Thursday, June 15, 2006

Firefox Flash and Quicktime Fix


What to do if QuickTime takes over handling Flash content on Firefox

When you install QuickTime, or change your QuickTime settings, it may take over handling of Macromedia Flash files. However, this can be fixed quite easily. To stop QuickTime from handling Flash files, do the following:

1 -Close Mozilla (or Firefox)
2 - Open the QuickTime Control Panel
3 - Select "Browser Plug-in" from the dropdown menu
4 - Open up the MIME Settings dialog
5 - Make sure "Flash file" is not selected. This is listed under Miscellaneous.
6 - Click OK, and close the QuickTime Control Panel
7 - Remove the file pluginreg.dat from your Profile Folder. This file will be recreated next time you start Mozilla
8 - Remove npqt*.dll from your Mozilla or Firefox plugins folder. These files are not required, and can cause problems when QuickTime is upgraded

I normally do not post computer isuses here, but I had such a difficult time finding this solution.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thanks! ive been frustrated with this for a while...