Updating iTunes without QuickTime

[Ammonium]

Is there any way to download updates to iTunes without downloading and re-installing QuickTime?  It's not that I dislike QuickTime, but I don't like how it adds itself to my taskbar and system tray every time I just want to update iTunes.

35MB worth of download for an iTunes update seems excessive.
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Ok. You may not be able to get iTunes without QuickTime, but you can do a permanent quick fix that will keep QuickTime from running in the taskbar even after you update iTunes.

Go to start, then run

enter in "msconfig" and hit ok.

From there go to the 'Startup' tab and uncheck the box next to qttask.

Hit ok and when you restart your PC QuickTime won't be in the taskbar anymore. (A message will pop-up upon your next startup notifing you that the change was made)


EDIT: This is for Windows XP, and possibly 2000. If after updating iTunes QuickTime shows up in the taskbar again just repeat the process. This same process can be used to disable all sorts of things that run in the taskbar or open up on start up (such as MSN messenger.) Just be careful, a lot of things on that list are required to run windows properly, so don't just disable anything.