Quicktime Preset with .mp4 extension?!

I am running Compressor 4.1 and I have a custom-made setting that is based on Quicktime Movie (see attached pic#1) and has mp4 set as the file extension and uses the x.264 encoder. I have made this setting a few months ago and have used it since.
Now I'm trying to make another setting based on Quicktime Movie, but for the **** of it I can't switch the Extension from the default .mov to .,mp4.
Of course I can duplicate an existing setting and tweak it -- and that's what I did but I want to understand why I can't make a setting from scratc anymore.
Help appreciated

Afraid I don't know the answer to your question. I've not used x.264 in anything other than a MOV wrapper and didn't know MP4 was even possible. How far back did you create the custom preset and did you just substitute mp4 in the extension field? (I could do that in Compressor 3.5; not sure about earlier versions of C4.)
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