MPEG2 component for QuickTime

I have Quicktime Pro and needed to take a .mov and export as an MPEG2. I tried to use MPEG2Works demo version and it told me that I needed the MPEG2 component for Quicktime. So, I bought it. Downloading seemed successful. I am still getting the same error (Do you have MPEG2 Component for QT installed? If not try the conversion again. Also do not use MPEG files as input with encoding preset buttons.) I do not have MPEG2 options in QuickTime either. What have I done wrong? I must have missed something somewhere.
Thanks for you help in advance!

Any software that uses the MPEG-2 Playback Component must be relaunched after its install for the component to be found.
Reading the FAQ page would have told you that the component isn't used to create MPEG-2 files via QuickTime. It is a decoder only.

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