Software update killed Quicktime!

I've been running 10.3.9 for so long now and everything was fine until I ran Software Update and upgraded to Quicktime 7.1.3. Now Quicktime won't work, iTunes won't work and even my old copy of Quicktime 6.5.2 (which I have Pro enabled on) won't work either. Does anyone know what happened or what I can do to fix it? advTHANKSance
Sonny
G5 2x2 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Thanks for your reply. I had already updated to QT 7 and moved QT6.5.2 to a safe folder elsewhere on the drive so as not to lose my Pro capabilities. Since running SU neither version will boot up. I get the beach-ball for a few seconds, then the black triangle appears in the dock next to the QT icon, but I never get QT menus. I have to Force-Quit QT, although strangely, the list in the Force-Quit window doesn't show "Not Responding" next to QT as I would expect. Also, QT7.1.3 works as a plug-in in my Web Browsers, just not as an app on the computer.
I hope this info can help you figure out what I need to do to fix it. Thanks again!
G5 2x2 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

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