The eternal Quicktime Question Mark! Help?

Hi,
I've installed and re-installed quicktime 7.0.3 (the latest for OSX) a few times now and am able to view a single file (ie a movie trailer) once only, and then all subsequent attempts to view media with Quicktime result in the dreaded question mark. The files I am attempting to view are from Apple movie trailers so I can't imagine they're corrupted. (Or are they?)
Can anyone help me please?

Open the HD/Library/QuickTime folder and drag the QuickTime Plugin.webplugin to your desktop (so you can replace it).
Restart your browser for this change to take effect and try movie trailer again.

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