Preventing itunes from hijacking

how do i prevent itunes and quicktime from changing my pc machines settings
(i much prefer to choose what opens what when)
this is very annoying
every time itunes or quicktime updates it hijacks my settings and i have to reset all my setting (annoying and time consuming on a windows machine)

i do that every time but as soon as it updates it resets itself ...
Would you mind making another change in your Preferences - the Setting on the iTunes Edit menu > Preferences > Advanced tab > Importing sub-tab for example - and let us know if that change is accepted.

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