Movies in iWeb site do not play on windows PC

I published a site to a folder and copied that site to a PC. The movies in that site/folder worked fine using the Mac but after I moved it to the PC all I get is the quicktime question mark when I select a movie. However, before the question mark appears I briefly get a flash of the video's first frame. The movies are in the media folder on the PC and I have installed the most recent version of Quicktime. One odd thing is that from the media folder if I double click the movie it starts iTunes. Any help is appreciated.

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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1928778&tstart=0

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One is that Windows users should have no problems viewing or opening ANYTHING. If you've got Quicktime videos on your site, those folks MAY WELL HAVE TO DOWNLOAD THE LATEST QT PLAYER. But they'll have to have XP to do so (not any of the earlier versions such as ME or windows98).
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import caurina.transitions.properties.*;
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-         Thru event generator generated rollover and rollout code for each button
-         Commented out the stop action for each video (stop actions remained active on main timeline on stage)
-         Retested movie – video continuously looped on all buttons in 2nd set, GoToAndPlay function still not working
-         In addition to the commented out stop actions for each video also commented out stop actions on main timeline for buttons in 2nd set
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My post above was replied with suggestion from Tom as seen then I followed up with thanks as seen.
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I really doubt there is any way for anyone to help
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Thanks Tom for posting a reply which suggests I post my url so I have listed it below. I am just a Dad with all else so know that the guy writing this and using iWeb is a novice old man. I do like iWeb very much so if u can again reply or anyone reply how to allow all PC users to be able to visit this site than great.
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