QuickTime failed to initialize on Windows 7

I only get QuickTime to work when I reinstall GTK (go figure!)... sometimes it still works after a reboot -- sometimes not. But the reinstall of GTK seems to consistently help. I don't know what is being installed that solves the problem. It might be something in a common files area or in the registry... I just don't know and I don't know how to isolate it. It has nothing to do with the installation (reinstallation) of QuickTime. It seems that something gets changed on a reboot that results in QuickTime cannot be found on invocation -- something in a path definition or something like that. The properties for QuickTime don't change... it's a mystery.

No... but I think I found the problem. The apple support site had a page http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2292, "Using MSCONFIG to troubleshoot conflicts in Windows Vista and Windows 7". It states, "In Windows Vista and Windows 7, some background processes can cause issues for other programs and processes. These conflicts can prevent applications such as iTunes and QuickTime Player from working correctly, opening, or even installing. You might be able to resolve these conflicts by disabling some items using the System Configuration Utility (MSCONFIG) in Windows."

I've gone through the steps and re-enabled most of the services and start up items and QuickTime still works. There are a few that remain, I don't really care about them... I'll run it like this for a week, then I'll enable the rest to see which one if any is causing the conflict.


The article makes the most sense of anything I can see.

Reinstalling GTK after the problem showed up was not a solution... it just allowed me to run QuickTime for the current boot. 🙂

See my last post... cottongd

Did a comprehensive scan of all drives with Norton 360... current definitions.

Thanks,
cottongd