Itunes and Quicktime are not working

On my computer, when you click on quicktime it shows the hourglass then goes away and nothing happens. When you click on itunes it sends an error message. I was looking through some of the old solutions that have been given and there were some similar to my case. One was the exact but I have no idea what an codec is. Can someone help?
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I was looking through some of the old solutions that have been given and there were some similar to my case. One was the exact but I have no idea what an codec is.
this wikipedia article might be of some assistance:
Apple Website
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codec
have you ever installed an ACE or K-Lite Mega Codec Pack, or a copy of QT Alternative, or a copy of Storm Codec on the PC?
also head into your Control panel and try launching your QuickTime control panel. does it open properly, or do you get an error message? if you get an error message, what does it say? include error message numbers if you're getting any.

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