QuickTime vs. TIFF

Question

What can I do to prevent QuickTime from interfering with TIFF?

Answer 1

Here is what I found GENERALLY works in Windows XP Pro.
1. "Edit" and save the MIME types in Windows (even if they seem to be correct). 2. Go into Quicktime Player > Edit > Preferences > Quicktime Preferences.
3. Go to the File Types Tab and edit the File Types.
4. Go to Browser tab and edit the MIME types there as well.
It will GENERALLY work in the browser again. If I still have a problem I go to the MIME types in Windows again and double check. In general I find those setting are showing correctly but QuickTime has done some sort of hidden hijack of the settings. If I really run into problems I may resort to registry editing, but generally I will uninstall QuickTime and install QuickTime Alternative because it is easier. QT Alternative can be buggy though.
I continually run into these issues with QuickTime - for years. From my perspective the way it automatically Hijacks MIME types is really annoying. Not to mention the fact that Apple felt the need to "manage" MIME types within Quicktime instead of letting the OS do it as is good programming practice and does it in multiple places. I can understand offering to "re-associate" file types when you run an application - but not the outright hijacking that is done by QuickTime. I honestly have always had a great dislike for RealMedia and Quicktime for just these practices. Not to mention the general performance issues on the Windows platform.