How do I stop Quicktime from making itself the default media view every time I upgrade that program?

Every time. And there's no obvious way to avoid it.

You may be able to disable file and MIME type, but they're grayed-out on my version of Quick Time. Also, the article http://kb.mozillazine/quicktime concerns installation. It does not mention how to change the default settings

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