Auto-launching

My iTunes seems to have a mind of its own. It will start playing a song while I'm doing something in Safari. Without me starting it. It can be persistent. This morning it did it and I quit iTunes. A few minute later it launched itself. Only thing I can think of is that it might be bound to some Quicktime that was playing on a web page and things get crossed and the iTunes playback is triggered. Safari 4.05 and iTunes 9.03).

There have been several threads about this. The solutions are varied. You should do a search and see which solution fits.
Widgets and external speakers were some of the culprits.

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  • Help, iTunes refuses to not auto launch when iPhone connected to computer

    Hi, anyone else have this obnoxious problem? I unchecked "auto syncing" and all of the possible disabling options in iTunes>Preferences. Another forum I visted mentioned disabling iTunes Helper. I am having a problem launching iTunes Helper because I did a search from the main Windows Start area (lower left of computer screen), and iTunes Helper does show up with a .exe extension showing it's an application. However, when I click on it, it just disappears. It's also not listed in "My Programs" or when I run "msconfig". Is finding iTunes Helper so I can disable it what I need here to keep iTunes from auto launching when the iPhone is connected, or is my solution in doing something else? I'm using iTunes 9.0.25 Any solid help here is much appreciated!

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  • TS1717 iTunes will not auto-launch like it used to on Win7. Also cannot start in SAFE mode

    I've had this computer & this installation of iTunes for a very long time. It has always worked perfectly, and will auto-start every time I connect the iPhone. (my iPhone would light up and display the "Sync in Progress" message on its screen)
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    If -- after connecting the iPhone -- I manually launch iTunes, it proceeds normally thru the various steps except that the iPhone does NOT display any messages on its screen.  I've tried several times, and re-booted the comp several times.  I've also followed the Apple T/S steps and deleted the two config files & re-booted.  No difference.
    Yes - the preferences are set to allow the Sync when I plug in the iPhone.
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    All apps that were open before shutdown are relaunching themselves upon startup.
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    How do I stop Quicktime player from auto-launching after I've exported a movie from iMovie 10?
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    It may not be that simple David. They're using a "server" and some of the Apache software may want to launch QuickTime at boot.
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    For the last couple of weeks (perhaps longer) I've noticed iTunes launches itself whenever I restart my MacBook Pro.
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    I'm at a loss.
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    Darcy

    I just tried restarting again, this time with iTunes last closed on my music tab rather than the store tab, where I realized it had been parked for some time.
    iTunes still auto launched on startup, though after a longer delay than usual.
    AND after I quit iTunes, it auto launched itself again. That was a first.
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    Message was edited by: cehoffman

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