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What to do if QuickTime takes over playing your Flash files
Introduction
If you see a QuickTime symbol with a question mark where the Flash content should be, it means that QuickTime has taken over handling of Macromedia Flash files. This tutorial will help solve this problem.
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Restoring Flash Settings
Open the Control Panel and select QuickTime.
Select the Browser tab (or select "Browser Plug-in" from the drop-down menu in QuickTime 6 or earlier).
Click the "MIME Settings" button and uncheck "Flash media" or "Flash file" under "Miscellaneous" and restart your browser.
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Other options

If the problem persists, remove the file "pluginreg.dat" from the "Firefox" or "Mozilla" folder in the profile folder location.

Firefox profile folder location by operating system.

Windows 95/98/Me   C:\Windows\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\Profile name\
Windows 95/98/Me, alternate   C:\Windows\Profiles\Windows login/user name\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\Profile name\
Windows NT 4.x   C:\Winnt\Profiles\Windows login/user name\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\Profile name\
Windows 2000 and XP   C:\Documents and Settings\Windows login/user name\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\Profile name\

Additionally, remove any "npqt*.dll" files found in the Mozilla Suite or Firefox installation directory's plugins folder.

Examples of default installation directories:

Firefox   C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\
Mozilla Suite   C:\Program Files\mozilla.org\Mozilla\

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