Playback of Flash Tracks

Question

*I work in a school district and we recently upgraded to QuickTime 7.2. We also are using Kid Pix 4. We have discovered that the stickers and animation in Kid Pix no longer work after the Quick Time upgrade. I have found the following information on the Kid Pix support site:*
_+"Stickers and Animation do not appear (Windows®)+_
+When attempting to add a sticker or animation to a project in Kid Pix® Deluxe 4, the handles for the object show in the workspace, but the sticker or animation does not appear. Updating to Apple® Quicktime® 7.1.3 can cause this behavior. A setting in Quicktime® will need to be adjusted. Review the remainder of this technical note for additional information.+
+Perform the following steps to adjust Quicktime® 7.1.3 to work properly with Kid Pix® Deluxe 4:+
+Close all programs and windows and return to the desktop.+
+Click the Start button and select Control Panel. The Control Panel window will appear. If the Control Panel is showing in category view, click the Switch to Classic View link. (Windows® XP)+
+Double-click on the Quicktime icon. Quicktime Preferences will display.+
+Click the Advance tab. Additional options will appear.+
+Place a check in the box labeled Enable Playback of Flash Tracks and click Apply. The Quicktime Preferences window and Quicktime Player may be closed.+
+Launch and use Kid Pix® Deluxe 4. The stickers and animations will appear correctly."+
*My problem is that it only fixes it for the current person logged in.*
*Our students do not have access to the control panel, and they are volitile users (meaning they are deleted upon logout).*
*Do you know if there is a registry key we could use to make that change for all users?*

Answer 1

Don't know if you figured it out yet, but I was in the exact same situation. (Am using DLUs, students are volatile, Teacher/Administrative are non-volatile.)
Here's how I fixed it:
Logged in using my admin account to set the preferences for QT the way I wanted them. Copied the quicktime.qtp file from my local account's directory to someplace accessible by all (I used x:\Kid Pix 3 Network Server\WSinstall" directory". (NOTE: the quicktime.stp file is not stored in the "defaultuser", or "All users" local USERPROFILES, but the local user's USERPROFILES directory)
Every time a user runs KidPix 4 I make sure that file gets copied over to: "c:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Local Settings\Application Data\Apple Computer\Quicktime\"
I just did a batch file in the "Lauch Scripts" in ZENworks to "Run before Launching". It copies the quicktime.qtp file to where it needs to be (see batch file info below).
Also, I didn't have to do an install at each workstation for the client by actually running client install. I installed it once, then copied the directory to the "WSinstall" directory mention above. When someone runs Kid Pix it looks to to see if the client files are on the local drive, if not, it just copies them over.
below is the batch file I use form within ZENworks:
@ECHO OFF
TITLE INSTALLING KID PIX 4 CLIENT, Please wait . . .
if exist "C:\Program Files\The Learning Company\KidPix 4 Network\KP.exe" GOTO END
ECHO Copying files . .
xcopy "X:\Kid Pix 4 Network Server\WSinstall\The Learning Company\KidPix 4 Network\." "C:\Program Files\The Learning Company\KidPix 4 Network\." /E /Y
:END
C:
MD "%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Apple Computer\QuickTime\
CD "%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Apple Computer\QuickTime\
xcopy "X:\Kid Pix 4 Network Server\WSinstall\QuickTime.qtp" /Q /Y
xcopy "X:\Kid Pix 4 Network Server\WSinstall\KP.cfg" "C:\Program Files\The Learning Company\KidPix 4 Network\." /E /Y
(The KP.cfg file lets you configure auto-login and default save locations, see tech notes 41047 and 41581 at support.riverdeep.net.)