Quicktime freezes on start

I have been using Quicktime 7.7 for some time without any real issues. Today I attempted to open it, and it simply freezes; the window opens but the cursor becomes the "busy" hourglass when it is held over it, and the software crashes after a time. It has been recently updated, and this is the first time I have run it since the last one.
Any thoughts?

I have no idea what the implications of this action are, but it fixed the problem:
dawiinci said:
Remove the appleupstreamuserclient.kext from /System/Library/Extensions/ and reboot.
Keep a backup of the file - just in case.
from: http://www.tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=33660

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