doctor-pat

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Q: Why is Quicktime 7 for Windows no longer supported? It will break all of the software we have developed over the years

We use Quicktime support in many of our software packages (based on Director). There is a panic among Windows users to uninstall Quicktime 7 immediately. This seems crazy. Why is Apple dropping support? http://blog.trendmicro.com/urgent-call-action-uninstall-quicktime-windows-today/

This will cause all of our software pieces to fail. What should we do?

Posted on May 27, 2016 12:10 PM

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Q: Why is Quicktime 7 for Windows no longer supported? It will break all of the software we have developed over the years

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by Rysz,

Rysz May 27, 2016 12:16 PM in response to doctor-pat
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May 27, 2016 12:16 PM in response to doctor-pat

QT 7 has security holes, hence the advice. It's not unusual for a develop to stop support for ancient software. Especially since a newer version, QT 10, has been available for many years.
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doctor-pat May 27, 2016 12:48 PM in response to Rysz
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May 27, 2016 12:48 PM in response to Rysz

QT 10 does not work on Windows machines. We create cross-platform software and this will eliminate all of our Windows users. Which is 90% of our users.
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