I try to run a movie for my class by clicking on the link, but rather than opening QuickTime, it opens Windows Media Player or RealPlayer and won play. How do I remedy this?
A – What has happened in this instance is that either RealPlayer or Windows Media Player “took over” the .mov file types from QuickTime. The way to fix this problem is to reassociate the .mov files to QuickTime by opening the QuickTime control panel (found under the Control Panel in Windows or listed under control panels in the apple menu on Macs), choose File Type Associations from the pull-down menu in the QuickTime control panel, and check make sure that Macintosh file types is checked (you may have to uncheck it and then recheck it so .mov files will be reassociated to QuickTime), and close the QuickTime control panel. Once that is done, restart your computer, try to view the movie again, and it should now open the QuickTime player.
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