Can't Re-Install quicktime X

I have macbook pro with snow leopard and I accidentally deleted quicktime x. I have searched around and found that some others are having some of the same difficulties that I am experiencing so I tried the-
1) Dowload and install Pacifist
(2) Insert your Snow Leopard install DVD
(3) Run Pacifist and choose "Open Apple Install Disks" (takes a bit)
(4) Search for "Quicktime Player.app"
(5) Select "Quicktime Player.app" (in Essentials.pkg/Applications) and choose "Install to Default Location"
But when I do step 4 Its only the players of different languages are there and there aren't any for english.
So I just picked a random language and did the rest of the steps. When I try and open quicktime player it says "You can't open the application Quick Time player because it may be damaged or incomplete."
Am I doing something wrong in step 4? Or is it something that is really messed up with quicktime.
I really want quicktime 7. When I try and install QT 7 it says that I already have QT X. So any help would really be appreciated. I normally can figure it out by other peoples questions but this is the rare case where I can't find an answer.
I'm thinking that I have to have QT X in order to get QT 7, so if you think if I buy QT 7 and install that would that fix all the issues?
Thanks

I just downloaded QT 7.6.6. and it still won't open.
Can you be more specific? Doesn't open QT 7 when you press the app icon in the doc, when you double-click the Finder icon, when you drop a movie file on the dock icon, opens QT X Player when you double-click a movie icon, etc.
But I just tried to open an .avi file with the normal QT X to see if that was working. But it just says "loading movie" and I have waited like 20 mins and still nothing. I used to open this .avi all the time so I know it works.
I would normally recommend you make initial tests with content compatible with the built-in system components before throwing unspecified compression formats in containers requiring third-party component support. Installation/reinstallation of the system OS/QT Player apps sometimes orphans user installed components like Flip4Mac, Perian, and the QT MPEG-2 Playback component which may or may not have to be re-installed in order to work. In other cases, installation/re-installation of QT 7 (which no longer has access to legacy preference switch) may turn off legacy codec access some of which may only work in QT 7 anyway. So when making refences to AVI content, please include a reference to the actual compression formats contained in the file in order to get a better idea as to what actions the player has to go through to load and/or preconvert the file data. Can you post a sample file of similar content for testing on systems which currently appear to be operating normally? Also, do you have similar loading problems using the MPEG Streamclip app which also accesses the QT component configuration. I am also assuming here, tht you have never attemted to run a QT installer package that would modify the QT structure that is embedded in your OS.
So I'm thinking QT X is now installed but not working correctly. because I can't open any of the files I used to be able to open.
As previously indicated, QT X, QT 7, and even MPEG Stremclip are all independent applications that can not only be simultaneously installed on your system, but can also simultaneously display different movies assuming this does not overtax your system with each operating in 64-bit mode or switching between 32- and 64-bit modes as required for playback when QT and components are properly installed and working correctly. That is why it is important to determine if your problem is tied to application installation, the embedded QT structure (i.e., OS problem), or malfunctioning/orphaned components.
As a last resort, if you have a free external drive, I personally would create a pristine external boot drive with basic system software software for test purposes. (I personally keep at least two drives available—one with my current Lion OS and a second with Snow Leopard v10.6.8 for both software testing and in case my main internal drive dies unexpectedly. As to document files, I keep all of my important project files on RAID 5 and RAID 6 protected multi-TB drives.

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Basically, I want to uninstall my old version of quicktime. I basically corrupted it (I believe) because it won't open. When I remove the app from my mac, it's no longer there. However, whenever I'm trying to re-install using the official Quicktime 7.6.4 on apple.com - it won't let me. It gives me an error message saying:
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hi nior
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this is the error msg i get.and i went thru ur previous posts and did everything it said.the problem is still there.and as u stated in one of ur posts,itunes was working perfectly until i installed a video codec.i donno what happened after that.i tried restoring my computer to a previous setting.still it doesnt solve the problem.
ur advice will help me solve this mess.
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