It's simple. You need to re-do the file associations the newly installed
programs stole.

Open Window's Explorer. Drop down the tools menu. Select folder options.
Select the "file types" tab. Scroll down to AVI. Highlight it. It will
say under the details section Opens with: Yours probably says something
other than Windows Media player. Click the change button and associate
it with Windows Media Player or whatever program you andt it associated
with. Then click OK OK OK as many times as it takes to close all the
windows.

That should do it for you.

Greg


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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.