Author Topic: How do I delete every trace of QuickTime on my computer? (Read 1528 times)

Flubbman · October 27, 2012, 04:26:47 PM

QuickTime's been broken for me for some time. I can't play .mov files and I can't render SFM movies in any decent format. I'm getting really tired of this and I want to remove every single file that's related to QuickTime, with codecs and all that. I've tried re-installing it but it just won't work. I'm suspecting the codecs for it are broken or something, I got a virus some time ago that messed up a lot of things, and I'm guessing QT is one of them.

So, any tips on how to do this?

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beachbum111111 · October 27, 2012, 05:06:10 PM

Search QuickTime in all files

Flubbman · October 27, 2012, 05:15:07 PM

Quote from: beachbum111111 on October 27, 2012, 05:06:10 PM

Search QuickTime in all files

Don't I have to search through the Windows Registry as well to find the damaged codecs? If so, I would appreciate some help on how to do so.

Flubbman · October 27, 2012, 06:49:21 PM

Moppy · October 27, 2012, 07:53:19 PM

I wish I could help you mate.
But you know, I suck at deleting things thoroughly.

Blocki · October 27, 2012, 07:57:30 PM

Get a random legit registry cleaner and delete quicktime stuff

PrototypeCow · October 27, 2012, 08:04:07 PM

CCleaner.

Planr · October 27, 2012, 08:05:56 PM

isnt quicktime supposed to be like the worst program ever anyways?

dkamm65 · October 27, 2012, 08:07:29 PM

Revo Uninstaller.

Flubbman · October 28, 2012, 02:30:45 AM

Quote from: Planr on October 27, 2012, 08:05:56 PM

isnt quicktime supposed to be like the worst program ever anyways?

There's no decent substitute that supports .mov files as far as I know...

Sheath · October 28, 2012, 02:39:11 AM

I don't recommend Quicktime on 7.

Its quite slow on Windows... to startup anyway. It works brilliantly on Mac OSX, but whoever was in charge of porting it to Windows did a spitefully bad job.

Flubbman · October 28, 2012, 10:07:31 AM

WHAT THE ACTUAL forget.

I've used CCleaner and regedit to incinerate all files and registry keys related to Apple. I've installed the K-Lite codec pack which should apparently fix the problem, and I've reinstalled Quicktime AGAIN.

And it just. Won't. WORK.

I've Googled the problem (error 1856) and apparently A LOT of other people have had it since Quicktime was last updated. Nice going, Apple.

dorkdotdan · October 28, 2012, 10:52:34 AM

Apple stuff anchors itself so hard into your computer its such a loving pain to get rid of

dkamm65 · October 28, 2012, 11:38:15 AM

Quote from: Flubbman on October 28, 2012, 02:30:45 AM

There's no decent substitute that supports .mov files as far as I know...

Media Player Classic with CCCP.

Flubbman · October 28, 2012, 11:56:14 AM

Well, SFM won't let me export to any format other than AVI (which sucks) if I don't have Quicktime installed.