Stop Quicktime from Playing Mp3 In Internet Explorer
Posted 1 year ago at 1:50 pm. 13 comments
Posted in Apple, Microsoft.
This is sometimes the most annoying thing about Quicktime. You set it’s file associations not to play Mp3s yet someway somehow it still plays it. The other annoying thing is that it takes over MP3 association everytime you reinstall it. So lets disable quicktime from playing Mp3s one more time!
Removing Quicktime Association
You can skip to the last section if you did any of these steps below.
1. Open Quicktime in Start > Programs > Quicktime
2. Click Edit > Preferences > Quicktime Preferences
3. Click [File Types] Tab and Uncheck MP3
4. Click [Browser] Tab
5. Click MIME Settings, and Uncheck MP3
6. Click OK Twice
Restoring MP3 Associations
1. Open Windows Media Player
2. Press ALT+T and Click Options
3. Click File Types
4. Check Mark Mp3 and Click OK
5. Close Internet Explorer and Reopen it.
Setting Default Associations
1. Click On Start > Set Program Access And Defaults
2. Click Custom and Scroll Down to Default Media Player
3. Choose a Default Media Player like Winamp
4. Press OK
You can check to make sure it works.
Also note that you can reassociate your original Mp3 Player. If your using Winamp, it will automatically associate with Mp3s as soon as you open it. This will allow you to now Open or Save an Mp3 when you click on an mp3 link.
Cool!
Thanks a lot for that. I can’t bear this quicktime shit.
I know I seriously hate it.
Yeah, thanks! I needed that info!!!
oh! thanks so much for your clear instruction! it helps me a lot.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. Quicktime has
been driving me crazy since the day I got my ipod.
There is somethign fishy going on with my version. Maybe because it is the free one, not the pro.
I have disabled MP3 in file types AND MINE and the bloody thing still plays mp3s in IE.
I will reboot now, as that is the only thing I have not tried.
This information was tested with Free version BTW.
Restoring MP3 Associations work for me. Thanks
nice,thank you
Excellent steps, got Media Player back associated in about 22 seconds!!!!
You may want to add to your tech that you need to reassociate default player with windows media player 1st.
This breaks tha quicktime link, then you can reassociate again with something like Itunes.
I tried reassociating with Itunes directly mutiple times and it did not work.
I had to do the above, and then poof, no more annoying QT problem.
Dont work for me in Vista x64
I tried also disable QuickTime plugins in IE and disable autoplay in QT Options but doesnt helps me. I dont know what to do with this yet 