Installing QuickTime without installing iTunes

I would like to know why Apple doesn't make a separate install for QuickTime? I do not use iTunes because I cannot put the songs on a CD for my car. My car doesn't have iTunes software on it.
My Own Windows XP Pro

I don't think any car comes with iTunes software. Some do come with iPod connections but the software is on the iPod not the car.
iTunes also allows you to burn Audio CD's from nearly any audio file on your computer.
They will play just fine on any CD device including your car.

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Can i update quicktime without updating itunes?

I want to update my quicktime but I don't know how to do it without updating my iTunes. When my sister updated the iTunes on her laptop, it wasn't able to recognize her iPod because the iPod was outdated. I have the same kind of iPod so I think that means it won't be compatible with an updated version of iTunes. How can Apple force me to update my iTunes to a version that will probably lose all my music and not recognize my iPod? Is there some way around this? I appreciate the help anyone can offer. Thanks so much!

That seems unusual. Not sure what is going wrong for you with that.
Let's try another tack.
Open your Apple Software Update ("Start > All Programs > Apple Software Update"). If ASU offer you the opportunity to just update your QuickTime (in other words, it offers you a QuickTime as well as an iTunes + QuickTime), then select only the QuickTime, and install that.
If it only offers you an iTunes + QuickTime, do no install anything just yet. First (in ASU), go "Tools > Open Downloaded Updates Folder". Delete any files currently in there. Now go back into the ASU main window, select the iTunes + QuickTime entry and go "Tools > Download only".
Once the downloads have completed, go back into the Downloaded updates folder, and doubleclick the QuickTime.msi file.
Does just QuickTime install for you? If so, launch the player. Does it launch, or are you asked for a newer version of Apple Application Support?
If the latter, go back into the Downloaded Updates folder and doubleclick the AppleApplicationSupport.msi. After that installs, does your QuickTime Player launch properly?
Message was edited by: b noir

Quicktime without iTunes?

How do I install QuickTime WITHOUT the iTunes crap?

hi beckfield!
it's possible to give feedback like that directly to the Apple folks (we're a user to user troubleshooting forum). these would probably be the best forms to use for a suggestion like that:
Website Feedback (broken links, etc)
QuickTime Feedback
love, b

HOW TO: Install Itunes without Quicktime/Bonjour - Windows 7

You need iTunes without the bloat? Don't know what the bloat is? I'll help you. Now I don't know if this has been explained elsewhere, I only found some older topics and google results that didn't explain all the points required so I'm redoing it.
_NOTE: DO THIS ON THE DESKTOP_ (You'll see why later ;D)
First is the Preperation;
Get the appropriate iTunes (my instructions are from the point of view of 64bit but they won't differ all that much)
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
Go here and download the newest one (at time of writing thats QT Lite 4.1.0):
http://www.vistacodec.com/fc/QT_Lite-410.exe
Please download/move/save these to the desktop.
The Extraction
Right click on the iTunes64Setup.exe [iTunesSetup.exe for 32bit]
Navigate to your extraction program, I'm using 7zip so I navigate to "Extract Here". I'm sure you can go it alone if you don't use 7zip (because more fool you)
Then we will have a bunch of exe's and msi's on the desktop, of which we now need to delete several.
This is the Deletion;
If you don't want both Quicktime and Bonjour, which I'll assume you don't because they impact performance and limit your control of media files, then you need to delete:
Bonjour64.msi
Quicktime64.msi
If you have an iPhone or an iPod Touch then skip this one point (though I have an iPod Touch I don't yet intend to use it with iTunes so I still deleted this, after all you can install it later from this single file). Delete:
AppleMobileDeviceSupport64.msi
Now this is an important one, all updates must be done manually in this exact same manner, just come back here and follow the instructions again, otherwise iTunes will include the bloat in the update. Delete:
AppleSoftwareUpdate.msi
(Ignore SetupAdmin.exe, because I don't know what it does :D)
Almost there, but first it's the +Linux Experience+;
In you're start menu there should be a "Command Prompt" shortcut, click it. If not don't worry, on your start menu click "Run" and type in:
cmd.exe
Press enter and Bob's your uncle.
Otherwise right click on your desktop in empty space, highlight "New", select "Shortcut" and the location is:
%windir%\system32\cmd.exe
When that's done just click the shortcut and Fanny's your aunt.
Now you'll notice that each line begins with:
C:\Users\YOURNAME>
That's because it's the location this terminal is currently navigated to, like a web browser or the plain old windows explorer, just text based though.
We need to change the directory you are in and the command for this conveniently is:
cd
And this is why I told you to do it all on the Desktop, because now all you have to do is change directory to the Desktop, which is one folder away. So, type this in the terminal (that's the command prompt window):
cd Desktop
You'll notice that the prefix has changed to:
C:\Users\YOURNAME\Desktop>
That's good
Keep this window open and move on boys and girls.
Next, the biggie, +Installation Part One+;
We're mostly borrowing from this lovely persons thread, so I ought to give it a mention:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1704004&tstart=15
Now we follow the last step on the thread linked, in case you're a philistine here it is...
In that (command prompt) terminal window, type:
iTunes64.msi /passive
For those with 32bit i can only imagine it would be:
iTunes.msi /passive
Then just sit back and let it run silently until you recieve an error message pertaining to the failure of iTunes without "Apple Aplication Support", when this arises just click ok or whatever shuts it up and move to the next step.
Lastly, finally, is +Installation Part Deux+;
Double click AppleApplicationSupport.msi and just follow it through leaving everything as it is.
Then, remember that other download I got you to do? QT Lite? Well double click on that and install it. At the end tick the "Configure Settings" box and just tweak them to be supaqwik, like maximising the web cache or whatever. Use your judgment.
When that's done click apply/ok and... we're done!
Just click/double click the itunes icon and you'll see an improvement straight away.
Sorry if this tutorial was a bit too much like a Quentin Tarantino film for ya' but I gotta keep my brain from leaking out my ears, somehow
Enjoy, and if it's been done before I just hope it hasn't been done better.
I looked all over the internet and using the linked thread and some smarts; I got here, with you, and iTunes sans bloat.

