Firefox show quick time Q symbol no picture RESOLVED

bigbear99 · 02-08-2006, 01:36 PM

i am running version 1.5.01 and use usatoday as my home page. the blue banner section only shows the quicktime symbol and a question mark.

when i look at the same page with explorer i see pictures and it is running a macromedia plugin when i right click on the picture.

i deleted and reinstalled quicktime, and custom reinstalled firefox and the same problem shows up. i disabled my zone alarm firewall and the problem stays the same.

for some reason firefox defaults to quicktime rather than macromedia.

my quicktime setting for file types has all file types selected, still no luck.

this is not a serious problem but is bugging the hell out me. anyone have any ideas what to look for.

bigbear99 · 02-10-2006, 01:34 PM

found this from sticky on mozillazine.org. thanks. problem is fixed.

QuickTime 7.0 has registered itself as the Flash content handler
This is a more annoying problem that should never happen. However, if it does, you'll need to do the following:

* Close Firefox
* Open the QuickTime Control Panel
* Select the "Browser" tab, and open "MIME Settings"
* Make sure Flash File is not selected (it is under Miscellaneous).

If the problem is not fixed after doing this, you'll need to remove pluginreg.dat from your profile folder. If it still isn't fixed after doing that, remove npqt*.dll from your Firefox plugins folder.

batty_professor · 02-11-2006, 09:21 AM

Welcome to TSF. Sorry you didn't find the answer from us here, but thank you for sharing the problem and the solution. I will mark this resolved.

02-08-2006, 01:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
bigbear99 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 2 OS: xp	Firefox show quick time Q symbol no picture RESOLVED i am running version 1.5.01 and use usatoday as my home page. the blue banner section only shows the quicktime symbol and a question mark. when i look at the same page with explorer i see pictures and it is running a macromedia plugin when i right click on the picture. i deleted and reinstalled quicktime, and custom reinstalled firefox and the same problem shows up. i disabled my zone alarm firewall and the problem stays the same. for some reason firefox defaults to quicktime rather than macromedia. my quicktime setting for file types has all file types selected, still no luck. this is not a serious problem but is bugging the hell out me. anyone have any ideas what to look for. Last edited by bigbear99; 02-08-2006 at 01:57 PM.

02-10-2006, 01:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
bigbear99 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 2 OS: xp	Quick Time Problem Fixed found this from sticky on mozillazine.org. thanks. problem is fixed. QuickTime 7.0 has registered itself as the Flash content handler This is a more annoying problem that should never happen. However, if it does, you'll need to do the following: * Close Firefox * Open the QuickTime Control Panel * Select the "Browser" tab, and open "MIME Settings" * Make sure Flash File is not selected (it is under Miscellaneous). If the problem is not fixed after doing this, you'll need to remove pluginreg.dat from your profile folder. If it still isn't fixed after doing that, remove npqt*.dll from your Firefox plugins folder.

02-11-2006, 09:21 AM	#3 (permalink)
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