Can't Open Quicktime

I accidently trashed quicktime from my applications folder and when I try to reinstall it, I get a message that says quicktime 7 cannot be installed because there is a newer version on the hard drive. What do I do to solve this problem?

Go to the QuickTime Support page and download one of the "reinstaller" files which will remove the existing QuickTime and install the specified version of QuickTime even if you had a newer version installed previously.
http://www.apple.com/support/quicktime/
(The installer links are on the right side of the page.)

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