QuickTime is required for iTunes to run. You can think of iTunes as a media manager "front end" to QuickTime which handles the actual playing of the media.
Safari was an optional install when I installed iTunes on my Windows system. I wasn't forced to install Safari. MobileMe is also no longer automatically installed, though it will update if it finds an existing installation. I didn't get it forced on me when I installed on my Vista system.
You might find this helpful:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=554
Regards.
One tip: it will pay better dividends if you avoid ranting. Apple won't see your rants (except to delete them) and we, your fellow users who are with rare exceptions the only ones participating here, don't really want to be yelled at.

Install iTunes 8 without QuickTime

I'd like to install the new version of iTunes without installing QuickTime. How do I do this? And why does Apple not have this as an option for the installer?

Apple doesn't ask you about 4 programs it install with itunes including quicktime. I believe that quicktime includes some codecs mp4, m4a that itunes depends on, so you won't ever be able to install itunes without quicktime. There are other free softwares if you just want to put music on your ipod without itunes.

Installing Quicktime without iTunes

Is there any way to install Quicktime without iTunes. I have an older laptop and I just don't need iTunes there as it's on my desktop.
There is a link on the Apple site which points to a 20 MB dowload (information below) but the download link still takes me to the "norman" QuickTime and iTunes download page.
Very frustrating - would appreciate any help I can get.
Thanks,
ed
http://support.apple.com/downloads/QuickTime7_6_forWindows
* Version: 7.6
* Post Date: January 21, 2009
* Download ID: DL762
* File Size: 20MB

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/
Click the radio button for the version without iTunes.
Regards.

CAN I INSTALL ITUNES WITHOUT NEW QUICKTIME?

I would like to intstall the latest ITunes with touching my version of Quicktime (7.2) as my editing program (Avid Media Composer) is only supported with version 7.2 Quicktime. I have Quicktime Pro and cannot uninstall and re-install as I believe my Pro version then becomes non Pro which my editing program requires.
Why does Apple do this?

I don't wont to bicker about this but i don't think that is the case. I installed itunes and it didn't install quick time.I went to the web sight and had to install Quick time separately.

Can't install iTunes or QuickTime on Vista. Vista is killing me. HALP!

I read through all the [million] other posts with Vista problems but mine is a bit different.
Its a brand new Dell computer with 32bit Vista Home Premium which I have learned is a bad idea but now I'm stuck with it and without my music. I hear some people don't have problems with ITunes and Vista at all so I still have hope.
When I try to install iTunes 8 plus QuickTime this is the error:
"the installation of QuickTime did not complete successfully. iTunes requires QuickTime."
When I try to install QuickTime on its own this is the error:
"The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2755."
Thanks for any info. Peace in the new year to all!

I am having this same problem. Has anyone found a solution?

Installing iTunes and QuickTime on an HP laptop running Windows 7.

I get error 2738 when:
installing todays downloads or when
uninstalling a preinstalled 2009 version of QuickTime.
I have seen and successfully applied the solution offerred at http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1331.
Twice.
Restarted the computer and applied that solution again, and again with the message indicating success.
And each time get the error 2738 message.

I also looked through the earlier messages and saw something about
a logon as a simple user.
Did this and then noticed the uninstaller in QuickTime folder.
Used this and QuickTime uninstalled without error (2738 or anything else).
Continued to be logged on as this simple user.
Ran the iTunes installer (answering yes to security questions).
Installed both iTunes and QuickTime without error.

