Re: QuickTime movie won't play

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From: Carey Frisch [MVP] (mrxp2004_at_nospamyahoo.com)
Date: 08/21/04 

Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 07:56:11 -0500

For QuickTime troubleshooting assistance, please visit:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/troubleshooting/ 

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"Titos" wrote:
| I recently downloaded a QuickTime movie (215MB) which won't play on my laptop 
| running XP Home. When I click on the .mov file, I get the error message 
| "Couldn't finish initializing application because the file was not found." 
| When I copy the same movie to an external 80 Mb USB HD, QT takes over right 
| away and plays the movie flawlessly. How can I play the movie right off my 
| laptop's HD? Thanks.

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