HELP! - can't uninstall Quicktime!! Error - 0x80040707 !!

I can't uninstall quicktime and get the following error -
Error 0x80040707 Description DLL function call crashed QTInstallCode.QuickTimeUnInstallProc
Can anyone help??

hiya!
okay, in this context the 0x80040707 (citing the QuickTimeUnInstallProc) usually indicates that the installation configuration information for the QT on your PC has been corrupted.
download and install the Windows Installer Cleanup utility, and use it to clear away any existing QuickTime installation configuration information:
Description of the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility
... and then use the QuickTime component of the complete uninstall instructions on the following document as a guide for manual removal of left-over QT program files and folders:
Trouble installing iPod, iTunes, or QuickTime software in Windows
once we've got the old QT scraped out of there, we'll try another standalone QT 7.0.4 install, taking a few additional explicit precautions.
download and save a copy of the standalone QT installer to your hard drive. (we'll run the install from there rather than online.) switch off all antivirus and antispyware applications prior to the install.
Quicktime 7.0.4 Standalone Installer
does that install go through okay?
if it does go through okay, does your itunes launch again?
love, b

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