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Quicktime error: "file was not found"
I'm running Quicktime 6 on WinXP Pro - whenever I try to open a quicktime file that is on my hard drive, I get the following error:
Couldn't open the file "whatever.mov" because the file was not found
I get this error even on the sample.mov that came with the player!
HELP
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01-08-2003, 07:14 AM #3Trailer Fanatic
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Re: Quicktime error: "file was not found"
Originally posted by Defender3
I'm running Quicktime 6 on WinXP Pro - whenever I try to open a quicktime file that is on my hard drive, I get the following error:
Couldn't open the file "whatever.mov" because the file was not found
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Didn't work. Still getting same error message.
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01-08-2003, 12:05 PM #5Trailer Fanatic
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Run ScanDisk
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edit your favorites in the QT players and delete them all...
or another options reset the settings at the control panel and and also reset the MIME settings of QT
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Tried both of the above. Still nothing. Also I tried reinstalling. FYI when I tried the MIME settings, I tried to open a .mpg and got the same error...
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QT6 installed on ur computer or r u running it without an installtion ot the registry?
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If I'm tracking with what you mean, you're asking if QT6 is installed on my 'puter. Yes it is. Went to the QT website and followed all the directions.
I checked my registry and QT is there, right where it should be. Of course I wouldn't know if there was something wrong with the registry if it jumped out and hit me over the cranium.
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a solution
I had this problem for about a year, but finally figured it out:
The reason I was getting this error (hopefully we have the same reason!) was because I had labeled my hard drive partitions as "C: Windows" "D: Data" etc.. that is, my C: was actually labeled "C: Windows". When I got rid of the colon, changing it to "C Windows", quicktime started working. Very strange error. If you have non-alphanumeric characters in your hard drive labels, that's probably the problem!
To change the label on a hard drive partition, open windows explorer (windows key + E), right click on a drive, go to 'properties' and change whatever is in the top text box.
I caught on to the problem when I was able to open a MOV file that was on a digital video camera SD memory card: The only difference between the card and a hard drive partition (other than it being a card and not an internal hard drive) was that I hadn't given the card a label, it had the default "Removable Drive" (or whatever) label...
Michael Capewell
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Your a genius smozoma
Thank you this problem has also been driving me nuts! No one has been able to help except you thanks again Smozoma!
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My C drive was labelled C:\ DOS RUN by the way! Silly Idea!
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You're a genius smozoma… again
even after 2 years your advice helped me with a similar problem, thax.
Aloninet.
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