Quicktime X issues

I recently upgraded to Snow Leopard, and since then iTunes and all of my iWork programs are crashing at launch. I finally figured out last night that my Quicktime is faulty, as well. I'm sure this is why iTunes won't open, but not sure if that also has anything to do with the iWork programs. I tried to install Quicktime 7, but it won't allow me to do that because "Quicktime X is already installed on this computer," but I can't find Quicktime X anywhere when I do a spotlight search to try to open it and troubleshoot it directly. Anyone else having similar problems? Any ideas on how to fix it?

Ok! I got it!! This is the link that solves the problem,
http://www.charlessoft.com/
Programme calls "Pacifist". Install it and it helps to locate all the individual Essential File Components located in the Mac 0S X installation Disc.
Hope this helps for the rest of you out there having the problem.
Step 1 : Download "Pacifist in dmg format" from the link mentioned above and follow the installation instruction.
Step 2: Insert the Mac OS X Snow Leopard Installation disc in your drive.
Step 3: Launch "Pacifist" and click on " Apple Install Discs" to abstract those contents from Apple
Installation discs.
Step 4: Click on " Contents of EssentialSystemSoftware"
Step 5: Click on " Contents of Essentials.pkg"
Step 6: Drag the "QuickTime Player.app" to your default "Application Folder" located in your
Macintosh HD to extract the file contents.
You got it up and running again. Cheers!

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