[Omar Shahine] Want to use Windows Media Player to watch QuickTime movies without the Apple player (which I find has a poor user interface, and non standard windows controls)?

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/QuickTime_Alternative.htm

The best part is that it includes a DirectShow filter. This means that any application on Windows that supports DirectShow (Windows Media Player, Media Center) can just play .mov files. Sweet!

This is awesome - I can now play previews on my MCE box in the home theater without having to load up quicktime. Excellent!

Update: In order to get this to work with Media Center Edition, you need to do two additional steps after installing:

1) Associate .MOV file types with Windows Media Player

2) Add HKEY_CASSES_ROOT\.mov\PerceivedType of type REG_SZ in the registry and set this to video.