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John H.

On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:56:58 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 09:05:33 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 12:26:02 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 12:21:39 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Ok, friend of mine sent me an .avi this morning of a monster striper
he caught off of Martha's yesterday.

Since I upgraded Quicktime to Quicktime Pro and installed iTunes, I
can't open .avi files. The QT player will open, but it doesn't play
the video. I took another .avi with my cellphone camera and it won't
open or play that either - just a blank screen.

It also won't play in Windows Media. It will open, but the video
won't play. However I do get sound.

WTH? This all started with the upgrade and the new version of iTunes
- avi's used to play just fine and dandy in Windows. QT won't play
mov either.

The other issue is that all .jpgs now open in QT. I can't switch it
back to the Wiindows display.

Any ideas on why that happened?

And how to fix it?

Final comment - Microsoft isn't the Devil, it's Apple.

And before anybody says it, I tried the Set Programs and Access
control and that's not changing squat. I change it, it sets itself
right back to what it was.

Find the file in Windows Explorer, right click, choose 'Open With' , select
'Choose Program', select the program you want to open the file, then click
the little box that says to use it all the time.

Some of these rogye programs reassociate themselves with files, even
ones they can't run, every time they start. Quicktime is evil IMHO.
You can go blow it away and it still keeps coming back.

You're right. Some of them automatically switch file associations at
startup. With them, one must find the on/off button in the program's setup.
That can sometimes be a bitch, but the switches are usually there
somewhere.