I don’t like my tray cluttered with useless garbage. The QuickTime tray icon is exactly that. I never actually use the QuickTime tray icon except to turn off the QuickTime tray icon.
Yet, every time that iTunes has an update it installs “iTunes + QuickTime” which, inexplicably, turns the QuickTime preference “Install QuickTime icon in system tray” back on. Why? Just to be annoying? All the other QuickTime settings are saved, just not that one. Accident?
Thanks again, Apple.