QuickTime and Leopard_INCOMPATIBLE!!

Like many others here I've spent the last 2 days trying to get my QT to work with Leopard but to no avail! And like everyone else, I get the same QT Logo with the big question mark whenever I want to use it. I've tried redownloading only to find an ERROR MESSAGE saying: "You cannot install on this volume. The software is intended for an earlier version of Mac OSX. Please visit www.apple.com/quicktime/download to download the appropriate version of QuickTime.
I already have the latest version installed that I installed in Tiger before changing to Leopard. Now I can't get anything! Please fix this problem as QT is a great tool for me in my work. I've posted this problem twice before and have received no help whatsoever. Thanks.

And like everyone else, I get the same QT Logo with the big question mark whenever I want to use it.
The "Question Mark-Logo" means that the player has encountered a problem which it cannot resolve internally. While there could be many reasons for this, of late 98%-99% of of the time the problem is Flash related. In most cases the MIMI setting has be reset and the player is trying to use its own internal older decoder for playback when it needs to call the new component instead. In this case, simply restore the correct setting previously used. In some cases, the upgrade may also rearrange the loading order of components creating a possible conflict if multiple components handle Flash content. In this case, simply removing/restoring or re-installing the latest free Flash component will fix the problem. Lastly, a user may recognize these problems and correct them but forget to close and then re-open the QT Player to force the changes to take effect.
I've tried redownloading only to find an ERROR MESSAGE saying: "You cannot install on this volume. The software is intended for an earlier version of Mac OSX. Please visit www.apple.com/quicktime/download to download the appropriate version of QuickTime.
Leopard has installed a newer version of the QT structure (v7.2.1) which is embedded in Leopard and a installed a newer Player (V7.2.1). Until such time as Apple elects to post this latest version to its site, you will have to re-install the software from your Leopard installer DVD.

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