To work around this behavior, change the file association for .avi, .mov,
and .mpg files from the other movie player program to ActiveMovie. To
associate .avi, .mov, and .mpg files with ActiveMovie, follow these steps:
Double-click My Computer, and then click Options (or Folder Options)
on the View menu.
On the File Types tab, click Movie Clip in the Registered File Types
box.
NOTE: There may be three Movie Clip entries, with one entry for each of
the following file types:
AVI
MOV (which can include QT)
MPEG (which can include MPG, MP2, MPA, MPE, DAT, M1V, and ENC)
Click Edit, and then double-click Play (or Open) in the Actions box.
In the Application Used To Perform Action box, type the appropriate
line
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