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QuickTime for Windows Install Help Contents

The following help topics are available:

Begin Install

Check Existing Versions

Mark for Deletion

Complete Install

Play Sample Movie

Complete Earlier Install

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Begin Install

Welcome to the QuickTime for Windows Install Program.  The Install program installs QuickTime files into your WINDOWS and WINDOWS/SYSTEM directories.  It also creates icons and adds them to a program group.  The install process takes approximately 3-5 minutes, depending on the speed of your system.

In order to install QuickTime for Windows, your system must meet the following requirements:

•	PC 386 or better

•	Windows 3.1 or greater installed

•	6 MB available disk space

Choose one of the following options:

•	Choose Install to install QuickTime for Windows.

•	Choose Exit to quit without installing QuickTime for Windows.


Check Existing Versions

The Install program can search all your local drives for existing QuickTime files, then notify you if it finds any.  You then have the option to delete the existing files, or to leave them intact.

If you have existing QuickTime files on your system, you should delete them.  Old files can cause conflicts when you try to run QuickTime 2.1.  If you choose to delete the old files, they are not deleted until the QuickTime 2.1 Install completes successfully.

Choose one of the following options:

•	Choose Start if you want to search for existing QuickTime files.  If any are found, you will have the option to delete them.

•	Choose Skip if you do not want to search for existing QuickTime files.


Mark for Deletion

QuickTime Install has detected one or more existing QuickTime files in the specified directory.  Old files can cause conflicts when you try to run QuickTime 2.1, and therefore should be deleted.

If you choose to delete the existing file(s), they are not deleted until the QuickTime 2.1 Install completes successfully.  Install deletes only the existing QuickTime file(s), not the directory in which they are located.

Choose one of the following options:

•	Choose Delete to mark the existing QuickTime file(s) for deletion.

•	Choose Skip to leave the existing QuickTime file(s) intact and continue searching.

•	Choose Skip Disk to leave the existing QuickTime file(s) intact, skip to the next disk, and continue searching.

•	Choose Skip All to leave the existing QuickTime file(s) intact, and stop searching altogether.


Complete Install

QuickTime for Windows Install performs the following tasks:

1.	Installs QuickTime files into your WINDOWS and WINDOWS/SYSTEM directories.  Note that on some systems, these directories may have other names.  The files will be installed in the appropriate directories, regardless.

2.	Creates icons and adds them to a program group.

3.	Modifies your WIN.INI and SYSTEM.INI files, and the Registry, if appropriate.

4.	Creates the QTW.INI file.

5.	Creates backup copies of your WIN.INI, SYSTEM.INI, and QTW.INI files and places them in the WINDOWS directory.  Backup files are saved as WIN.QTW, SYSTEM.QTW, and QTW.QTW.

Choose one of the following options:

•	Choose Install to install QuickTime for Windows.

•	Choose Exit to quit without installing QuickTime for Windows.


Play Sample Movie

QuickTime Install can install and play a short example movie so you can verify that the QuickTime Install completed successfully.

Choose one of the following options:

•	Choose Play to install and play a sample QuickTime movie.  When the Movie Player application displays, press the space bar on your keyboard to start the movie.  When the movie is finished playing, close the Movie Player by double-clicking the Control-menu box.

•	Choose Cancel to complete the install without playing a sample movie.

The QuickTime for Windows Install is complete, and you are returned to Windows.


Complete Earlier Install

QuickTime Install has detected an earlier install attempt that was not completed.

For your convenience, you can continue the Install process from where the last attempt left off, or start the Install process from the beginning.

Choose one of the following options:

•	Choose Complete to continue installing where the previous Install attempt left off.

•	Choose Abort to stop without changing anything.

•	Choose Restart to start the Install from the beginning.  If you are unsure about which option to choose, this is the preferred option.