Why is quicktime in my systray?

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I have been using win98 for at least 8 years and all of a sudden, I
find a quicktime icon in my systray, qttask.exe. I don't remember
dl'ing a newer verions of qt. Does it dl itself without permission
now? And my friend with win2000 has it in his systray too.

In both cases, it's started by a run entry in the registry. I know
how to edit the registry nad take it out, but is there an easier way?
One that I can't do so much harm if I screw up.

I'm also afraid it will come back. Any suggestions.

I use quicktime once in a while but it certainly doesn't have to load
at startup. And I'm sure it uses some RAM and even with one gig, I
have none to spare.

Thanks a lot.
 
mm said:
I have been using win98 for at least 8 years and all of a sudden, I
find a quicktime icon in my systray, qttask.exe. I don't remember
dl'ing a newer verions of qt. Does it dl itself without permission
now? And my friend with win2000 has it in his systray too.

In both cases, it's started by a run entry in the registry. I know
how to edit the registry nad take it out, but is there an easier way?
One that I can't do so much harm if I screw up.

I'm also afraid it will come back. Any suggestions.

I use quicktime once in a while but it certainly doesn't have to load
at startup. And I'm sure it uses some RAM and even with one gig, I
have none to spare.

Thanks a lot.
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Right-click the icon in the tray, and click Exit on the menu that appears.

Open Quicktime.

Click the Edit menu> Preferences > QuickTime Preferences.

Depending on the version of Quicktime installed,
Either:
Click "Update Check" from the dropdown menu,
Or,
Click the "Update" tab.

Uncheck the checkbox for "Check for Updates Automatically"

Close Quicktime.

That should remove qttask from your startup, and from the tray.
 
mm said:
I have been using win98 for at least 8 years and all of a sudden, I
find a quicktime icon in my systray, qttask.exe. I don't remember
dl'ing a newer verions of qt. Does it dl itself without permission
now? And my friend with win2000 has it in his systray too.

In both cases, it's started by a run entry in the registry. I know
how to edit the registry nad take it out, but is there an easier way?
One that I can't do so much harm if I screw up.

I'm also afraid it will come back. Any suggestions.

I use quicktime once in a while but it certainly doesn't have to load
at startup. And I'm sure it uses some RAM and even with one gig, I
have none to spare.

Thanks a lot.
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I have a hard time believing with a gig you have none to spare... if
that's true you certainly need to get rid of some of the junk you're
loading...

As for how to disable,, msconfig > disable the tray, OR depending upon
the version check the QT Control Panel Applet and disable the startup
there [also the disable check for updates]...
If you're using some other video/movie program, check for a QT codex
for the prog and get rid of QT. Check Installed Programs for an uninstall.

How did it get there? Best check the sites you visit, and tighten your
security settings,, it takes *you* allowing installation in some form
[directly or leaving your system open]. OR,
Might check any recent installations as it may have been included in
some antiquated program.

Some sites WILL install stuff like Flash and QT.
JAVA, WSH, server-side, whatever... get control of your dang system and
stop being an *easy mark*... block the garbage coming from the sites...
and avoid those that REQUIRE you install anything just to use them...
send them a nice *cramit up yours* message.

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mm said:
I have been using win98 for at least 8 years and all of a sudden, I
find a quicktime icon in my systray, qttask.exe. I don't remember
dl'ing a newer verions of qt. Does it dl itself without permission
now? And my friend with win2000 has it in his systray too.

In both cases, it's started by a run entry in the registry. I know
how to edit the registry nad take it out, but is there an easier way?
One that I can't do so much harm if I screw up.

I'm also afraid it will come back. Any suggestions.

I use quicktime once in a while but it certainly doesn't have to load
at startup. And I'm sure it uses some RAM and even with one gig, I
have none to spare.

Thanks a lot.
Click to expand...

Correction: my reply was incomplete. Here are more detailed instructions for Win9x:

I assume you have the latest version 6.x of Quicktime for Win98.

Right-click the icon in the tray, and click Exit on the menu that appears.

Open Quicktime.

Click the Edit menu> Preferences > QuickTime Preferences.

Click "Update Check" from the dropdown menu,
Uncheck the checkbox for "Check for Updates Automatically",
Click "Browser Plug-in" from the dropdown menu, and uncheck "Quick Time system tray
icon".

Close Quicktime, and restart the computer.

That should remove qttask from your startup, and from the tray.

If qttask is still in your startup after that, download, install and run Mike Lin's
Startup Control Panel:
http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

Use it to delete the qttask entry.

Then, in Windows, click Start> Find> Files and Folders, and search the Local Hard
Drives for qttask.exe
Rename it to qttask.exe.old

Voila! No more qttask problem.....
 
Correction: my reply was incomplete. Here are more detailed instructions for Win9x:

I assume you have the latest version 6.x of Quicktime for Win98.
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Yes.

Thanks for going to the trouble to correct yourself and thank you
also, MEB.
 
glee said:
Correction: my reply was incomplete. Here are more detailed
instructions for Win9x:

I assume you have the latest version 6.x of Quicktime for Win98.

Right-click the icon in the tray, and click Exit on the menu that
appears.

Open Quicktime.

Click the Edit menu> Preferences > QuickTime Preferences.

Click "Update Check" from the dropdown menu,
Uncheck the checkbox for "Check for Updates Automatically",
Click "Browser Plug-in" from the dropdown menu, and uncheck "Quick
Time system tray icon".

Close Quicktime, and restart the computer.

