Re: Ebay stuff: a problem and a solution


"Bob Walton" <NoSpam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message >
>
>> Er, why not? I can see being unable to, as Linux doesn't support it,
>> but why not use it if you could?
>
> Its habit of grabbing all sorts of file associations that are none of its
> business, and its tendency to hang around and be less than trivial to get
> rid of don't help. See
>
> http://tinyurl.com/9er5n
>
I've heard people complaining about Real Player doing that, but I've never
had any problems with that or with QuickTime. Partly, probably, because, as
recommended by your link, I've always set my file associations manually.

It's not just media players that do this either. I've known graphics
programs to grab all my jpgs and gifs too.

ally


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