Remove Quicktime from being the default player? I just want to download

Here's the deal, I'm trying download a file from this website "yousendit" and whenever I attempt to just download the file, the Quicktime 7 media player begins playing the file right away.
I don't want to watch the file, I want to download the file.
How I can change my settings on either quicktime or Windows Vista such that I can just download the file in the first place?
I'm running Windows Vista, and Quicktime version 7.
Halp!
Lia

Try just right-clicking on the link to the downloaded file. In most browsers you'll get some variant of a command to download the file to your computer. That would bypass the QuickTime browser plugin.
Hope this helps.

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