keep quicktime from starting in tray ?

[Connie]

I have been wrestling with Quicktime and getting
frustrated. I run XP home, with sp1 preinstalled, and
quicktime is also installed. Now, I want the availabilty
to use quicktime when *I* happen to want it, but I do NOT
want it running in my tray with every boot up. (Nor do I
wish to manually exit every single time.)

I use a tiny program called startup manager which nicely
handles things that load at boot, no matter where they
hide out, and I have removed quicktime from the registry
spot where it is loading on bootup, but after a day or
two, it is magically back in the registry and in the tray
on a reboot. I remove it again, (I have tried disabling
and deleting the startup entry) but it always, always
comes back. I have searched every option I can find in
the blinking program and it never asks if I WANT it to
run in MY tray at boot up.

Is there a more permanent solution, barring uninstalling
quicktime, since the actual program has proved handy at
times??
Thanks in advance-
Connie S.

[Nicholas]

Right-click on the QuickTime icon in the system tray.
Select QuickTime Preferences and remove the checkmark
next to "QuickTime system tray icon", then close the window.

Next, go to Start > Run and type: MSCONFIG , and hit enter.
Look under the Startup tab for "qttask" and uncheck the box
next to it, then click "apply" and reboot.

This procedure should solve your problem.

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Nicholas

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"Connie" > wrote in message:
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| I have been wrestling with Quicktime and getting=20
| frustrated. I run XP home, with sp1 preinstalled, and=20
| quicktime is also installed. Now, I want the availabilty=20
| to use quicktime when *I* happen to want it, but I do NOT=20
| want it running in my tray with every boot up. (Nor do I=20
| wish to manually exit every single time.)
|=20
| I use a tiny program called startup manager which nicely
| handles things that load at boot, no matter where they=20
| hide out, and I have removed quicktime from the registry=20
| spot where it is loading on bootup, but after a day or=20
| two, it is magically back in the registry and in the tray=20
| on a reboot. I remove it again, (I have tried disabling=20
| and deleting the startup entry) but it always, always=20
| comes back. I have searched every option I can find in=20
| the blinking program and it never asks if I WANT it to=20
| run in MY tray at boot up.
|=20
| Is there a more permanent solution, barring uninstalling=20
| quicktime, since the actual program has proved handy at=20
| times??
| Thanks in advance-
| Connie S.