How to "unwed" IE and Quicktime?

On 7 Jun 2005 13:14:22 -0700, [email]yerk5@hotmail.com[/email] wrote:
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> I have Quicktime installed and I certianly dont want to uninstall it,
> as my digicam records its videos as .MOV. But since I installed QT, if
> I click a link to an mp3 in IE6, instead of opening in my external mp3
> player (as I wish) it just tries to play inline, via QT. Futhermore, it
> will never play and just displays the broken "Q" icon. I dont know why,
> since the link is valid. I have to right-click and Save Target As, and
> then open the mp3 locally.
>
> How can I keep QT, but strip it out of my IE? Much TIA![/color]

Here's how to stop QT from trying to play MP3 files:
Start Quicktime Player. Click "Edit|Preferences|Quicktime
Preferences". Select "File Type Associations" from the list.
Click "File Types". Clear the check-mark in front of MP3, then click
Apply.

Now go do the reverse in Windows Media Player (under
Tools|Options|Filetypes) to turn ON mp3 files, so it will play them
instead.