I've changed all the settings that should disable this, but it is always there. If I remove it from my startup via msconfig, it will stay gone until the next time I actually use QuickTime, then it returns by creating a new entry in my startup. [img]graemlins/uhoh1.gif[/img]

I thought this would be cleared up after I reformatted and reinstalled XP(for other reasons), but after installing QT, it started the same nonsense.

Is this just punishment for not getting the pay version? [img]smile.gif[/img]

[ 08-02-2004, 11:04 AM: Message edited by: Ronn_Bman ]

You mean "Quick Time Task" or "qttask"? I have been trying to get rid of it PERMANENTLY for years but it still shows up everytime I run Quicktime Player. What a pain in the backside!

Tried deleting qttask.exe in windows\system? Seems that may have done the trick for me.

I've noticed it comes back every time I run something through QT as well. Hadn't thought about deleting qttask yet... I may do that soon.

Did it effect your QT Player?

After deleting it, I've restarted puter, started and exited QT, then restarted again. System tray thingy hasn't appeared, and I've gotten no error msgs, so not that I know of. I just about never use QT, and there's about nothing on this puter to play with it (recently formated), so I wouldn't know if it was affected in some other way... I highly doubt it tho.

Cool. I can't believe such a simple solution actually works. But just to be safe, I will zip it up first before deleting it. Thanks for the tip.

Worked for me, too! How cool! [img]smile.gif[/img]

<font color=skyblue>Thanks! I always removed it with hijack this everytime I used it to view movie previews on appple.com, but it was always a temporary fix, and came back everytime. I shall delete it as you mentioned. I had been afraid before to do so, thinking it would hurt the player.

Yay!!!!</font>

<font color=lightgreen>Wiat a minute. I cannot find qttask.exe anymore on my system. Apparently, when I upgraded my "hijack this" to its newer version, and deleted the .exe from there like I had been doing for over a year...this time it actually stayed gone! I ran QT with no annoying pop-up icon in the tray, and it is no longer in the start-up either. "Hijack this" took care of it for me this time. Woot!</font>

[ 08-03-2004, 12:18 PM: Message edited by: Larry_OHF ]

I had the same problem with QT returning after removing the entry with the previous version of HiJack This, but I hadn't tried it with the new release.

Either way, I'm so glad that monster has been slain. :D