That should remove qttask from your startup, and from the tray.

If qttask is still in your startup after that, download, install and
run Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel:
http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

Use it to delete the qttask entry.

Then, in Windows, click Start> Find> Files and Folders, and search
the Local Hard Drives for qttask.exe
Rename it to qttask.exe.old

Voila! No more qttask problem.....
Click to expand...

Another great and thought about answer.
Buffalo
 
If qttask is still in your startup after that, download, install and run Mike Lin's
Startup Control Panel:
http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
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Thank you very much for this. It took me an extra day but I realize
how much I need it.

Even if I don't need it here, there are definitely a lot of times I
will need to use this.

I realize that neither win2000 nor, I think, XP have a built-in
version of msconfig.exe, that win98 has. (I think it's called the
System Configuration Utility.)

How come? I can imagine the developers of NT and 2000 didn't at first
realize how important it can be, but wouldn't they have noticed that
win98 had it and it was good. What about all the 98 users who moved
to XP? Didn't they complain?

While I'm here, there is, no offense meant and please excuse my rant,
another weakness in win2000 that isn't there in 98, and I can't figure
out why, especially since during my entire sojourn in win3.1 and
win98, I thought NT and 2000 were meant for the techies, the corporate
world, that they were more expensive but better, and what I have here
are so obvious and easy to do, since the 98 people had already done
them. They must be talking to each other since the two versions
msinfo32.exe are almost the same in 2000 and 98.

In the MSINFO32.exe screen, under Software/Startup, in win98, there is
a column saying from whence the program starts, from the registry,
the start-up folder, the registry (per user run), (machine run),
(machine service), and I think there are one or two other places.
This saves a lot of time hunting for a program that one doesn't want
to start, etc.

I forget which, msinfo32 maybe, or msconfig if it exists in XP (I"ve
already forgotten), can't be enlarged from the small box that first
shows up. It's really much easier to read when it's full screen, but
it can't be done. I think there are one or two other kinds of boxes
somewhere in XP that can't be enlarged, that could be in win98.

Please excuse my rant.
Use it to delete the qttask entry.

Then, in Windows, click Start> Find> Files and Folders, and search the Local Hard
Drives for qttask.exe
Rename it to qttask.exe.old

Voila! No more qttask problem.....
Click to expand...

Thanks again.
 
In mm typed on Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:03:45 -0400:
[...]
I realize that neither win2000 nor, I think, XP have a built-in
version of msconfig.exe, that win98 has. (I think it's called the
System Configuration Utility.)

How come? I can imagine the developers of NT and 2000 didn't at first
realize how important it can be, but wouldn't they have noticed that
win98 had it and it was good. What about all the 98 users who moved
to XP? Didn't they complain?
Click to expand...

XP *does* sport MSCONFIG and there are lots of third party software that
does the very same thing. Plus I have seen the XP version on the
Internet for Windows 2000 users that wanted it. I thought it was like
three files that you need from XP.

What I usually do to stop something from loading, is to simply rename it
to something else. Like say "qtquick.exe" to "qtquick.exe (disabled)".
Now it will never run even if another part of the program calls it up
later on.
 
In mm typed on Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:03:45 -0400:
[...]
I realize that neither win2000 nor, I think, XP have a built-in
version of msconfig.exe, that win98 has. (I think it's called the
System Configuration Utility.)

How come? I can imagine the developers of NT and 2000 didn't at first
realize how important it can be, but wouldn't they have noticed that
win98 had it and it was good. What about all the 98 users who moved
to XP? Didn't they complain?
Click to expand...

XP *does* sport MSCONFIG and there are lots of third party software that
Click to expand...

Sorry. I haven't used XP for two months, and I guess I"m confusing
msconfig with something else.
does the very same thing. Plus I have seen the XP version on the
Internet for Windows 2000 users that wanted it. I thought it was like
three files that you need from XP.

What I usually do to stop something from loading, is to simply rename it
to something else. Like say "qtquick.exe" to "qtquick.exe (disabled)".
Now it will never run even if another part of the program calls it up
later on.
Click to expand...

Okay, that's a good idea.1
 
mm said:
In mm typed on Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:03:45 -0400:
[...]
I realize that neither win2000 nor, I think, XP have a built-in
version of msconfig.exe, that win98 has. (I think it's called the
System Configuration Utility.)

How come? I can imagine the developers of NT and 2000 didn't at
first realize how important it can be, but wouldn't they have
noticed that win98 had it and it was good. What about all the 98
users who moved to XP? Didn't they complain?
Click to expand...

XP *does* sport MSCONFIG and there are lots of third party software
that
Click to expand...

Sorry. I haven't used XP for two months, and I guess I"m confusing
msconfig with something else.
does the very same thing. Plus I have seen the XP version on the
Internet for Windows 2000 users that wanted it. I thought it was like
three files that you need from XP.

What I usually do to stop something from loading, is to simply
rename it to something else. Like say "qtquick.exe" to "qtquick.exe
(disabled)". Now it will never run even if another part of the
program calls it up later on.
Click to expand...

Okay, that's a good idea.1
Click to expand...

For msconfig in Win2000Pro:
Get it here, if you like.
http://www.techadvice.com/win2000/m/msconfig_w2k.htm
I use it on my Win2000Pro system and it acts just like Win98SE.
Buffalo
PS: I usually use renaming to stop programs from running, only if I can't
figure out how to do it otherwise, or until I can.
(.exe to .exd or .exe.old or ?)
 
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