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Quick Time -- How to Rid of it ????????????/
Quick Time has some how crept back into my system. I have never downloaded it, or clicked on anything that requires it. I wish I knew how it gets on my system. It constantly puts itself into my startup list, and will come back in even if I remove it from startup. I would like to remove the program itself from my pc, but I cannot find it anywhere. Quick Time is not listed in Add/Remove programs. Neither is it listed among my Programs list. A search of Quick Time doesn't show it listed on any files on my pc. HOW in the world can I remove this very unwanted program from this pc ?? Thanks !! --James-- |
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James,
Right click the QuickTime shortcut in the StartUp folder, WINDOWS\StartMenu\Programs\StartUp, choose Properties, click the Find Target button to determine where it's located. QuickTime *should* be listed in Add/Remove Programs and there *should* also be an icon in the Control Panel for it. Did you have it installed previously and, if so, how did you uninstall it ? Surreptitious installations of QuickTime do not occur. You must agree to download and install it, even as a plug-in for a browser. MowGreen [MVP] =============== *-343-* FDNY Never Forgotten James Nipper wrote: Quick Time has some how crept back into my system. I have never downloaded it, or clicked on anything that requires it. I wish I knew how it gets on my system. It constantly puts itself into my startup list, and will come back in even if I remove it from startup. I would like to remove the program itself from my pc, but I cannot find it anywhere. Quick Time is not listed in Add/Remove programs. Neither is it listed among my Programs list. A search of Quick Time doesn't show it listed on any files on my pc. HOW in the world can I remove this very unwanted program from this pc ?? Thanks !! --James-- |
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On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 00:34:01 GMT,"MowGreen [MVP]"
penned this whopper in microsoft.public.windowsme.general James, Right click the QuickTime shortcut in the StartUp folder, WINDOWS\StartMenu\Programs\StartUp, choose Properties, click the Find Target button to determine where it's located. QuickTime *should* be listed in Add/Remove Programs and there *should* also be an icon in the Control Panel for it. Did you have it installed previously and, if so, how did you uninstall it ? Surreptitious installations of QuickTime do not occur. You must agree to download and install it, even as a plug-in for a browser. It is included as part of some Adobe programs, I forget which, but I had a problem a few years ago with that. They didn't ask permission IIRC, but I may be wrong. It wasn't Photo Shop, so what else was there...Page Maker maybe? -- "Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor." Horace (65 - 8 BC); Roman poet. Mike |
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"B.J.Honeycut" wrote in message . .. On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 00:34:01 GMT,"MowGreen [MVP]" It is included as part of some Adobe programs, I forget which, but I had a problem a few years ago with that. They didn't ask permission IIRC, but I may be wrong. It wasn't Photo Shop, so what else was there...Page Maker maybe? I got it along with my software for my digital camera.......ACDSee. I don't need it or want it, but I also had a problem with it activating in Startup.....think I will just remove the durned thing now that you remind me. Cheers.....Heather -- "Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor." Horace (65 - 8 BC); Roman poet. Mike |
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"E. Barry Bruyea" wrote in message ... On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 17:34:01 -0700, "MowGreen [MVP]" wrote: James, Right click the QuickTime shortcut in the StartUp folder, WINDOWS\StartMenu\Programs\StartUp, choose Properties, click the Find Target button to determine where it's located. QuickTime *should* be listed in Add/Remove Programs and there *should* also be an icon in the Control Panel for it. Did you have it installed previously and, if so, how did you uninstall it ? Surreptitious installations of QuickTime do not occur. You must agree to download and install it, even as a plug-in for a browser. MowGreen [MVP] If it's been installed as a "Plug-in" for some other program, it won't be listed in the 'Add-Remove' group. I don't think this could be a plug-in then.......it came on the ACDSee disc with 2 photo programettes.....but the instructions were to install it first. I don't know why on earth it is needed. I don't view videos, for instance. Is that all it does?? Mind you, our Pentax digital camera is apparently able to take very short videos, so that probably explains it. Cheers......Heather =============== *-343-* FDNY Never Forgotten James Nipper wrote: Quick Time has some how crept back into my system. I have never downloaded it, or clicked on anything that requires it. I wish I knew how it gets on my system. It constantly puts itself into my startup list, and will come back in even if I remove it from startup. I would like to remove the program itself from my pc, but I cannot find it anywhere. Quick Time is not listed in Add/Remove programs. Neither is it listed among my Programs list. A search of Quick Time doesn't show it listed on any files on my pc. HOW in the world can I remove this very unwanted program from this pc ?? Thanks !! --James-- |
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If anyone could tell me where to find it on my pc, I would attempt to delete
it. It is a terrible invasion of my pc. I hate it. --James-- ----------------------------- I got it along with my software for my digital camera.......ACDSee. I don't need it or want it, but I also had a problem with it activating in Startup.....think I will just remove the durned thing now that you remind me. Cheers.....Heather |
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Look in the WINDOWS\Downloaded Progam Files folder for it.
