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You can download QuickTime 7 with 6 for Windows 2000/XP or you can download iTunes 6 with QuickTime 7 for Windows 2000/XP. You can call me Ray or you can call me Jay.

But what if you just want to download one or the other, a standalone version?

We were able to find the standalone installer, the one that’s not bundled with iTunes. FYI, the download link changes from time to time.

Which leads up to the question: Does a standalone version of iTunes exist or does it flat out require QuickTime to run?

UPDATE: March 12, 2006 – Checking my logs I see that a number of visitors here are searching for information. So I did a bit more research and discovered that the most recent version of iTunes does indeed need QuickTime, or the latest QT Alternative, to run.

To install QT Alternative:
1. Install iTunes. It will also install QuickTime.
2. Go to the Windows control panel (a.k.a. configuration) and click on add/remove programs (a.k.a. software).
3. Uninstall QuickTime
4. Install QuickTime Alternative or QTA

So basically, unless you have a burning desire to install QT Alternative, just run the standard iTunes/QT install.

UPDATE: March 25, 2006 – So you hate Quicktime or the fact that iTunes requires Quicktime or or you just don’t want to use either one of them.

EphPod is a full-featured, easy-to-use Windows application that connects with Apple’s iPod. With a FireWire card and EphPod on a PC, it takes under 30 minutes to transfer 1,000 songs to an iPod.

Originally there was a plugin called mliPod that allowed winamp to copy songs to your copy songs (MP3 & MP4 AAC) to your Windows formatted iPod. Since then, Winamp 5.2 has been released, which has its own portable music player support.

UPDATE: October 8, 2006 – YamiPod is a freeware application to efficiently manage your under Mac OS X, Windows and Linux. It can be run directly from your iPod and needs no installation.

Here’s a brief description of the features in YamiPod (Yet Another iPod Manager):
# stand alone program, no installation required
# iPod is automatically recognized
# mp3 and AAC files can be copied to/from iPod
# read/write access to mp3 id3 and AAC infos
# playlist support (On-The-Go included)
# playlists import (PLS,M3U)
# playlists export (PLS,M3U)
# full unicode support
# auto-download new versions
# advanced song import/export settings
# 2 restore features
# built in music player
# iPod informations
# 2 search features
# remove duplicated tracks
# find lost music files
# easy ratings edit
# PC to iPod synchronization
# create and edit notes (with unicode support)
# automatically update song playcounts
# News RSS and podcasts to iPod upload
# Growl support (Apple only)
# export song lists to HTML or plain text files
# multiple iPods support
# Last.fm support

UPDATE: April 6, 2009 – Install iTunes Without the Extra Bloat

A custom installer for iTunes 8 that installs iTunes only, leaving the bloat at the door. Since QuickTime is a requirement for playing media in iTunes, you’ll still need to install QuickTime Alternative and the QuickTime Alternative iTunes Compatability Add-on. (Note: The compatibility add-on claims to be for version 2.7 of QuickTime alternative, so you may want to stick with the 2.7 version instead of the current QuickTime Alternative 2.8.)

Before installing iTunes sans QuickTime and all the other bloat, you’ll need to install each piece of software in this order: Install the lightweight QuickTime Alternative then the iTunes Compatibility Add-on, and finally, you’re ready for iTunes on its own.

One other possible solution is to unzip the iTunes setup .exe and extract the proper msi.

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