Script to force embedded avi to open with acrobat's built-in flash player instead of quicktime

Hi, when I export to pdf with an avi file embedded, acrobat automatically tries to play it with the built-in quicktime player, which it fails to do; it just ends up freezing. Is there a script for indesign that would tell the avi file to open with the built in flash player (in acrobat) instead? or would that be an acrobat script? When I open the pdf, I notice that it reconizes the embedded avi as "quicktime content." I am guessing that indesign made it "quicktime content" when it imported the avi? any suggestions would be appreciated.

But as soon as I install QuickTime--even though the default for .m4a is
still set to WMP--in IE8 the .m4a file is now opening up with the QuickTime
browser plugin! Windows Explorer is still fine and it opens up the file
with WMP, but only IE is using the wrong default program.
Okay ... if it's MPEG 4 audio files causing the issue, try the following procedure.
Launch QuickTime. Go "Edit > Preferences > QuickTime Preferences". Click the "Browser" Tab. Click the "MIME Types" button.
Expand *MPEG - MPEG system, video, and audio files* and uncheck "MPEG audio". OK out of the tabs, and quit QuickTime.
Does IE 8 launch the .m4a files in WMP now?

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