QuickTime Alternative and uninstalling QuickTime

[Franklin]

When I install QuickTime Alternative it says I need to uninstall
QuickTime first.

Does anyone know why this is necessary? I would like to have both
apps on my PC.

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Is it because the two apps will fight over which one gets the
assignment of file extensions?

Do they have problems in sharing codecs?

Maybe QuickTime Alternative doesn't think QuickTime would be
necessary anymore?

 

[Mike Dee]

This recent thread here in a.c.f. worries me a little.
http://tinyurl.com/bgjj7
Any more info on this all?

I can't answer your question, but I'm curious as to what do you find
worrying in that thread?

 

[El Gee]

When I install QuickTime Alternative it says I need to uninstall
QuickTime first.

Does anyone know why this is necessary? I would like to have both
apps on my PC.

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Is it because the two apps will fight over which one gets the
assignment of file extensions?

Do they have problems in sharing codecs?

Maybe QuickTime Alternative doesn't think QuickTime would be
necessary anymore?

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This recent thread here in a.c.f. worries me a little.
http://tinyurl.com/bgjj7
Any more info on this all?

I am by no means trying to start a flame war, but I cannot see why
anyone would need both of them installed. I have QTA installed and have
never installed QT in this PC, nor have I needed it. Works fine for
playing all I need in MPC.

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[John Corliss]

When I install QuickTime Alternative it says I need to uninstall
QuickTime first.

Does anyone know why this is necessary? I would like to have both
apps on my PC.

Just curious... why do you want this? Quicktime Alternative works real
nicely.

Is it because the two apps will fight over which one gets the
assignment of file extensions?

More likely (since Quicktime Alternative is mostly Quicktime but cleaned
up) it has to do with registry entries pointing to wrong locations.

Do they have problems in sharing codecs?

Maybe QuickTime Alternative doesn't think QuickTime would be
necessary anymore?

This recent

Heh. Feb. 2004 is ancient history in usenet time.

thread here in a.c.f. worries me a little.
http://tinyurl.com/bgjj7
Any more info on this all?

"The standard ``trick'' for dealing w/ QuickTime's registration request
(over on the Mac side of the house) is to set one's clock forward by one
year, then run the player and check ``Later'' quit, reset one's clock
then one won't be bothered for a year."

This really works. It's what I was doing before I finally just got rid
of Quicktime and went over to Quicktime Alternative. The problems that I
was having stopped several versions back. I'd say your best bet is to
simply uninstall both Quicktime and Quicktime Alternative, clean any
residual files and registry entries out, then reinstall Quicktime
Alternative and Media Player Classic.

 

[Franklin]

On Sun 22 May 2005 22:25:57, Mike Dee wrote:

I can't answer your question, but I'm curious as to what do you
find worrying in that thread?

I am very uneasy about the points made in comments like this one:


---------- QUOTE -------
IIWY, I'd try one last time - after cleaning out every
relic of QT and QTA from my registry, and files.

Sometimes the uninstall features of these things get the main
executable, but leave stuff in the registry that is NOT overridden
by subsequent installations.
This could result in pointers pointing to the wrong area. (I had
similar problems with Real and Real Alt).
---------- UNQUOTE -------

 

[Franklin]

On Mon 23 May 2005 00:40:55, El Gee wrote:

I am by no means trying to start a flame war, but I cannot see
why anyone would need both of them installed. I have QTA
installed and have never installed QT in this PC, nor have I
needed it. Works fine for playing all I need in MPC.

Heh heh! No flames.

I have QT installed and it seems to be messy to uninstall it (see
my link). So I am perfectly happy to leave it there and install
QTA. If I like QTA then I don't need to use QT.

But QTA asks the user to remove QT first.

 

[Mike Dee]

I am very uneasy about the points made in comments like this one:

Sometimes the uninstall features of these things get the main
executable, but leave stuff in the registry that is NOT overridden
by subsequent installations.
This could result in pointers pointing to the wrong area. (I had
similar problems with Real and Real Alt).

OK, thanks. Makes sense to be concerned.