Issue installing iTunes with Quicktime 7.6

I downloaded iTunes and it came with Quicktime. I went to install it and I got the following error message:
Outlook is currently running on this computer. If proceed without quitting Outlook, it is highly recommended that you restart Outlook after installation.
What I want to know is:
A.) What does Microsoft Outlook have to do with iTunes and Quicktime when Outlook is an email program
B.) I don't even have Outlook running at all so why would it say that it is "currently running on this computer". I have the program installed but it is not opened and is not running in the background.
Did I do something wrong?

Glad to see that my dochter is not the only one having this issue !!
Tried many times to install iTunes/un-install but always comeback to the same issue since the 10.2.1 upgrade. Before it was working properly.
No solution yet ?

Can't install Itunes 9.2 "Newer Version of Quicktime"

I got a new itouch last week. Worked fine. Then went to update software to new OS (maybe Apple could have put this on a brand new one instead of older OS?!). Message said i needed Itunes 9.2. Went to update and got error "newer version of quicktime installed" and that i can't update since iTunes needs Quicktime. Tried several approaches, no luck. Deleted Itunes for a fresh start and then this wiped the Itouch clean which i had not at all intended. But, despite this exact same error message. I have been working on this and have used various uninstallers and searched the registry, cleaned temp folders, compressed and defragmented the hard drive. Downloaded Chrome, tried manually installing Itunes using Apple Software update, etc etc etc etc etc. Same message. Do i need to wipe the hard drive? Does anyone from Apple have any idea what to do? All message boards i have seen indicate that they do not.

Message said i needed Itunes 9.2. Went to update and got error "newer version of quicktime installed" and that i can't update since iTunes needs Quicktime. Tried several approaches, no luck.
That one has gotten complicated ever since Microsoft pulled the Windows Installer CleanUp utility from their Download Center on June 25.
Let's try Googling. (Best not to use Bing, I think.) Look for a working download site for *at least version 3.0* of the Windows Installer CleanUp utility. After downloading the utility installer file (msicuu2.exe), scan the file for malware, just in case. (I use the free version of Malwarebytes AntiMalware to do single-file scans for that.)
If the file is clean, to install the utility, doubleclick the msicuu2.exe file you've downloaded.
Now run the utility ("Start > All Programs > Windows Install CleanUp"). In the list of programs that appears in CleanUp, select any QuickTime entries and click "Remove".
Quit out of CleanUp, restart the PC and try another iTunes install. Does it go through properly this time?
(If you do find a clean download site for the correct version of CleanUp, please don't tell me where it is. Without wishing to sound paranoid (although I grant it does sound paranoid), there is a non-zero chance that posting links to download locations for the utility here at Discussions leads to that download location being shut down.)

How to install itunes without cd/dvd rom support?

Hi,
Everybody knows when you install iTunes to any windows device, you will have a problem with your dvdrw afterwards. Till day, every installation i made end up with losing my dvd-rom.
There is 3 solution to this problem, but those solutions never worked for me and last time i used my company notebook without it's dvdrom for over a year.
Now, i reinstall my notebook with Windows 8.1 Update 1 and i want to install iTunes for my music but i can' let iTunes do the same thing again.
Is there anyway install iTunes without cd-dvd 3rd party/usb/firmware driver support?
I search on net and i found this link but it's way too old
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA44491?viewlocale=en_US

QuickTime is required for iTunes to run. You can think of iTunes as a media manager "front end" to QuickTime which handles the actual playing of the media.
Safari was an optional install when I installed iTunes on my Windows system. I wasn't forced to install Safari. MobileMe is also no longer automatically installed, though it will update if it finds an existing installation. I didn't get it forced on me when I installed on my Vista system.
You might find this helpful:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=554
Regards.
One tip: it will pay better dividends if you avoid ranting. Apple won't see your rants (except to delete them) and we, your fellow users who are with rare exceptions the only ones participating here, don't really want to be yelled at.

Cannot open TIFF files since installing iTunes and QuickTime Player.

iTues+Quicktime is preventing use of Alternatiff, that is a Firefox plug-in TIFF image viewer, from displaying the image. Instead the Quicktime symbol appears but is unable to display the image. I uninstalled iTunes and without any other change, the plug-in works. I installed iTunes, making sure it is not selected as default media player. When iTunes started both it and Alternatiff plug-in functioned correctly. However, Upon exit from iTunes my TIFF viewer stopped working again. Uninstalling Quicktime (leaving iTunes) enables Altermatiff but then iTunes doesn't work
It is critical that I get bot iTunes and a TIFF viewer plug in to work.
HELP!!!
[email protected]

Excellent news, Bulent!
I hope Quicktime does not, later, try to take over again.
Good point ... next time you do a QuickTime update directly from the Website:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/
... very near the end of the install, there should be a screen with a "Configure File/MIME types" button. Click the button, go to the MIME types, and make sure that that TIFF image entry is unchecked. That should avoid the problem in future.

