Can't Un/Install QuickTime due to "QuickTime.msi" being "unavailable"

I'm trying to install iTunes version 9, but at the end of the installation it returns an error saying that it can't install quicktime because it cannot uninstall the older version.
I have traced this error back to the fact that the unintsall wizard cannot find the QuickTime.msi file, saying that it is an "unavailable network resource".
I have also found the file itself in Windows Explorer, and after clicking that it still says it is unavailable.
I can't do Anything with QuickTime at all! Has anyone got any advice?? (v7.64.17.80)

Unfortunately, these sorts of msi-related troubles have gotten more complicated to deal with ever since Microsoft pulled the Windows Installer CleanUp utility from their Download Center on June 25. First we need to hunt down a copy of the utility.
Let's try Googling. (Best not to use Bing, I think.) Look for a working download site for *at least version 3.0* of the Windows Installer CleanUp utility. After downloading the utility installer file (msicuu2.exe), scan the file for malware, just in case. (I use the free version of Malwarebytes AntiMalware to do single-file scans for that.)
If the file is clean, to install the utility, doubleclick the msicuu2.exe file you've downloaded.
Now run the utility ("Start > All Programs > Windows Install Clean Up"). In the list of programs that appears in CleanUp, select any QuickTime entries and click "Remove".
Quit out of CleanUp, restart the PC and try installing iTunes 9.2 again. Does the install go through properly this time?
(If you do find a clean download site for the correct version of CleanUp, please don't tell me where it is. Without wishing to sound paranoid (although I grant it does sound paranoid), there is a non-zero chance that posting links to download locations for the utility here at Discussions leads to that download location being shut down.)

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