prevent quicktime from opening mpg within browser
That's easy... "mpg" is more akin to an MP3 than it is to an MPEG-2 video... you would think since its video, media player would open it... but Quicktime hijacks it because you set your Quicktime MIME types to open MP3s (and therefore mpg)...
Let me guess.. you already opened quicktime and within the preferences unchecked all the MIME types except for MP3s because you use iTunes (and the only reason you still have quicktime is the nazis at apple force you to have quicktime in order for itunes to work)...
plus, let me guess that in Mediaplayer->Tools->Options->Filetypes you *unchecked* MP3 becuase you want iTunes to handle that... well... that's the problem.
you have to have MediaPlayer the default player for MP3s... this will change the icons on MP3s... but your iTunes will still play all the MP3s in your playlists... THIS SHOULD FIX YOUR PROBLEM...
You can also do the following in prevent Quicktime from hijacking other things.
First set a restore point.
Then go to:
C
rogram Files\Quicktime\plugins
--> change the name (don't delete) all the plugins that start with "n"... add a new letter or something..."npqtplugin.dll" to "wnpqtplugin.dllll"
C
rogram Files\Internet Explorer\PLUGINS
--> change the name (don't delete) all the plugins that start with "n"... add a new letter or something..."npqtplugin.dll" to "wnpqtplugin.dllll"
**NOTE: you must change the plugin names AFTER you have changed the MIME types in the traditional way... because Quicktime will refresh all the plugins in the above two locations every time you go to the Preferences tab.