Install iTunes without QuickTime
16 September, 2008
When you download iTunes, it has a whole bundle of softwares with it. iTunes is one of the best music management softwares out there with superb album management coupled with album art browsing and some nice trendy features. It will be more useful for people who use ipods and like to sync their ipod with the PC.
Unfortunately most people do not like QuickTime an Apple audio playback and encoding plugin. Instead most use QuickTime Lite or QuickTime Alternative.
So here is a tip to install iTunes without QuickTime.
- Download and install QuickTime alternative if you haven’t already got it. If you have it already skip this step.
- Download iTunes installer.
- Unzip iTunes installer with WinRAR.
- Inside you will find five .msi files such as, AppleMobileDeviceSupport.msi, AppleSoftwareUpdate.msi, iTunes.msi, iTunesSetupAdmin.msi and QuickTime.msi, DELETE QuickTime.msi.
- Open command prompt in admin privilages (in Vista) and navigate in command prompt to the unzipped folder, and type the following command :
msiexec.exe /i iTunes.msi /quiet - Thats all enjoy iTunes without the added hassles of QuickTime.
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This is VERY useful! I really can’t stand the bloat of additional processes bundled with all great Apple softwares for Windows.
on September 16, 2008
Hi ! Thanks for your Helpful tips & Tricks. I hope Apple see that wrong.
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on September 16, 2008
Sure no problem please make sure that you add the source link back to this post
keep visiting
on September 16, 2008
Hi there, I’m getting this error message when I try to input the command:
“This installation package could not be opened. Verify that the package exists & that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to verify that this is a valid Windows Installer package.”
How could I fix this?
on September 27, 2008
Okay, I got that solved, but now I received this:
“The iTunes application could not be opened. A required iTunes component is not installed. Please repair or reinstal QuickTime. (-42404)”
on September 27, 2008
Ok Karen did u install QuickTime alternative? If you did not do this you will receive this message. please check again. Quicktime alternative is a slim version without added running processes a very good quicktime plugin which does not hog resources.
on September 27, 2008
I am getting the same error – “This installation package could not be opened. Verify that the package exists & that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to verify that this is a valid Windows Installer package.”
How did you fix this?
WinXP SP3
on September 29, 2008
I was very upset about my iTunes, it wasn’t responding well, it doesn’t even run. for two weeks I wasn’t able to update my iPod, thank to installation package error,it sucks! But, hey, I found my way here. Thank goodness. There someone like you who help others with your solutions and tricks! Thanks again. Keep helping
on October 4, 2008
I got the same message all of a sudden. I tried to repair Quicktime as the message suggested but no dice. I have downloaded QuickTime alternative and am ready to go. Will I have to uninstall my present copy of itunes before I use the procedure above? I have many itunes songs I bought from them. If I do this procedure, will I lose all the songs I purchased?
on November 2, 2008
you need uninstall quick time only. then install QT alternative and restart
on November 2, 2008
Well, I tried to open itunes with QT alternative but still get the same error message. Wah
on November 2, 2008
i have a question… i unzipped the .rar file in a folder and i deleted quicktime.msi, but where in the folder i put that comand?
on November 27, 2008
Does anyone know what to do if quicktime doesn’t install?
on November 30, 2008
Sorry katie, it was fixed on the following versions after that on which i made the tutorial. maybe apple deliberately wants to keep iTunes a bloatware. Sorry
on December 1, 2008
I can’t believe no one has made that point yet!!! Good work on really nailing down the correct approach. I’m going to link to this from my blog roll, ok?
on December 6, 2008
Cool, but the people in apple have figured this out (guess they found out frm here
) they have made it to crash if u used this method, maybe they want to make iTunes a bloatware deliberately.
on December 7, 2008
I can’t get this to work. Winrar does not let me delete the quicktime file and I cannot get into the folder any other way. As far as the command prompt line- I don’t have Vista- I have XP. Is there some other way?
on January 4, 2009
Any idea on if this is still working with the latest itunes? or of other alternatives?
I cannot even get it to install – I get the same :
This installation package could not be opened. Verify that the package exists & that you can
access it, or contact the application vendor to verify that this is a valid Windows Installer
package.
Thanks,
Flaviss
on January 30, 2009
it works with 8.0.2.20. Just extract the iTunesSetup.exe using winrar and you will get 7 *.MSI packages:
AppleMobileDeviceSupport.msi
AppleSoftwareUpdate.msi
Bonjour.msi
iTunes.msi
MobileMe.msi
QuickTime.msi
SetupAdmin.exe
you need to install all except the last two(earlier versions didn’t have this issue)
If you want itunes but not quicktime the best way to do that is to install itunes with quicktime, uninstall quicktime and install “QuickTime Alternative”.
on January 30, 2009
I think that it would be very helpful to say that the “/quiet” option will reboot your machine without asking. Just in case someone starts doing this in the middle of something important.
Otherwise the instruction worked great.
Thank you.
on March 6, 2009
iTunes blows. It’s bloated crapware that eats resources. I would much rather just install Quicktime and stick with WinAMP, thankyouverymuch
on March 12, 2009
This is really really useful!
Works in 15 minutes whereas trying to install the official Apple Quicktime did not work in 4 hours…
on March 17, 2009
no comments
on March 27, 2009
I like to install itunes without quicktime
on March 27, 2009
on March 27, 2009