Quicktime wont install or uninstall

i just finished reformatting my computer and was downloading stuff i needed. i downloaded quicktime from the apple website, but when i tried to watch .mov files i couldnt. i went to add/remove programs and was going to unistall from there but it is not listed. in my programs on my start menu quicktime and itunes are both there. when i click unistall from the start menu on quicktime nothing happens. i have tried deleting the files in the c: drive as well but it says quicktime is being used by another program i have also tried deleting the files using regedit. nothing will uninstall it. itunes doenst work either FYI.

Perhaps this will help:
Bugie: Perform a Thorough & Complete Uninstall and Reinstall of iTunes/QuickTime
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hi Be!
reboot your computer. open your task manager to the processes tab. now try to launch itunes again.
b if you see an itunes.exe appear there, and persist in your task manager, try
Lorraine M, "NIS/i-tunes problem rectified" #2, 12:51am Oct 17, 2005 CDT
... or, if you
b don't
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302386
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1926
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