QuickTime asks me to download/install ITunes.

Occasionally, a requester pops up asking me to update my QuickTime installation, and listed there is an update called ITunes. I can Quit this requester without any action, however, I would prefer not to be asked to install ITunes because I currently have no use for it.
Can I switch this off or change/modify the installation so that ITunes is no longer asking to be downloaded/installed?
Also of some concern is that my current installation shows me that my preferences are turned off for Automatic Updates. There is also an extra stray QuickTime shortcut that is on my Desktop. How do I identify the shortcut to remove?
Cheers ...
Geoffrey Hyde

Well, that didn't solve anything. I wonder if there's a utility from Apple which manages QuickTime/ITunes installation/removal/repair? I think perhaps there is something wrong somewhere, as the registry was corrupted recently, and the technician had to fix it, as it was affecting the ability of ScanDisk to run on reboot.
I'm not sure if uninstalling will fix the problem properly without some sort of scan of the PC to ensure all traces of Apple QuickTime/ITunes have been removed completely.
Anyone know if there's a program from Apple for Windows XP that will remove all traces of QuickTime/ITunes?
Cheers ...
Geoffrey Hyde

Quicktime - cannot uninstall (prior to trying to install itunes)

When I try to install itunes a message tells me I have a newer version of quicktime installed and the installation cannot proceed
so I try to uninstall quicktime and get the same message - it seems to try to run installation not uninstall.
try to install latest version of Quicktime from apple site but still get the same message.
sadly no techie but can follow instructions/advice.

so I try to uninstall quicktime and get the same message
That usually indicates damage to the Quicktime.msi and related installation configuration information.
Unfortunately, these sorts of msi-related troubles have gotten more complicated to deal with ever since Microsoft pulled the Windows Installer CleanUp utility from their Download Center on June 25. First we have to find a copy of the utility.
Let's try Googling. (Best not to use Bing, I think.) Look for a working download site for at least version 3.0 of the Windows Installer CleanUp utility. After downloading the utility installer file (msicuu2.exe), scan the file for malware, just in case. (I use the free version of Malwarebytes AntiMalware to do single-file scans for that.)
If the file is clean, to install the utility, doubleclick the msicuu2.exe file you've downloaded.
Now run the utility ("Start > All Programs > Windows Install Clean Up"). In the list of programs that appears in CleanUp, select any QuickTime entries and click "Remove".
Quit out of CleanUp, restart the PC and try reinstalling iTunes again. Does the install go through properly now?
(If you do find a clean download site for the correct version of CleanUp, please don't tell me where it is. Without wishing to sound paranoid (although I grant it does sound paranoid), there is a non-zero chance that posting links to download locations for the utility here at Discussions leads to that download location being shut down.)

Is it possible to install iTunes WHITHOUT installing quicktime ? because...

...I already have installed QuickTime Lite on my Windows XP Pro SP3 PC and I want to keep iTunes installation as lean as possible.
Thanks

I have no idea what Quicktime Lite is so I can't speak to that.
It's a third-party chop-down of QuickTime, Meg, made by the same Codecs-Guide folk who made QuickTime Alternative, and still make the K-Lite codec packs. Roughly speaking, it's QuickTime componentry without a QuickTime Player, for folks who want to be able to play QuickTime content in their web browsers or, say, Media Player Classic, without having to install "QuickTime itself".
There's less of a "leaness" advantage to using QuickTime Lite or QuickTime Alternative nowadays with iTunes, instead of a standard Apple-supplied QuickTime, because QuickTime and iTunes both share a lot of program files via Apple Application Support. The last time I checked a QT Alternative installation, all the Apple Application Support componentry had been stashed in the QT Alternative program files. So the iTunes/QT-alternative combination "doubles up" all that componentry in Apple Application Support, even though it doen't include some of the Player componentry.
Also, as of 15 July 2010 Codecs Guide seem not to be supporting either QuickTime Lite or QT Alternative anymore:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuickTime_Alternative
... so, you're likely to run into troubles if your iTunes version needs a higher version of QuickTime componentry than the ones in your current QT Lite. (Codecs Guide used to be really good about updating their QT Alternative componentry when a new version of iTunes came through ... if they aren't maintaining it any more, I'd be a bit worried about staying up to date with it.)
So I'd uninstall QT Lite and go with the standard QuickTime if you're going to be installing iTunes, nowadays.

Installing QuickTime without installing iTunes

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