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IE plays movies in it how do I stop it from doing this.
I am running win 2000 with IE 6 it plays mpeg,avi and mov
files off the net in the browser instead of opening up media player.
how can I change this?

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A short, practical follow-up that builds on the replies from , and .

When IE renders video inside the browser it’s because something on your machine registered itself as the in‑page handler (a browser plug‑in/ActiveX or the default file association). If the quick fixes already tried didn’t help, try these steps in order — they restore the old behavior (external player opens) without tinkering with the server.

  1. Reassign file types in Windows Explorer
    Open Explorer -> Tools -> Folder Options -> File Types. For each extension you care about (AVI, MPG/MPEG, MOV, WMV) locate the type, choose Edit/Change and set the default program to the player you want (for example Windows Media Player for .avi/.mpg, QuickTime for .mov). Save and then test by saving a copy of a file and double‑clicking it.

  2. Turn off the browser plug‑in the media package installed
    Open QuickTime (or the player you installed) and look for Preferences -> Browser (wording varies by version). Disable the web/browser plug‑in or the option that says to enable the player inside web browsers, then restart IE. If that option isn’t available, uninstall QuickTime via Control Panel and reinstall it without the browser/plugin component (or choose a custom install that omits the web plug‑in).

  3. When the page embeds a player
    If the site uses an embedded object/embed tag the browser will still show the player even after changing associations. In that case disabling the browser plug‑in is the only reliable local fix.

Cautions: avoid random registry edits unless you know what you’re doing; if anything goes wrong you can restore defaults from Folder Options or reinstall the affected player. These steps expand on the earlier suggestions and should stop inline playback without forcing you to save every file.

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Member Avatar for caperjack

Well ,if i'm getting what you mean the movies are not downloadable ,there are live stream from the site you are on!
IE is not a media player,it uses media player plugins , so this must be what you mean.

Member Avatar for crunchie

Internet options/advanced there is an option for IE tp play video from the net. Uncheck that & see if media player is then chosen.
Also, the movie that you are selecting may not be in media player format.

Member Avatar for dvr

I tried that and it still does it.
also these are downloadable not streaming video.

Member Avatar for crunchie

How about right clicking on what you want & download it that way?

Member Avatar for dvr

I would hate to have to download all the time, it used to just open them in
media player.

Member Avatar for caperjack

If they are not streaming and are downloadable ,how do you expect to play them !!???if you could say open it still has to download to a temp folder to play,or it would be streaming video ,are you say you no longer have the option to click open !

Member Avatar for steosaur(oWn)

gimme one of the site you want to watch

Member Avatar for dvr

ok lets try this again.
I installed quicktime and than after the install, all mepg avi mov wmv all open in IE instead of media player like it did before.

http://home.in.tum.de/~paula/mpeg/

this is an example, all these mpegs open in IE.
all I want is to be able to have them open in media player or quicktime player.
they used to do that, now they open in IE, after I installed quicktime.

Member Avatar for steve robinson

open the media frame by choosing view> explorer bar> media.
then click at the bottom where it says "media options" and choose settings> reset preferred types.

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