# I did a stupid thing (Computer/Quicktime help)
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-stupid-thing-computer-quicktime-help/125142
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [August 22, 2002, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-stupid-thing-computer-quicktime-help/125142 "2002-08-22T22:26:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2002, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-stupid-thing-computer-quicktime-help/125142/1 "2002-08-22T22:26:57Z")
Apologies if I shouldn’t be asking this type of question…
Also apologies for my utter lack of computer knowledge.
Ok, I foolishly downloaded Quicktime 6 onto my computer (a PC), at which point it did somethingthat made all my .mp3 files only play through the Quicktime player. (They used to have a little Windows Media Player icon next to the file, now there’s a little Quicktime icon.) I don’t like the Quicktime, it refuses to play files that played perfectly well through Media Player… How do I get the files to go back to Media Player? I want to get rid of the Quicktime but I don’t want to lose the ability to listen to my mp3’s.
Of course, this probably has a really easy, obvious answer that I just can’t figure out …
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### Author:  [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2002, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-stupid-thing-computer-quicktime-help/125142/2 "2002-08-22T22:34:36Z")
Open Media Player; go to Tools --\> Options. Click on the Formats tab and you should be presented with a list of file types; select MP3 and click OK.
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### Author:  [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2002, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-stupid-thing-computer-quicktime-help/125142/3 "2002-08-22T22:42:21Z")
START:H Input ‘file’
What OS? w98? try this:
To open a file or folder
On the desktop, double-click My Computer.
Double-click the drive that the item you want to open is on, and then double-click the file or folder.
If you want to open a file in a particular program, right-click the file, click Open With, and then select the name of the program.
If the file is on another computer, double-click My Network Places instead of My Computer.
You can use options on the View menu to change the way files appear in My Computer.
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### Author:  [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2002, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-stupid-thing-computer-quicktime-help/125142/4 "2002-08-22T22:44:26Z")
See! Something dumb and easy!
Thanks muchly, **Quixotic**.
Why yes, I _do_ still think that computers are by tiny gnomes… _sigh_
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### Author:  [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2002, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-a-stupid-thing-computer-quicktime-help/125142/5 "2002-08-22T22:45:42Z")
Thanks to you too, **handy**.