    Anyone know what it means?
    Well you have a version of Quicktime Alternative installed and some kind of conflict is happening. Did you install iTunes or upgrade quicktime recently?

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  • HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    edited December 2006
    denihilist wrote:
    Hacksaw wrote:
    Got this error while trying to configure file types with QT.

    FATALERROR.jpg

    Anyone know what it means?
    Well you have a version of Quicktime Alternative installed and some kind of conflict is happening. Did you install iTunes or upgrade quicktime recently?
    Yeah, but I can't get either to uninstall properly. I even tried to in Safe Mode, but it was a No Go for both. I need to fix my Windows Install, don't I?

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  • RuckusRuckus Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    That doesn't appear to be a quicktime issue, you appear to be using the Quicktime Alternative codec pack.

    Try using the real version of Quicktime (reinstall the latest version) and see if it lets you use stuff.

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  • denihilistdenihilist Ancient and Mighty Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited December 2006
    Or you need to remove quicktime alternative from your registry manually. It's probably that the unistall can't tell the difference between the two, or they use pieces of each other and it's a permissions problem.

    I could be wrong of course, but that's the way I would approach it.

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  • denihilistdenihilist Ancient and Mighty Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited December 2006
    Ruckus wrote:
    That doesn't appear to be a quicktime issue, you appear to be using the Quicktime Alternative codec pack.

    Try using the real version of Quicktime (reinstall the latest version) and see if it lets you use stuff.
    But if he installed iTunes recently, he installed Quicktime as well which is causing the problem.

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  • HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    edited December 2006
    Okay, so pick up a registry cleaner?

    And regular QT doesn't work, folks. It won't initialize properly, it won't plug in properly, and I can't uninstall it. Should I just pull up and rip it from my registry manually, along with my QT alternative?

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  • RuckusRuckus Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    denihilist wrote:
    Ruckus wrote:
    That doesn't appear to be a quicktime issue, you appear to be using the Quicktime Alternative codec pack.

    Try using the real version of Quicktime (reinstall the latest version) and see if it lets you use stuff.
    But if he installed iTunes recently, he installed Quicktime as well which is causing the problem.

    My thinking is that reinstalling the latest standalone quicktime from apple should restore the default codecs and associations and rewrite the registry entries back in favor of Apple Quicktime. It should also function properly with iTunes.

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  • denihilistdenihilist Ancient and Mighty Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited December 2006
    t hacksaw That's what I would try. Won't garuntee anything though.

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  • denihilistdenihilist Ancient and Mighty Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited December 2006
    Ruckus wrote:

    My thinking is that reinstalling the latest standalone quicktime from apple should restore the default codecs and associations and rewrite the registry entries back in favor of Apple Quicktime. It should also function properly with iTunes.
    It's worth shot before going in and dicking with registry.

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  • HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    edited December 2006
    Ruckus wrote:
    denihilist wrote:
    Ruckus wrote:
    That doesn't appear to be a quicktime issue, you appear to be using the Quicktime Alternative codec pack.

    Try using the real version of Quicktime (reinstall the latest version) and see if it lets you use stuff.
    But if he installed iTunes recently, he installed Quicktime as well which is causing the problem.

    My thinking is that reinstalling the latest standalone quicktime from apple should restore the default codecs and associations and rewrite the registry entries back in favor of Apple Quicktime. It should also function properly with iTunes.
    Tried that, didn't work.

    I had a mega codec pack installed a while ago, but I removed it. Might that be causing an conflict of some sort?

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  • denihilistdenihilist Ancient and Mighty Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited December 2006
    cmd regedit

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  • HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    edited December 2006
    denihilist wrote:
    cmd regedit
    Pretend, for one second, I don't know much about computers other than how to play games on them. :P

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  • denihilistdenihilist Ancient and Mighty Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited December 2006
    Then you don't want to dick with the registry. See if you can find a program to do it for you.

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  • HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    edited December 2006
    denihilist wrote:
    Then you don't want to dick with the registry. See if you can find a program to do it for you.
    Any recommendations?

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  • HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    edited December 2006
    Okay, I just did a clean install of Quicktime. When I tried to configure file types in the preferences window, I got this error:

    fuckyouquicktime.jpg

    Any ideas?

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  • RuckusRuckus Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    Have you checked to see if that file exists?

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  • HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    edited December 2006
    Ruckus wrote:
    Have you checked to see if that file exists?
    It does, but it doesn't seem to have the same icon as the others. Maybe I need to replace it?

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  • RuckusRuckus Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    Ya, possibly, but more likely the one Windows is using. I think this article may have what you need:

    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1079652&#1079652

    FYI, Quicktime.cpl is the Quicktime config applet Windows uses.

    You can actually run quicktime.cpl from the Run box or command prompt. Most likely Quicktime and Quicktime Alternative have been dicking around with whose quicktime.cpl is actually in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 directory.

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  • HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    edited December 2006
    Ruckus wrote:
    Ya, possibly, but more likely the one Windows is using. I think this article may have what you need:

    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1079652&#1079652

    FYI, Quicktime.cpl is the Quicktime config applet Windows uses.

    You can actually run quicktime.cpl from the Run box or command prompt. Most likely Quicktime and Quicktime Alternative have been dicking around with whose quicktime.cpl is actually in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 directory.
    Did what the link said, but to no avail. Should I just up and reinstall Windows Install, or something?

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2006
    Honestly, you would be just better off reformatting. What is the reason that you can't reformat?

    If you don't like the word reformat, I can also tell you that you need to re-educate your harddrive.

    The only other option I can think of is to run System Restore and roll back to the earliest restore point you have.

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  • ZoolanderZoolander Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    Before reformatting, maybe you should try installing Quicktime Alternative. Maybe it'll work, and if it does, you're much better off than if you get the actual Quicktime to work!

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  • HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    edited December 2006
    Zoolander wrote:
    Before reformatting, maybe you should try installing Quicktime Alternative. Maybe it'll work, and if it does, you're much better off than if you get the actual Quicktime to work!
    Tried it. Didn't work.

    And reformatting is out because 1) I don't have my disks anymore, and 2) it's a colossal pain in the ass that I'm not willing to endure to fix a simple problem with a media player.

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2006
    Have anyone else that owns XP that can lend you their discs? You paid for the CD key/license, so you can use someone's disc to install.

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  • HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    edited December 2006
    FyreWulff wrote:
    Have anyone else that owns XP that can lend you their discs? You paid for the CD key/license, so you can use someone's disc to install.
    Sadly, no. And I'm not willing to go out and buy another copy of the OS just to reformat.

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