Uninstalling Quick Time 7.3.1

I purchased Quick Time Pro the other day because I was watching a streaming video and when I ctrl-clicked it, the menu said I could save it to disk if I upgraded. Not only could I NOT save it to disk when I purchased Quicktime Pro (the menu item was no longer available) but now I can't open my Flash-based .mov files in either Quicktime, VLC or Real Player.
This is a major problem for me. Is there a way to go back to the earlier version of Quicktime Player?

Seems I got bit by the Mac bug even worse! Bunches of my apps won't open...address book, MacMail, even Disk Repair or Console. Been running current OSX on this wonderful workhorse G3 since Steve was in his garage...narry a problem.
Now, oddly, the apps seems to start...even appear in the dock with the triangle, and show up in ForceQuit as if all is normal. Only prob. is the app is NOT there
The second I do the restart after installing 7.3.1 Quack Time, I got nuttin but trouble. Funny, iTunes and even QuickTime player work ok. So you know what that means? If I call support and pay the bucks, they'll tell me it's phases of the moon or Bill Gates, but it "certainly can't be QuickTime." I just KNEW they'd do something someday to make me have to spring for a Mac Pro...I just didn't think an update would sneak in my back door and zap me.
Anybody else having these problems after the update...or do I just let them beat me up and tell me it's something I did???

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EventType: BEX     P1 : QuickTimePlayer.exe     P2 : 7.69.80.9
P3 :4cf444ff     P4 :QuickTimePlayer.dll     P5 :7.69.80.9     P6 : 4cf444e1
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AppName:itunes.exe               AppVer: 10.3.1.55   ModName: unknown
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Welcome to the Support Communities! First of all, you are not old or a dummy. I'm sure you can give me hundreds of examples of things you can do because of your knowledge and experience, so give yourself a break . I just want to clarify .... are you using a Windows computer or a Mac? I'm going to assume Windows and include an article for you that will explain how to delete the iTunes application and all of it's components (because Quicktime is tied to this program). This will not affect your iTunes library, only the application itself. Once that is done, you should be able to work with Quicktime again.
Removing and reinstalling iTunes and other software components for Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1923
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I develop web sites which get their content from local hard or DVD/CD drives (as opposed to from the internet). All my Windows file associations for audio/video file types point to Windows Media Player (WMP) so that when one of my web pages looks for a file type of say .mpg or .mp3, WMP is opened and the file is played. Pretty straight forward and has worked fine for years.
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Basically when I uninstall Quicktime, I can just type an url in the IE8 address bar with the .mp3 extension and download and save the file there and then. Only after installing Quicktime the browser will open the .mp3 in the window and play it embedded with the Quicktime player.
This is something I do NOT want, and I am really ****** off that Quicktime just takes over this feature without asking me first!!
That being besides the point really because I also cannot find the option in Quicktime's settings to undo this!!
When I go to Quicktime's settings -> Browser -> MIME types
It just shows that .mp3 is linked to Winamp (like I want it to be), but it still opens as a Quicktime Control Object.
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http://www.archive.org/details/testmp3testfile
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Checking on a possible cause of similar symptoms. Have you ever install an ACE or K-Lite Mega Codec pack, a copy of QT Alternative or QT Lite, or a copy of Storm Codec on that PC?
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