ERROR MESSAGE: iTunes cannot run because some of required files are missing

I don't know how this happened but it all started when my friend was trying to send me songs from his iTunes thru Yahoo Messenger. I tried saving the songs to iTunesminiplayer.dll and iTunes.dll. Then I tried opening iTunes after that to see if maybe the songs would appear on my library. So then I discovered that iTunes won't open anyomore.
The error message suggested that I reinstall but I'm scared that all my files would be deleted if do that..
What should I do?
Dell B130   Windows XP  

nevermind.. i fixed the problem. =)

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  • "iTunes cannot run because some of its required files are missing."  Help!!

    "iTunes cannot run because some of its required files are missing." Help!!
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