QT took over IE's mp3 file association

Installed latest QuickTime and after that it changed some file assiciations for Internet Explorer 6.
Before if i left clicked mp3 link in IE, it gave those "open", "save as" etc options, but now it want's to open that mp3-file for quicktime-plugin without asking anything.
Now if i want to open mp3's in WinAmp, i have to save them to HDD first and then open to Winamp... I want my old settings back.
That's like spyware, Quicktime made own associations. grrr. Maybe i'm blind, but just can't find how to restore that without QuickTime uninstall.

Petri, welcome to these discussions.
You can change the file associations (MIME types) via the QuickTime Control panel.
Open the QuickTime Control panel and remove the check mark for the .mp3 format.
Quit and relaunch your browser and try the page again.

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To The Apple Discussion Boards!
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Hi everybody,
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Bonjour.
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I'm having the same issue that Quicktime hijacks file associations.
I recently reinstalled my copy of Windows 7 64-bit and have installed basically hardly anything on it. I have however installed iTunes (+Quicktime) for my iPhone and Winamp (and not even loaded Windows Media Player).
Basically when I uninstall Quicktime, I can just type an url in the IE8 address bar with the .mp3 extension and download and save the file there and then. Only after installing Quicktime the browser will open the .mp3 in the window and play it embedded with the Quicktime player.
This is something I do NOT want, and I am really ****** off that Quicktime just takes over this feature without asking me first!!
That being besides the point really because I also cannot find the option in Quicktime's settings to undo this!!
When I go to Quicktime's settings -> Browser -> MIME types
It just shows that .mp3 is linked to Winamp (like I want it to be), but it still opens as a Quicktime Control Object.
Reinstalling IE8, resetting its settings, disabling the iTunes & Quicktime addons, even removing the Quicktime Control Object class from the registry... Nothing worked!
http://www.archive.org/details/testmp3testfile
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I have 2 iphones syncing on one computer and on the same apple ID.
Before i updatad my Itunes to the last available update and my Iphones to 5.01
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[email protected]

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Compensated!?! HaHa! For losing files that you no longer legally have the right to possess after selling the originals? LOL. Sorry 62lotus, but I have no pity for you.
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Quicktime Hijacks Windows File Associations From Web Browsers

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Basically when I uninstall Quicktime, I can just type an url in the IE8 (or Firefox) address bar with the .mp3 extension and download and save the file there and then. Only after installing Quicktime the browser will open the .mp3 in the browser window and play it embedded with the Quicktime player.
This is something I do NOT want, and it's crazy that Quicktime just takes over this feature without asking me first!!
That being besides the point really because I also cannot find the option in Quicktime's settings to undo this!!
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http://www.archive.org/details/testmp3testfile
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Yes Winamp does ask for that, no Quicktime clearly doesn't (not when installing iTunes for my iPhone)
I have Winamp Lite btw, not Pro, but I find it not agressive at all. You can easily select or deselect all the settings during setup and they don't do anything else that you don't want to.
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