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Re: Weird QuickTime problem

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From: Rebecca and Rowland
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 00:00
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Ben Lovejoy <ben@lovejoy.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> real-address-in-sig@flur.bltigibbet (Rebecca and Rowland) wrote:
> 
> >> Now, the weird bit is that when I try QT2.5 instead, it starts up ok but
> >> then when anything needs QT it reports 'QuickTime is not installed'.
> >> Deleting the QT and app prefs files makes no difference, nor does a
> >> parameter reset.
> 
> >Hmm - have you tried checking the HDD and re-building the desktop?
> 
> I've rebuilt the desktop (should have mentioned, whenever I do a parameter
> reset I always rebuild the desktop at the same time). By check the HDD, do
> you mean with Norton et al?

Yes.  btw, it's best to talk about resetting the PRAM or parameter RAM -
a parameter reset is a bit vague (could be anything really - throwing
away prefs files perhaps?).

Rowland.


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