MowGreen [MVP] =============== *-343-* FDNY Never Forgotten =============== James Nipper wrote: If anyone could tell me where to find it on my pc, I would attempt to delete it. It is a terrible invasion of my pc. I hate it. --James-- ----------------------------- I got it along with my software for my digital camera.......ACDSee. I don't need it or want it, but I also had a problem with it activating in Startup.....think I will just remove the durned thing now that you remind me. Cheers.....Heather |
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On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 16:24:37 GMT,"Heather" penned
this whopper in microsoft.public.windowsme.general I don't think this could be a plug-in then.......it came on the ACDSee disc with 2 photo programettes.....but the instructions were to install it first. I don't know why on earth it is needed. I don't view videos, for instance. Is that all it does?? Mind you, our Pentax digital camera is apparently able to take very short videos, so that probably explains it. It has a still photo viewer too, totally unnecessary in ME. Most cams don't use the .mov format either for movies, but .mpeg, so still unnecessary. I keep it around, but just disabled the QTTASK from startup, it is just a resource burden. -- "Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor." Horace (65 - 8 BC); Roman poet. Mike |
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Thanks for the explanation.....I too have disabled it in Startup and will keep it around. Heather "B.J.Honeycut" wrote in message . .. On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 16:24:37 GMT,"Heather" penned this whopper in microsoft.public.windowsme.general I don't think this could be a plug-in then.......it came on the ACDSee disc with 2 photo programettes.....but the instructions were to install it first. I don't know why on earth it is needed. I don't view videos, for instance. Is that all it does?? Mind you, our Pentax digital camera is apparently able to take very short videos, so that probably explains it. It has a still photo viewer too, totally unnecessary in ME. Most cams don't use the .mov format either for movies, but .mpeg, so still unnecessary. I keep it around, but just disabled the QTTASK from startup, it is just a resource burden. -- "Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor." Horace (65 - 8 BC); Roman poet. Mike |
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On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 04:25:30 GMT,"Heather" penned
this whopper in microsoft.public.windowsme.general Thanks for the explanation.....I too have disabled it in Startup and will keep it around. Heather "B.J.Honeycut" wrote in message . .. On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 16:24:37 GMT,"Heather" penned this whopper in microsoft.public.windowsme.general I don't think this could be a plug-in then.......it came on the ACDSee disc with 2 photo programettes.....but the instructions were to install it first. I don't know why on earth it is needed. I don't view videos, for instance. Is that all it does?? Mind you, our Pentax digital camera is apparently able to take very short videos, so that probably explains it. It has a still photo viewer too, totally unnecessary in ME. Most cams don't use the .mov format either for movies, but .mpeg, so still unnecessary. I keep it around, but just disabled the QTTASK from startup, it is just a resource burden. -- "Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor." Horace (65 - 8 BC); Roman poet. Mike NP, say, hows your Daughter doing with Graphic Arts. It's a dable for me, I majored in recording engineering, but real interesting. -- "Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor." Horace (65 - 8 BC); Roman poet. Mike |
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